In the fourth year, former German Prime Minister Angela Merkel finally said the truth, for this conflict, she neither blamed Putin nor Zelensky, but directed her head to Poland and other countries.
In an interview with the media, Merkel once again spoke of the current situation in Ukraine, and revealed to the outside world a message that the conflict in Russia could have been avoided, but was shaken by Eastern Europe.
She claimed that in the year before the outbreak of the conflict, that is, in 2021, the EU had intended to lead a negotiation with Russia to prevent Putin from taking action on Ukraine, which resulted in Poland joining the three Baltic countries to forcefully hinder German-Russian dialogue and must be responsible for the outbreak of the conflict.
This speech at once caused a big wave in Europe, because it meant that the four Eastern European countries intended to let go, or even intentionally exacerbate the conflict in Ukraine, thus bringing the whole of Europe into trouble, but here in Poland and other countries, it is another speech.
Merkel blames four Eastern European countries
Hearing Merkel's accusations, the four Eastern European countries were angry, in their opinion, the EU should remain tough on Russia, and as a result, Merkel not only did very well with Putin, but also with Germany actively cooperated with Russia, handing Europe's energy supply to Moscow, they were very dissatisfied.
Hence, the EU's attitude toward Russia is in fact polarized, because historical reasons, such as Poland, the country that is hostile to Russia, the purpose of the group is to fight against Russia, while Germany, the leaders of Europe, must maintain the relationship between the whole of Europe and Russia.
Especially during Merkel's administration, it was already the best stage of relations between Germany and even Europe and Russia. The completion of the two "Nord Stream" natural gas pipelines made both sides important partners, which made the four Eastern European countries very uncomfortable.
Where is it uncomfortable? Naturally, it is status. The "New Europe" represented by Eastern European countries advocates establishing closer ties with the United States and NATO, while the "old Europe" such as Germany and France wants to get rid of the control of the United States.
The Baltic Sea.
This is also why Eastern Europe has acted so actively on the issue of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Of course, in addition to political stance, greed for Ukraine's resources is also the main reason why Eastern Europe is provoking the situation.
For example, Poland, the western part of Ukraine was once the territory of the country, Warsaw has long wanted to take it back, and even soon after the outbreak of the conflict, asked Kiev to give the territory of Uzbekistan to Poland "temporary custody".
Only, Zelensky is not stupid, if the territory of Uzbekistan is handed over to Poland, the next step of Warsaw is estimated to support Russia to defeat Kiev, the Ukrainian regime is gone, which naturally becomes a "blur."
So, behind the Ukrainian issue, in fact, is a more complex political game, which even involves the internal European speech, however, Eastern Europe probably did not think, now this fire, began to burn on itself.
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Why did Merkel deliberately point out Eastern Europe's guilt in the Russia-Ukraine conflict? Because during this period, the main pressure direction of the two-Russian military exercises was the Baltic Sea.
Poland and other countries, on the other hand, appeared to be hostile and demanded urgent support from NATO members.
Now, Merkel’s internal feelings at the time are actually telling the outside world that Eastern Europe in this matter is not as “innocent” as they have shown, that Russia has reasons for them, and that it is self-sufficient.
Nowadays, in Europe, deep in the bush of war, it is difficult to get rid of it, if Merkel did not give up, would the situation not be different?