Putin's Bluff. Diplomat Recalls West's Main Mistake Regarding Ukraine
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:01:00 +0200
Landsbergis recalled the Wests main mistake regarding UkraineThe West was truly frightened by the Kremlins nuclear threats and sharply reduced its support for Ukraine since the fall of 2022.This was stated by former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.Assessing the main successes and failures of Joe Biden, who is leaving the post of US President, the Lithuanian diplomat called the main mistake that Washington succumbed to Russias nuclear blackmail.
And that was a very specific moment when we can say that everything went in a very bad direction.
It happened in the fall of 2022, when Ukraine succeeded in its first counteroffensive.
Gabrielius Landsbergis Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania He recalled that after the Ukrainian Defense Forces deoccupied most of the Kharkiv region and liberated Kherson, everyone saw the strength of Ukraine and the weakness of Russia.
And then Putin pulled out his card and said he would use nuclear weapons if his army was on the verge of collapse.
And then the leaders of the West literally threw their hands up in the air and said, We cant do anything to counter this.
And you could feel like someone had turned down the volume on helping Ukraine.
And now we are in this doctrine.
We are still in this doctrine.
The Kremlins nuclear threatsPutin has managed to convince the Biden administration that he is actually prepared to use nuclear weapons in the event of a Russian military defeat in Ukraine.
Recently, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that China, at Washingtons behest, allegedly dissuaded Putin from using nuclear weapons.Former advisor to the US President during the Trump administration, experienced American politician John Bolton, in a recent interview, directly stated that Putin was bluffing when he hinted at the use of nuclear weapons.He admitted that the US fell for it and held back the pace and scale of its assistance to Ukraine.
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