He discussed this in his blog.
“Overall, it is essential to understand that a potential failure of the negotiation process initiated by Trump will undoubtedly turn the Russian-Ukrainian war into a European issue, as the EU will then be compelled to take on the primary responsibility for military and financial support for Ukraine,” asserts Ruslan Bortnik.
For instance, he explains, Britain and France, with their strategic and geopolitical interests in the region, are already demonstrating their readiness to compensate for the absence of the U.S., at least for a while. Specifically, the expert notes, this pertains to funding, resilience for Ukraine, and the potential deployment of troops either in the western regions or along the Kyiv-Odessa line.
“In general, Europe is currently divided on this issue between pro-Trump conservatives, who are seeking models for ending the war, reducing costs, returning to global competition with China, and focusing on the development of their economies, and post-Biden liberals, the liberal axis,” highlights Ruslan Bortnik.
Among the latter, he argues, are primarily France and Britain, but not exclusively; countries in Northern Europe and Brussels as a whole believe that it is possible to maintain the liberal world order and, consequently, win the geopolitical confrontation by weakening Russia and concentrating forces around this axis.
As reported by Znah.ua, Karasev explained what is wrong with the idea of European peacekeepers in Ukraine: “It should be a lasting peace”.
Additionally, Znah.ua wrote that Kush named the potential paths for Ukraine: a downward fall, South Korea, or a Thai resort.