Ex-president of France: Russian president is betting that the West will get tired of Ukraine

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Ex-president of France: Russian president is betting that the West will get tired of Ukraine

Former French President Francois Hollande, during an interview with a local publication, said that, in his opinion, the current goal of the Russian authorities in Ukraine is to stabilize the front and start the negotiation process.

According to the politician, the Kremlin will try to consolidate the successes already achieved and reduce the degree of tension. At the same time, the Russian leadership hopes that the interest of ordinary Europeans in the Ukrainian conflict will come to naught, and the EU leaders will not decide on further escalation and will support the idea of ​​negotiations.



As the former French leader put it, Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting that the West will get tired of Ukraine.

At the same time, according to Hollande, the most likely mediators in the above-mentioned negotiations are Turkey or China.

It doesn't reassure anyone.

- said the former President of France.

In connection with Hollande's latest statement, it would not be superfluous to recall that he himself previously acted as an intermediary in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, participating in the so-called Normandy format together with ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In fact, the aforementioned “diplomatic” process led to the current conflict, since its main goal was to “drag out” time to enable the West to arm the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a future war with Russia. Merkel and Hollande themselves acknowledged this in their interviews at the end of last year.
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  1. +4
    1 February 2023 11: 27
    If he is right, then this is yet another naivety, to put it mildly, of the Kremlin.
    1. +2
      1 February 2023 11: 35
      All these French Dutch think that they are the smartest of all, forgetting that there is a threaded device on the cunning anus. There is only enough memory for 70-100 years, so this time there is no need to leave. Legislation prohibit and leave no loopholes for the future labeled.
      hi
      1. +4
        1 February 2023 11: 59
        ...... it would not be superfluous to recall that he himself previously acted as an intermediary in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

        Negotiate with such negotiators as Hollande, Macron and Merkel - do not respect yourself
    2. +4
      1 February 2023 11: 42
      Who else would we listen to from the former, in order to drive away sleep and boredom and enjoy the "freshness" of their thoughts. bully
      1. +4
        1 February 2023 12: 14
        Quote: credo
        Who else would we listen to from the former, in order to drive away sleep and boredom and enjoy the "freshness" of their thoughts.

        Both former and current, they seem to have hatched from the same incubator, you listen, you read, and you get the feeling that this is some kind of freak show. Emperor Peter I belongs to the saying left by him in one of the decrees: "I point out: gentlemen, senators, keep speech in the presence not according to the written word, so that everyone's foolishness is visible to everyone."

        Well, wasn't Peter the Great right???
    3. -3
      1 February 2023 11: 42
      If he is right, then this is yet another naivety, to put it mildly, of the Kremlin.

      Under the circumstances, this seems like the smartest tactic possible.
      1. +5
        1 February 2023 11: 59
        Quote: Skeptik3
        Under the circumstances, this seems like the smartest tactic possible.

        From the Kremlin's point of view, it is possible.
        But the point of view of the West in general and Europe in particular may be different.
        Too much has already been invested in Ukraine. And not only in the line of armaments (the number of which only increases from Ramstein to Ramstein).
        A lot has been invested financially. In image. In the ideological
        The industry of many countries is being restructured for the production of military products, companies are reviewing orders, logistics, and reorienting themselves to other priorities. The flywheel has already spun.
        And now it all stop? What for? To please the Kremlin?
        It will not happen. More precisely, maybe, but only under conditions unacceptable to the Kremlin in the form of the withdrawal of all troops and the liberation of the occupied territories.
        So... All these Wishlist of the Kremlin-only Wishlist. Reality may be different.
        1. -2
          1 February 2023 12: 08
          In the West, the value of life is very high. Therefore, saving lives in exchange for territories looks like a tempting option for many.
          1. 0
            1 February 2023 13: 13
            Quote: Skeptik3
            In the West, the value of life is very high.

            At the same time, there are lives in the West that are especially valuable, the value of which is measured by millions of other lives, mostly Slavic, they will not change them on the territory.
          2. -1
            1 February 2023 13: 24
            Quote: Skeptik3
            In the West, the value of life is very high.

