The position of Spain in the conflict in Ukraine leaves no room for doubt to the experts. “Although they may seem like big words, we are at war with Russia,” said Jesús Núñez, co-director of the Institute for Conflict Studies and Humanitarian Action. The political scientist and editor of ‘Politikon’ Pablo Simón has expressed himself in a similar vein: “Spain has already positioned itself and clearly aligned with the rest of the EU countries, so it makes no sense to think that with a timid position we are going to have lower costs”.
Núñez has endorsed that position, insisting that “we are on the side that tries to prevent Russia from achieving its objectives in Ukraine.” For his part, Pedro Rodríguez, an International Relations analyst, highlighted that “the war has not turned out as Putin proposedand what we are seeing is the solution that they are trying to apply, which is an escalation of brutality”. However, Eduardo Saldaña, director of ‘El Orden Mundial’, has warned: “They have not used all the military capacity they have “.
An alert shared by Óscar Vara, professor of Economic Theory at the Autonomous University of Madrid: “Russia has put nuclear bombs on the table not for nothing, but precisely to tell us to be careful because he can always play the last trick “. “On the part of the West, I see far fewer advantages, because once direct military involvement is excluded what remains is the insistence on turning Russia into a pariah“, Jesús Núñez has pointed out again.
Also on the table is the role played by the president of Ukraine, who has practically become a symbol of the country’s unity in the face of the Russian invasion. “Volodymyr Zelensky is the unlikely leader. This figure emerges as a way to unite the Ukrainian national spirit. Logically, from this point of view, all of Putin’s speech dissolves like a piece of sugar”, Óscar Vara has assessed. And a final note from Pedro Rodríguez: “Putin can win all the battles, but he does not have to win the war”.
Source: Lasexta
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