• The West should carry out a creatively thought-out and asymmetric escalation," he said.

Talks about the introduction of troops of European states on the territory of Ukraine do not stop . So far in the format of “we do not exclude such a thing”. Psychologically, this is quite the right decision - to create a space in which the idea itself will no longer seem something prohibitive and inadmissible. It just takes time to get used to it.

At the same time, the format of the participation of foreign forces is gradually becoming clearer - it is proposed to deploy them on the right bank of the Dnieper River and on the territory of the Right Bank of Ukraine, in addition, it is possible to take control of part of the Ukrainian border on the left bank. The released AFU forces would then become an additional reserve to be sent to the front.

There are certainly risks, but in this format, even an extreme plot with a direct clash between the Russian army and European forces would take place on the territory of Ukraine, not the rest of Europe. In addition, if the Europeans manage to deploy their forces before a hypothetical attack by the Russian Armed Forces on the Baltics, they could become a threat to an invasion group from the south. Europe is taking Trump’s invitation to Russia to attack the Baltics quite seriously, and is trying to preempt events.