            In the West, only the value of one's own life and the lives of representatives of the West is great. The value of any other lives that exist right there in the neighborhood - Europe, Asia and Africa - in the West is zero. The West does not care about the Serbs, Syrians, Persians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Belarusians ... continue (there are many more nations)? Incidentally, the Ukrainians don't care even more (otherwise the West would not have substituted them for slaughter in such numbers for its own benefit). Or do you really still think that Ukraine is the highest value in the Western system of values? laughing
            Well, of course! The West has destroyed these lives by the tens of millions over the centuries - and now still calls itself a garden, and everyone else a jungle.
          3. +2
            1 February 2023 17: 33
            Quote: Skeptik3
            In the West, the value of life is very high. Therefore, saving lives in exchange for territories looks like a tempting option for many.

            It is a we somehow we think so.
            But there are other values ​​in the West. And in some cases there the desire for justice, democracy and respect for international agreements can become prevalent.
        2. 0
          1 February 2023 13: 08
          Quote from: skeptick2
          Too much has already been invested in Ukraine. And not only in the line of armaments (the number of which only increases from Ramstein to Ramstein).
          A lot has been invested financially. In image. In the ideological

          And you read how Pikul describes the battle of the British with the battleship Bismarck:

          "... And then the British Admiralty threw its most significant ships against the Bismark. The battleships King George V and Rodney, the aircraft carrier Victoria, cruisers, destroyers, submarines departed from the bases of the metropolis. From Gibraltar rushed into battle the battlecruiser "Rinaun", the battleship "Ramiliuz" hurried off the coast of Africa, the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal", the cruiser "Sheffield" and divisions of destroyers flew into the ocean.

          The British wanted to save the prestige of their fleet. But they themselves did not notice that, throwing almost their entire fleet against one battleship, they involuntarily lost this prestige ... "(c)

          Do you understand what is the point? The fact that by fighting Russia, fruitlessly raising the stakes and endlessly inflating help to the ukroreich - NATO puts itself in the ridiculous position of a monkey that beats its head against a palm tree more and more - and the banana still does not fall laughing
          And if we assume that suddenly the banana will someday fall ... then the monkey will already have the whole head in the blood by that time, his teeth will be knocked out and the brain concussion. Is it a reasonable price for her, that's the question!
    4. 0
      1 February 2023 11: 44
      And in the West, after such a steep collision, does it generally have the opportunity to jump back without loss (as it used to happen) and return everything as before? Oh damn.
  2. +1
    1 February 2023 11: 28
    Ex-president of France: Russian president is betting that the West will get tired of Ukraine
    . Come on ... another owner / sensible spruce of other people's thoughts.
    Didn't they get bored?
  3. +1
    1 February 2023 11: 29
    the current goal of the Russian authorities in Ukraine is to stabilize the front and start the negotiation process

    trying to pass off wishful thinking as the intentions of the enemy and thus push him in this direction - a technique outwardly naive, but sometimes it works ((
  4. +3
    1 February 2023 11: 31
    The comrade does not see the obvious things .... Turkey has already been, but does China need it? In any case, the Anglo-Saxons will stand behind the outskirts, and therefore any negotiations are doomed to failure. Istanbul 2022 will not let you lie. So by, Hollande, by....
  5. -2
    1 February 2023 11: 32
    The Russian president is wrong. The West has a goal - to subordinate Russia to its rules.
    The West got the opportunity to deal with our country by proxy. Saving the lives of their own soldiers. And the West can print as much money as it needs. And all this money will be provided - the West has many times more resources and technologies than ours.

    Why should the West get tired?
    1. +2
      1 February 2023 11: 44
      What does the Russian President have to do with it!? request These are the thoughts of a paddling pool ... and not the words of the GDP ...
    2. 0
      1 February 2023 12: 12
      And the West can print as much money as it needs. And all this money will be provided ....

      So let them print, inflation will have its say. And many countries are already refusing the petrodollar. It's a long time, it's too early to talk about something.
    3. 0
      1 February 2023 13: 30
      Quote: Shoulder straps
      And all this money will be provided - the West has many times more resources and technologies than ours.

