Zelenskyy's team appeals to West: We need strength to avoid major war
Andriy Yermak, Head of the Presidential Office (photo: Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The newly created military alliance is trying to gauge the Western world's reaction to provocations. In order to avoid war, we need strength, states Andriy Yermak, Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine.
“Russia's war in Europe against Ukraine and the involvement of the DPRK army, Iran's support for the war in the Middle East, and the DPRK's escalation on the Korean Peninsula. The desire of the new military alliance of autocracies to unbalance democratic spheres of influence is currently a rehearsal and a possible test of the Western world's reaction,” Yermak said.
He explained that if these provocations do not receive a tough response, the aggressor countries will begin to prepare for further imposition of their influence in Europe, which would be impossible without war.
“There is something for everyone to think about. “Appeasement” of Russia and autocracies does not work. We need strength to avoid a major war,” he summarized.
There are several conflicts of varying intensity and nature taking place in the world today. The most significant of them are Russia's war against Ukraine and the conflict in Israel. The situation around Taiwan is also no less tense, as is the marked deterioration of relations between North and South Korea.
In particular, there is information that Russia is planning to engage North Korean soldiers in a war against Ukraine. According to preliminary data, some North Korean military personnel are already in Russia for training. RBC-Ukraine wrote that today SPRAVDI showed video evidence that DPRK soldiers are already in Russia.
Today, during a press conference in Kyiv, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that if Russia does involve North Korean soldiers in the war in Ukraine, it could spill over into Asia.
