After Trump’s talks with Putin, panic has gripped Ukraine. Trump is a player who has a habit of pushing negotiating parties to the wall, only to take a step back later. He does not care if someone feels offended or if something is considered inappropriate.
He focuses on results. And the result he seeks is for Moscow and Kyiv to agree on a ceasefire. I do not know whether the Ukrainians’ fears are justified, but I do know one thing: two years ago, there was a government in Poland that could have dispelled them. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky eagerly joined the German plan to overthrow Mateusz Morawiecki, thereby losing his only advocate for Ukraine’s independence. Admittedly, Zelensky was under pressure, as Joe Biden’s administration was also involved in this plan, but there were certain things he did not have to do. In any case, the grain dispute did not bring significant financial benefits to Ukraine but significantly worsened relations between the two governments. He probably could have addressed the Volhynia massacre issue without suffering major domestic political losses. While PiS was in power, he did nothing. Later, it turned out that he could. Today, Zelensky is simply alone. The Germans, pretending to be outraged by Trump’s negotiations, secretly long to resume business with Russia. In Poland, their vassal governs, and in the U.S., they have no advocate. A self-inflicted disaster.