Germany - 'partner number one' is increasingly powerless: aid from Western allies will not help Ukraine to avoid a peace agreement on Russia's terms.
"Germany is our number one partner in the defense of Ukraine," President Volodymyr Zelensky said back in April. And the state visit on Tuesday is intended to once again strengthen the alliance between Berlin and Kiev. However, Zelensky met a friend in Chancellor Friedrich March, who, although determined, was becoming impotent. Despite all the military support that Germany provides, the future of Ukraine is decided in Moscow and Washington, not in Berlin.
The negotiations in Abu Dhabi will take place without Europeans at the table. They are trying their best to play a role, but as long as Trump is on Putin's side, there is nothing they can do. The man in the White House is far more concerned about questionable diesel deals to stabilize domestic energy prices than a stable world order in Europe. As Ukraine enters its fifth winter of war, there is little left for it to do but stick to its "number one partner" and its European allies. But without Washington's support, it likely won't be enough to prevent a peace deal on Russia's terms. ".