Lieutenant-general (ret.) Professor Constantin MINCU, Ph.D*
Abstract: Analyzing with great interest and attention the events that took place on the international stage, in connection with the increasingly cruel war, launched by Putin against Ukraine, three and a half years ago (24.02.2022), as well as the actions of President Donald Trump, after taking the oath of office for the new term (21.01.2025) to end the bloody conflict and to bring the two leaders – Putin and Zelensky to the negotiating table, we find that in the past seven months we have been part of a “dialogue” of the deaf. All the pressures and promises of President Trump have had no positive effect, on the contrary, after each Putin-Trump dialogue, Russia has carried out new destructive bombings, targeting residential areas, destroying apartment buildings and deliberately and plannedly killing dozens of civilians, including many children.
I believe, with sufficient arguments, that this war primarily affects all of Europe, but also most of the world’s states, having profoundly negative effects on the world economy and vital trade flows.
Given the evolution of events in recent weeks, most political and military analysts, both abroad and in Romania, are skeptical and do not see a solution to stop the aggression of the Russian Federation; on the contrary, Putin is moving forward, with the aim of conquering all of Ukraine, transforming it into a Vassal Governorate, with an obedient regime installed by the Kremlin.
The systematic delay, mimicking negotiations with the Trump Administration, has only the aim of lulling Western leaders to sleep, while the war intensifies.
If Putin is left free to achieve his goals, the danger for Europe will be, in the short and medium term, from the Prut to Lisbon, as French President Emmanuel Macron has bluntly declared, provoking Moscow’s anger
Keywords: Ukrainian war, Russian Federation, V.V. Putin, Donald Trump, Volodimir Zelenski.
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscimilit.2025.3.18
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* Entitled member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, member of the Honorary Council of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, VicePresident of the Military Sciences Section
PUBLISHED in Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Military Sciences, Volume 17 no 3, 2025
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