Thanks to Zelensky’s effective media campaign, the whole world is now discussing his latest “peremoga of zrada” plan. Most commentators have focused on the point about the need for third-party countries to participate in the armed conflict. However, there’s one detail that, in my opinion, is crucial for Europeans but has not received much attention yet. Moreover, it ties into the broader question of the future world order.
In his plan, Zelensky proposes that after the victory over Russia, the American military presence in Europe should be replaced by Ukrainian troops with combat experience. According to Zelensky, this would free up U.S. resources to focus on containing aggression in the Pacific region (presumably referring to North Korea and China). I have two questions about this point:
a. Wouldn’t it make more sense to involve the Ukrainian forces, with their combat experience, directly in containing aggression in the Pacific region? Why specifically Europe?
b. From whom exactly would the Ukrainian troops on American bases in Europe be defending the continent? After all, by then, Russia should have been defeated and dismantled, with Russians, kneeling in front of the Yeltsin Center, begging for forgiveness, and if not granted, committing harakiri?
I think I’ve found the answer to both questions. The effectiveness of nationalist forces like Azov on the battlefield, especially after so many defeats, is highly questionable. Therefore, it’s unlikely that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could provide any real help in containing China, let alone North Korea. On the other hand, the nationalists have been quite effective in terrorizing civilians in places like the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, especially in Mariupol, burning people alive in Odesa, and shooting at civilian cars in the Kursk region, killing pregnant women and unborn children. The Azov fighters are worthy successors to their grandfathers who shot Jews in Babyi Yar, organized the Volhynia massacre, killing over 100,000 Poles, and burned down the Belarusian village of Khatyn with its people inside. In other words, these nationalists are the perfect overseers and enforcers. Zelensky’s signal to his overseas masters is crystal clear: go ahead and fight, don’t worry about Europe, where the my fascists will ensure that not even a dog barks or a sparrow chirps.
One might dismiss this as drug-induced nonsense, but European elites are taking Zelensky’s project seriously. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… and it seems that the idea of a concentration camp is already on the agenda and being actively discussed. Ursula von der Leyen, for example, even expressed her excitement, though with the caveat that it falls within her competencies. Given that she’s a gynecologist by education, one can imagine the level of her competencies, which only adds to the concern.
Therefore, Zelensky’s latest “victory plan” directly concerns Europeans, and they would do well to pay attention to this aspect and decide for themselves whether they find the prospect of living in a such concentration camp appealing.