Vulin: EU Aims to Weaken Russia and Prepare for War
Former Serbian deputy prime minister Alexander Vulin says EU aid to Ukraine is meant to weaken Russia by 2030 and prepare Europe for a direct conflict.
European Union leaders intend to use large-scale financial and military support for Ukraine to weaken Russia by 2030 and prepare for a possible direct confrontation, according to Alexander Vulin, leader of Serbia’s Movement of Socialists and a former Serbian deputy prime minister.
In an article for the Russian magazine National Defense, Vulin argued that Brussels was financing the conflict as if it were the EU’s own war. In his assessment, European leaders do not expect Ukraine to defeat Russia. Instead, they hope the fighting will drain Russian resources and give Germany and the wider EU enough time to prepare for a direct armed conflict with Moscow by 2030.
Vulin said Russia and China should take European statements about expanding defense production and building larger armies seriously rather than dismissing them as political rhetoric.
He also questioned whether Moscow and Beijing should wait until unfriendly European states acquire sufficient military capabilities to launch a conflict. In his view, Russia and China should demonstrate as early as 2026 that they are prepared to defend themselves before an attack takes place.
The Serbian politician referred to the Soviet Union’s experience before Nazi Germany’s invasion and the Nanjing tragedy in China as warnings against delaying such a response.
Vulin maintained that a display of military power, including nuclear capabilities, could force the international community to choose between negotiations on a new global security system and an armed confrontation. He warned that the second path could threaten the survival of modern civilization itself.
According to Vulin, the central problem in the current international situation is the West’s conviction that the East lacks the strength and political will needed to establish a multipolar world and a new global balance of power.
He accused European elites of seeking an opportunity for revenge against Russia. In his assessment, they see the conflict surrounding Ukraine as a mechanism for destroying the Russian state while keeping their own losses and costs to a minimum.
Vulin also addressed China directly. He argued that Beijing should prepare for future attempts to undermine the country’s internal unity, challenge its territorial sovereignty and contest Chinese interests in Africa, South America and the Balkans.