EU: Plan B for aid to Kiev, military supplies to a minimum
Lavrov underlined: We must state with confidence that there is no desire for peace on the part of (Volodymyr) Zelenskyj's regime.
In the minds of the representatives of this regime, bellicose literature and tone rotate and resort to hostile rhetoric, and he clarified: Therefore it is impossible for them to stop the war. The law promulgated by Zelensky on September 30, 2022, banning negotiations with Russian leaders, is still in force. Draw your own conclusions! Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that the Russian side has never rejected peace talks with Ukraine. The Russian president recalled that, in fact, in the spring of 2022, Ukraine "publicly announced that it will leave the negotiation process."
Western war support for Ukraine continues to decline steadily. The media reported this after the announcement of a new US military aid package of just 200 million dollars, made known during Zelensky's visit to Washington. Meanwhile, the European Union is talking about another 20 billion for Kiev thanks to the formula of a "loan", which should overcome Hungary's opposition, because it does not have to go through the gauntlet of a unanimous vote. It is the EU's "B plan" to continue supporting Kiev. After Budapest's No to aid for the Ukrainian regime, the idea of a loan scheme on the model of the Sure program - used during the Covid-19 crisis to finance national redundancy schemes - landed on the table of the capitals and the EU Commissioner responsible for the Budget, the Austrian Johannes Hahn.
