Ukraine War Or Peace With German Tanks Analysis Weekly Vreme

The purpose of leopards on the Ukrainian front But, in anticipation of the spring offensive of both sides, which could break the battle lines or consolidate the stalemate, the public is asking what the small number of tanks - Ukraine asked for two to three times more - will be used for at the front? "If the tanks are there to strengthen the defense capability of Ukraine, to stop the further penetration of Russian troops and to strengthen Ukrainian positions, that is, to bring the war to a stalemate - and at the moment we seem to have a stalemate - then the tanks serve a purpose," said the professor of international relations at the Bundeswehr.

University of hamburg august pradeto How to get Putin to the negotiating table "Another possibility is that these tanks will be part of the new deliveries, together with fighter planes and longer-range missiles, so offensive weapons The intention could be to enable Ukraine to attack Crimea and the two people's republics, and perhaps beyond that.

If that's the strategy - and that depends only on the West, as the arms supplier - then the tanks contribute to the escalation that we don't want," Pradeto added to Deutschlandfunk radio The vast majority of Germans agree with him, who were hit by the war in the form of large price increases and worries about energy shortages.

In a poll by the Forsa Institute, as many as four fifths of German citizens said that the quick establishment of peace through negotiations is more important than Ukraine winning the war The champions of support for Ukraine point out, however, that the Kremlin must not "dictate the terms of peace" nor that the subject of negotiations be the sovereignty of Ukraine.

While from Kiev they publicly say that the war will only be over when the last Russian boot is expelled from the entire country German Social Democrat MP Joe Weingarten reports that behind closed doors Ukrainians are much more realistic.

"Then we hear from them what only Henry Kissinger said publicly, that Ukraine will also have to make some concessions " Weingarten adds that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not ready to come to the negotiating table for the time being and that only the situation on the front could to force him.

And now a little about the planes For a long time, the Germans were also largely opposed to sending tanks, but the mood has changed in recent weeks.

for us" An unnamed Bundeswehr officer was quoted as saying: "Every German weapon that the Ukrainians fire today is one less that we would have to fire ourselves one day.

"Now the overwhelming majority of people are against the delivery of fighter jets to the Ukrainian army, which is already requested by Kiev, and the Americans and Poles "do not rule out" that possibility , but as a thoughtful statesman - he was not only under pressure from outside and the domestic media, but also quarreled with coalition partners the Greens and the Liberals.

And this despite the fact that Germany ranks second in terms of the amount of arms and money sent to Ukraine, after the United States Scholz's goal is obviously, so that Germany does not come across Russia's crosshairs as a country that "leads the way" or is the only one supplying some type of weapon.

These days, Scholz is taking the flak made by the particularly belligerent green head of diplomacy, Analena Berbock, when she told the deputies in the European Parliament: " We are fighting a war against Russia, not against each other " That statement was met with attention by many: is Germany declaring war on Russia? The chancellor had to clearly repeat that this is a war between Ukraine and Russia, and that Germany is not a party to the war even though it arms and supports Kiev.

Are both sides still convinced of victory? Solac was tired of the "incessant bidding" for new weapons that he hears in the domestic public He said that he would not agree to the delivery of aircraft, as well as that NATO troops would not set foot in Ukraine.

Christoph Heusgen, the head of the Munich Security Conference, joined the circle of supporters of the delivery of aircraft which is regarded as the world's largest gathering place for diplomats, statesmen, officers and arms dealers.

"We must do everything to support the Ukrainians," he told the public service MDR "The story about airplanes is absurd", he believes, however.

professor of the Bundeswehr University August Pradeto "Strategically, we are talking about a land strip one hundred to two hundred kilometers wide from the Russian border to the front line.

The F-16 and Eurofighter would fly over that strip in five minutes and they would already be in Russia Russia has 770 fighters, 740 bombers, over 1,500 helicopters and 500 combat helicopters.

Someone would have to explain how the delivery of the aircraft to Ukraine brings anything other than a new escalation of the war " Read daily news, analysis, commentary and interviews at.