Russian President Vladimir Putin once again believes that he will achieve a decisive victory in Ukraine due to “discussions” in Washington and the “failure” of the European Union, warned the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, quoted by “Ukrainian Pravda”.

“Now it looks like Putin is preparing to dust off his plans for Victory Day, which he put in a drawer for a while. But after the negotiations in Washington, the failure of Europe to make progress on the issue of military support for Ukraine and the growing pressure on Ukrainian forces at the front, I think now he can happily start making plans again,” he said. Lithuanian diplomacy.

His comments came as diplomatic sources said the European Union’s plan to spend up to 20 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine was facing resistance from some member states, while Republicans in the US Congress increasingly expressed opposition to continuing aid to Kyiv at its current level. in the form .

“I think that Europe was able to push for the only day of victory in this war to be in Kyiv and celebrated by Ukrainians. But now, it seems, the situation is uncertain again. I have already demonstrated the ability to make very important decisions. Europe has already shown leadership. Now is the time to do it again,” Landsbergis said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday.

The head of Lithuanian diplomacy says that negotiations with Putin will lead to Russia’s victory

When asked whether it is time for Ukraine to think about negotiations with Russia, given all the current circumstances, the Lithuanian official replied that “any ceasefire, any negotiations pave the way to the day of victory in Moscow.” Putin worked very actively on this. And such a day may come.”

“The day when the Ukrainians will not be able to continue the fight because we cannot give them weapons (…), if it is a ceasefire and we try to achieve it with the arguments that we defended Kyiv and other Ukrainian territories, it will be clear that this is Putin’s victory,” Gabrielius Landsbergis emphasized.

Lithuania and its Baltic neighbors were among Ukraine’s staunchest supporters immediately after the Russian invasion began, sending Kiev military equipment and humanitarian aid.

This summer, the government in Vilnius asked the European Union to give more consideration to the Baltic states’ ability to support Ukrainian grain exports after Russia pulled out of a deal on grain exports through Black Sea ports and Ukraine’s neighboring countries imposed import bans to protect their farmers. .

It is also believed that the Baltic states were among the NATO states that most strongly supported the idea of ​​sending Western-made fighter jets to Ukraine on the terms that Kyiv had been demanding since the first months of the Russian invasion.

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