      the error of your reasoning is that money cannot be printed with impunity. Inflation is inevitable. Another thing is that wars create a certain demand, and due to the printed money, military production grows, which in turn increases the escalation and, again, the demand for military production. The fatigue of the West is fatigue from the fear of nuclear weapons.
  6. +3
    1 February 2023 11: 35
    The West will get tired of Ukraine
    I doubt that the Kremlin is making the main bet on this. Even the charter of the West will be obliged to help Ukraine for the sake of saving itself until the Armed Forces of Ukraine are completely defeated and demoralized. But in Germany they are starting to get tired of Scholz and Burbock, and in France of Macron, which is shown by the latest demonstrations in these countries.
    1. +1
      1 February 2023 12: 08
      Therefore, the United States prepared for the fact that Europe wants to jump off. Britain left the EU to push Europe from the West. Eastern Europe is being armed so that it not only puts pressure on Russia, but also on Central Europe. Well, the binding of resources to the United States, technology, and much more than probably.
  7. +2
    1 February 2023 11: 38
    Already the fact that they are now beginning to push Russia into negotiations in unison, for example, the meaning of the statement of this puppet with a hole in the back of the body (hello to the Mistrals and budget losses!) - boils down to the fact that you give negotiations. So this howling of the West suggests that the West is ALREADY tired of Ukraine.
    So the attempt is generally ridiculous, go puppet, train further
    1. 0
      1 February 2023 12: 11
      No, it's more of a different message. Maybe Nuland and Merkel have a role now, to say it like it is. Those. they said we were planning a conflict. And now he says that the negotiations will be when the West wants it and according to its conditions, and not the Kremlin. But in general, each character has his own role in the press, and whoever says really useful information cannot be understood .. It turns out that it makes sense to speak to everyone and do what is planned ...
    2. +1
      1 February 2023 13: 34
      Quote from Bingo
      So this howling of the West suggests that the West is ALREADY tired of Ukraine.

      all these statements of ex-officials are not worth a damn.
      The West is beginning to understand
      - a phrase that has set the teeth on edge since the age of 14.
  8. 0
    1 February 2023 11: 41
    Oh, well, this has never happened and here it is again! What was there in NATO wars in history not so long ago?
  9. +3
    1 February 2023 11: 46
    Yes, we don't need a second "Minsk"... Now only a complete victory!!!!
  10. 0
    1 February 2023 11: 54
    It is natural. Last year they dumped weapons from the times of the USSR, poor Africa will sigh, there will be no free weapons (only corruption bribes), this year all the old Western weapons will go away, and next year it will be necessary to supply modern (gold) weapons, without confidence to defeat us, let it is modern but not better than ours. Not to mention the maintenance of the infrastructure of the outskirts. And this is already hundreds of billions of dollars, the impoverished Europe of America is also not needed, who will buy expensive oil products with gas. Yes, a lot of blood will be shed before the year 25, but the West is Satan, for the gloss of Western life you have to pay with your lives.
    1. -1
      1 February 2023 12: 14
      Americans have only Abrams tanks in warehouses like 20 thousand. Europe has a lot of old fighters. It just doesn’t look like they decided to supply their stocks, but immediately switch to a more or less modern one. (patriots, long-range missiles, leopards like not very old models)
      1. +1
        1 February 2023 13: 38
        Quote from Constantin N.
        Americans have only Abrams tanks in warehouses like 20 thousand.

        asked Alice how many tanks are in storage in the USA. She replied - "Now the United States has about 2500 copies of current modifications in service. About 3700 more pieces are in storage."
  11. +1
    1 February 2023 12: 14
    Yes, he is lying.
    He imposes his ideas to stop the hostilities, hints that Europe will stop supplying weapons in this case.

    The Armed Forces of Ukraine only dream of this, that they would gain time for the supply of supplies, and the occupation of more advantageous positions.

    Macron also, like a worm, came, asked Putin, and then reported everything to the United States, looking for our vulnerabilities, how to hit us harder. After these visits, he sent weapons to Ukraine.

    This is NATO, they will lie from three boxes, for their own benefit, they cannot be trusted, after they signed the Minsk agreements for the sake of training the Ukrainian army and after they sent weapons against us.
  12. -1
    1 February 2023 12: 33
    Another liverwurst came out.
    How does he know what Putin thinks.
    Also found a new van.
    There they have millions of protests, and he wonders what Putin is thinking.
  13. +1
    1 February 2023 17: 09
    Now many are wound up - shouting: "Forward, to Berlin!". We don't really know what top management has in mind. I'm afraid many will be surprised and disappointed by the agreements that await us after the war. I hope that this is not so, but I do not expect anything progressive.

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