By Costas Raptis
From the televised address to the Ukrainian people yesterday by President Volodymyr Zelensky, the international media (let alone their audience) held back the disgust: “We were told that February 16 is the day of the [ρωσικής] attack ”. But Zelensky’s sermon was not a war trumpet – or if it was, the “war” he is referring to is internal.
The Ukrainian president did not provide any new information: the news of February 16 has been said since last week, not by a Ukrainian source but by an American one, led by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
Zelensky distances himself from this alarm signal both in words (“We were told”) and in practice, declaring February 16th National Unity Day, by flagging the buildings. A political holiday is something different from preparing for a pre-announced war.
In fact, the focus of Zelensky’s sermon is elsewhere: on the denunciation of the powerful, who, in a panic, rushed to leave the country, and on reassuring the people about the economic consequences of the current tension.
“Return to your people and the country thanks to which you acquired your factories and wealth. Today everyone is passing a real test of Ukrainian citizenship. Pass it with dignity. Let everyone understand for whom Ukraine is indeed Homeland and for whom it is just a platform of profitability “, said Zelenski, addressing the former mentally.
He assured the people that “we have built up sufficient reserves to repel attacks on the exchange rate of the currency and our financial system. We will not ignore any sector that will need government support, as has happened in the past with air transport. currency stability and open skies “. Open, indeed, but with the big airlines avoiding it more and more.
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In this sense, the attack on Ukraine is not something that is going to happen on the “fatal” February 16, but it has already begun – attacking the … West or at least those wings of power in Washington that are cultivating a climate of war. which is already hurting the economy and morale of Ukrainians and is in danger of turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Of course, both Washington and, secondarily, Moscow are facilitated by this climate to the extent that any concessions in the ongoing bilateral negotiations will be justified by invoking the force majeure that creates the risk of a major war in Europe.
This was stated in a televised interview by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi with the circular argument: If Putin does not invade Ukraine it will be due to the threat of overwhelming US sanctions – and the fact that he will not invade does not mean that he did not the intention to do so,
It is known, however, that Zelensky, trying to inspire calm inside, has challenged American predictions. It is also known that he now feels very insecure about his position in power, while just a month ago he tried to imprison his predecessor Petro Poroshenko, but he recovered stronger due to his ties with the strong Ukrainian diaspora in Canada, and therefore the government. Τριντό.
In fact, with his speech he tries to cancel in advance the possibility of a first military move by Ukraine, saying that the recovery of Crimea and Donbass is always a national goal, but will be implemented exclusively through diplomatic means.
However, this is a president who is not only called upon to move, as the Ukrainian order wants, in the midst of a war of oligarchs, but also can not be sure of full control of the armed forces (army, militia, foreign trainers and international “volunteers”) located at the border, where a provocation could break out at any time.
Source: Capital

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