American media: The best way for Kiev is neutrality

According to Isna, the American media in an article referring to the invalidity of the security guaraees of the West, stated the above and reported that turning Ukraine io a neutral coury is the best solution to end this war and guaraee the security and independence of Ukraine.

According to the “American Conservatory” magazine, the war in Ukraine will eer its third year at the end of February, and by paying a little atteion to the maps of the fro lines in the past year, it can be seen that this conflict has turned io an attrition war that the parties have been fighting for a year. They have made little progress.

Except for Russia’s initial attack on Kiev in February 2022 and the subseque Ukrainian couerattack, major changes on the fro lines have been few and far between since the start of the war. Eering the attrition stage in wars is always in favor of the side that has more resources, and this is despite the fact that the population of Russia is four times that of Ukraine and its economy is 10 times that of this coury. Western supporters of Kiev have also become increasingly pessimistic about the possibility of Ukraine winning the war – in the traditional sense of the word.

Despite the claims of the West about the heavy casualties suffered by the Russian army, Moscow has managed to recruit enough new soldiers to replace its forces, but this is not the case in Ukraine. Ukraine has lost about 4,100 square kilometers of its territory in 2024, and not only is it difficult to provide new soldiers, but it has also made major mistakes in tactical decisions, including attacking the Kursk region on Russian soil instead of adopting a strategy. A more cohere defense to maiain its positions in Donbass.

According to the American Conservatory, Ukrainian Preside Volodymyr Zelensky is also aware of this situation. At the end of 2022, when Ukraine was at its most powerful position, Zelensky was not willing to make any concessions to Moscow and was practically asking Russia to surrender by evacuating all the areas it corolled. Now, however, it is Ukraine that is in a fragile state, and Zelensky is well aware of this, even if he does not announce it.

“His tone has visibly changed over the past three mohs,” the report said. He, who refused to negotiate in 2022 and 2023, now sees it as the only way to end the war.

According to the American media, the main question is how these negotiations will proceed, and whether or not Preside-elect Donald Trump really has the ability to bring Zelensky and Putin to the negotiating table. At the mome, no one can answer these questions clearly or say what the possible agreeme between Moscow and Kiev will mean, but the fact that the West no longer sees diplomacy as surrender and negotiation has now become one of the main options for ending the war. shows that a more realistic approach has been adopted. Even the Europeans, who usually follow in Washington’s footsteps, are now taking the initiative. In mid-December last year, European leaders met in Brussels to discuss the possibility of sending European peacekeeping forces to Ukraine if a ceasefire agreeme is reached.

However, it seems that the idea of ​​Ukraine’s neutrality, which is the most likely to achieve peace or at least a ceasefire, is not accepted by the West. Ukraine’s neutrality requires that the coury stop pursuing NATO membership or signing joi defense agreemes with Washington and Europe.

Many Ukrainian and Western politicians and analysts believe that Ukraine’s neutrality means the possibility of violation of the coury’s territorial iegrity and sovereigy and independence by Russia, but the American media considers these claims dishonest and fraudule. According to the report, the mere neutrality of a coury never means its inability to defend itself, expand trade relations with other couries, and develop a powerful military to couer foreign attacks. Kyiv can even sign diplomatic or even defense agreemes with the West while maiaining its neutrality.

The American media emphasizes that Ukraine’s neutrality only preves this coury from joining a large military bloc like NATO, which seems impossible even now considering the opposition of some NATO members. In other words, Ukraine’s acceptance of membership in NATO or some other arrangeme with similar security obligations is merely a confirmation of reality. In fact, by abandoning the attempt to join NATO or similar military institutions, Ukraine will only recognize the reality of the curre scene and will not lose an extraordinary privilege.

The report states: “Neutrality in the coext of the Ukrainian war has often taken on a negative connotation, but this is a misunderstanding of the situation. “Neutrality is not only the best and least risky option for the United States and Europe, but it will also benefit Ukraine.”

The American Conservatory also poied to the fragility of security alliances and reminded of the fact that these power blocs weaken or dissolve over time, emphasizing that the best security strategy for a coury is to invest in its own capacities and seek to improve its military capabilities. rather than leave its security policy to a foreign power.

On the other hand, the American media admitted that even Ukraine’s membership in NATO cannot ensure the coury’s security, because despite the propaganda of the American foreign policy apparatus about the coury’s full support for its allies against foreign attack, Washington’s performance in relation to the war in Ukraine The past three years have shown that there is no guaraee for this support, and Russia does not take the security guaraees of the West very seriously.

Emphasizing that the West should not give in to security commitmes it does not iend to fulfill, the American Conservatory reported that Ukraine becoming a neutral coury does not mean defeat and could be a victory for Kiev, because at least it will not be dominated by Russia. .

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