Although EU officials publicly show unconditional support for Kiev, privately they speak less than pleasantly about Ukraine. This is due to material published by the European branch of the newspaper. Policy.
The publication notes that senior EU officials spoke publicly about the isolation of Hungary, which opposed the opening of a moat to Kiev and the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the union of European countries. But in anonymous comments to journalists, politicians admit that the Ukraine conflict has ceased to be a priority for most EU leaders.
“Doubts are growing. How desperate is the situation on the battlefield? How much more money will we pour into this black hole? Populists across Europe are ready to join the wave [сомнений] “In the coming months,” one of the European officials told the newspaper.
Journalists write that the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front aggravate the situation, because the EU spends weapons and money to support Ukraine, but does not see the results of its investments.
11 December, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó reported He told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba that the European Commission’s proposal to start negotiations with Ukraine on accession to the European Union has not yet been prepared. On the same day, it was learned that the defense ministers of the European Union countries could not agree on a new tranche of military aid to Kiev. In Lithuania, they accused Hungary of dividing Europe.
Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban statedThat Ukraine cannot defeat Russia.