The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, today called on the European Union (EU) to prepare in a timely manner for the option of Donald Trump winning the presidential elections in the United States of America (USA) and to immediately reach an agreement with the Russian President Vladimir Putin so that it would be favorable for Russia. and by no means neither for Ukraine nor for Europe.
"This is not challenging the US as an ally. We should realistically admit that Donald Trump looks at a number of things differently. We have to admit that if he is elected legitimately in democratic elections, we have to respect the decision of the American voters, but we have to be ready for that," he said. President Pavel to the public radio station Radiožurnal.
Regarding the situation in Ukraine, the Czech president said that, unlike Russia, Ukraine has, first of all, a limitation in manpower at the front.
"We can help with technologies, information, financially, but we cannot help them fill human reserves. Ukraine thus receives recommendations from its allies to limit offensive operations and strengthen defense. Presidential elections are underway in Russia and Russia is putting pressure on the offensive. For defense "Ukraine will not only need defensive weapons, but also weapons that will help it cut off the supply routes of the Russian army," said Pavel, saying what kind of weapons the West should send to Ukraine.
President Pavel warned today that disinformation and misleading the public are claims that the war is being waged only in the east of Ukraine or that there is no war in Kiev and that life is normal there, as Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico recently said.
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"There is no doubt that there is a war in Ukraine. It is also true that in Kiev most of the time normal life goes on, but unfortunately that normal life is interrupted by rockets that kill people from time to time. This is not a normal situation. Unfortunately, it is a war. To twist it so that that the war, or as the Russians call it, some kind of special operation is not only going to the east of Ukraine, is a serious deception of the public," the president said.
The Czech president said that it may be tiring to hear constant news about the war and aid to Ukraine, but that everyone should ask themselves what is really at stake.
"It's not just about who will be sovereign in the territory we call Ukraine. It's about what European and global security will look like in the future. Because in the event that Russia succeeds completely as it imagines, that is to control the entire territory of Ukraine, it will only strengthen in its conclusions. It means that it is possible to attack a sovereign country and force one's own interest," said Pavel.
Petr Pavel added that if we don't want to live in a world where, as the Russian president repeats, the strong do what they want and the weak do what the strong let them do, there is no choice but to stand up against such evil, now by supporting Ukraine.
The Czech president sees room for eventual talks on peace only if the chances and forces on the front are leveled so that neither side is able to achieve greater success.
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