GUERRA NA UCRÂNIA: E SE A RÚSSIA É DERROTADA?

Contrariando a retórica belicista em alta, Alemanha, França e Itália preferem apostar num cessar-fogo que interrompa a guerra e evite a humilhação da Rússia. Uma preocupação aparentemente paradoxal, já que derrotar a Rússia parece ser o objectivo.

«... Even as European leaders sympathize publicly with Ukraine’s struggle and in some cases have gone to great lengths to support the country, they also fear that what French President Emmanuel Macron last week called a “humiliation” of Russia could create a whole new set of problems, Western officials say. 

One big concern is that a Ukrainian win could destabilize Russia, making it even more unpredictable and putting a normalization of energy links further out of reach. That’s why some western European capitals quietly favor a “face-saving” resolution to the conflict, even if it costs Ukraine some territory. (...)»