Putin met with the UN Secretary General within BRICS. What's next for the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East?
"The mere presence of Guterres at the BRICS meeting caused dissatisfaction in Ukraine. We must not forget that the UN is an organization of states, and when nearly 40 UN member states gather in one place, it is a normal enough presence of the Secretary-General. The Russian president did not deny that there are North Korean servicemen in Russia. This will hardly have any significant significance on the ground, but in a military-political aspect it is undoubtedly an escalation. So far, both Russia and NATO have had fairly clearly defined "red lines" and one of them was to avoid a direct military confrontation between Russia and NATO," said the director of the Institute of Economics and International Relations, Lubomir Kyuchukov, in "Day ON AIR".
There are no grounds to believe for now that NATO is ready to send troops to Ukraine, regardless of the appeals of some member states, he is categorical.
"What we are observing fits into a general trend which is towards negotiation through escalation. The war itself, the very military actions in Ukraine suggest a search for a political solution. What can realistically be reached is a ceasefire, but a peace treaty seems too improbable from the point of view of the territorial problems", Kyuchukov added for Bulgaria ON AIR.
War has become everyday
According to him, we reason about price through the lens of money, not through the lens of human life.
"Trump promises in his election campaign that he will stop the war in 24 hours. This process of searching for a political solution has been going on for a very long time. It's like we got used to the war and it became the background of our daily life, not a problem. We pass wars by as a matter of course. We watch deadly ping pong in rockets. If this is not stopped, we will constantly tremble in anticipation of whether the conflict in the Middle East will not develop into a regional one. A rather strange dialogue is going on between the US and Israel," the guest pointed out.
The United States is in a rather uncomfortable situation - they are beginning to absorb the negatives of Israel's actions and there is a risk of being involved in a possible conflict, Kyuchukov pointed out.
"Trump's policy towards the two conflicts is radically opposite. On the Middle East side, it will provide even more aid to Israel. Outgoing President Biden has avoided making decisions that could have hindered Kamala Harris' candidacy. That's why the US is trying to hold back for now. Turkey is trying to become a serious global factor. Turkey is also trying to take a leading role in the Islamic world as a third power alongside Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Kurds, along with inflation and radical Islam, are perhaps the factors Erdogan is following most closely. Erdogan will tighten control and strengthen nationalism," he added.