The EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, summarize the conclusion which has been reached in the Munich Security Conference: “We have to increase and accelerate our military support to Ukraine quickly.”

The head of European diplomacy has been clear with the countries attending the meeting, which has been held since last Friday: the international community must turn to Ukraine and strengthen it. For Borrell, Zelenski and the Ukrainians have a lot of applause and little ammunition, when what they need is, he says, “to be less applauded and better armed.” The conference is attended by some 40 heads of state and government and 75 foreign and defense ministers.

Borrell, who has spoken in favor of Ukraine’s entry into the EU, recalled that the war represents an “existential challenge” for the security of all countries. “All the European leaders have said here that Russia cannot win the war, that Ukraine has to win the war. We have to put words into action,” he stressed.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and her Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson agree on the need to speed up the shipment of military aid to Ukraine. “I have recently been in Kiyv. The Ukrainians tell us: you send us weapons and that is fine. But they send them too late and too slowly“Kristersson stressed.

The British Prime Minister also calls for increased military support. “We are at a pivotal moment in this conflict where if we provide Ukraine with the additional means it needs, then it can turn the tide and liberate its country,” Rishi Sunak said.

For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron, who is committed to a “massive” rearmament in Europe to deal with growing international instability, assures that he wants Russia to be defeated in the conflict but “without crushing it.” “I want the defeat of Russia in the Ukraine, and I want Ukraine to be able to defend itselfbut I am convinced that in the end this will not end militarily,” he said, advocating a negotiated solution to the conflict.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is clear that the solution will not be to cede territory to Russia, since it is the invading country, “the one that has violated territorial integrity”, which must withdraw its troops from the occupied country to achieve a just peace. “If Russia stops fighting there will be no more war, if Ukraine stops fighting there will be no more Ukraine and there will be no international peace order,” he insisted.

They call for an end to “neutrality” in the face of the conflict

During these days there have been nods to the so-called “global south”, where some countries are reluctant to take sides, and others, such as Brazil, despite condemning the aggression, do not support Ukraine. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has been clear in defending that the countries that say neutrals actually “are supporting Russia”.

On this level, José Manuel Albares, Spain’s Foreign Minister, has insisted that this is not a war between Russia and NATO or an extension of the Cold War, but that it is a conflict with an aggressor, which violates international law. , and a victim.

“The key in this war are the imperialist plans of President Putin. What we are doing is making it clear that we will never accept an imperialist war or that President Putin trampled on international law,” the president of the European Commission expressed the same idea. , Ursula von der Leyen.

For his part, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, warns these “neutral” countries that if Putin is allowed to succeed, this could serve as a stimulus to other aggressors and also to future Russian aggressions against other countries, so it is necessary for Ukraine to win the war. “If not, others will believe that because the Russians did it, they can try it too. And we have to discourage the Russians from trying it elsewhere,” he said.

Ukraine is confident that it will eventually receive fighter jets

After testing the positions that the international representatives have adopted this weekend at the Munich Security Conference, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, assures that he has perceived signs of new military aid to Ukraine and the beginning of a process for Russia to answer for the invasion before the courts.

“I have seen important statements from world leaders in favor of our state and there are indications of strengthening our arsenal for our defense,” he said. And although no country has yet promised fighters, his minister Kuleba is confident: “I dare say that Ukraine will receive planes, it’s only a matter of time and procedural”.

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister has asked the countries to start training with the fighters as soon as possible, “without assuming any additional obligation at this time” about the possible future shipment of this material to the country.