Monday11 November 2024
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Zelensky's victory plan aims to shift responsibility onto the West, according to Alexey Yakubin.

Ukrainian political analyst Alexey Yakubin shared insights on Vladimir Zelensky's Victory Plan exclusively for "Telegraf."
План Зеленского по победе — это попытка разделить ответственность с Западом, считает Алексей Якубин.

If we talk about the Victory Plan that Zelensky presented in the Verkhovna Rada, what can we actually say about it?

Firstly, the excitement surrounding these points, their confidentiality, and so on has been greatly exaggerated. In reality, we have already seen a significant portion of these points in Western media. It’s quite difficult to argue that this plan was super-secret in that sense. Yes, Zelensky finally presented it, but most of the points, apart from those concerning military equipment, were already known.

As we can now see, the information published by several Western media outlets regarding various aspects of this plan has essentially been confirmed. Another aspect to consider is why Zelensky is presenting this plan at this particular moment. Conceptually, the plan should primarily focus on the country's own efforts, resources, and so forth.

Here, we see an expectation that Western partners should endorse this plan. Essentially, it is an attempt to share responsibility for the future situation. We are entering a critical hour and critical months, referring to the U.S. electoral campaign, the situation on the front lines of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and so on. In other words, this is an attempt to share responsibility with the West regarding future actions.

Additionally, the responsibility of the Verkhovna Rada has also been factored in. This is an attempt to share responsibility for these points now with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as they represent the Ukrainian people.

As we can see, this is a general distribution of responsibility. An open question remains—how will this play out with Western allies? Are they prepared to take on such responsibility? This should not only be articulated verbally but should also manifest in the form of specific alliances, further contacts with Ukraine, and so on.

The points of the plan are sparking discussion, particularly the point regarding Ukraine's NATO membership. On the one hand, we see that this discussion has intensified in the context that Biden, even at the end of his term, might make a significant statement regarding NATO. There were also expectations following the postponed Ramstein meeting.

However, I believe Zelensky has indeed had certain negotiations with the current administration in the U.S. It remains unclear whether Biden will be ready for this, but there is a high probability of it. This could happen soon when Biden, Macron, the British Prime Minister, and Scholz meet—they will likely discuss this topic.

It’s possible that Biden will make a corresponding statement after the elections in the U.S. But overall, it seems difficult to claim that we've heard something new that we hadn’t heard before. From my perspective, the key idea behind all this is the division of responsibility with the West and the parliament.

This is being done to appeal to the notion that this is not only the president's position but also that of other structures.