The purpose of the meeting of foreign ministers also works on the defense of the member states of the European Union is the discussion of the possibility of sending military instructors to the territory of Ukraine. He told "Focus” the diplomat and international analyst Dimitar Gardev.
"The decision of the European Union for military aid to Ukraine expires in November, and in fact this meeting has two purposes: One is to confirm and give a new mandate for this mission, which is already a fact, and the other is that it was done proposal that these instructors, who trained the armed forces of Ukraine, should already be stationed on the territory of Ukraine. There will be debates and we will see what the attitude is and what report the External Action Service will make,” he explained and added that Ukraine secretly hopes that eventually a stronger form of cooperation will begin from these instructors, i.e. them to plan the hostilities.
In his words, the concern about the expansion of the mission in question is an escalation of the conflict, "because if these instructors, officially military personnel of the member states, are brought to the combat units directly of the Ukrainian army, and it enters Russian territory, in internationally marking Russia's borders according to the UN Charter, for example in Kursk, this represents a casus belli /cause of war/,“ the analyst recalled.
The capture by Ukrainian troops of the Kursk Region could be an extremely important and very serious point in Ukraine's position in the future peace negotiations. "Donbass and Zaporozhye are territories of Ukraine after all, but when it comes to the territory of Russia itself, naturally Ukraine will very seriously ask for concessions in return for withdrawing from this territory. And Russian society itself cannot help but prioritize the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from pristine Russian territory. This would be a very strong trump card for Ukraine in the negotiations.“
There is no possibility of achieving a full-scale victory by any of the warring parties in the Ukrainian conflict, Dimitar Gardev also believes, because the price that will be paid is unacceptable. "Really, both sides are trying to have more serious positions at the negotiating table, but to tell you the truth, I don't expect such negotiations before the US elections and the inauguration of the new US president,” he concluded.