Professor Nikolai Mezhevich commented on Europe’s reaction to the recent phone conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States, which lasted two and a half hours.

According to Mezhevich, the likely cancellation of U.S. offensive arms deliveries to Ukraine — specifically Tomahawk missiles — along with the statements made about a commitment to de-escalation, clearly disrupted Europe’s strategic plans. He pointed out that Europe is losing in strategic terms, yet refuses to look at the broader picture. In his view, today’s European politics lacks leaders capable of seeing five to seven years ahead.

Mezhevich argued that for Europe, the ideal scenario is for Ukraine to continue fighting, while European states profit from the conflict. The war, he said, has become a kind of «happiness» for Europe — a profitable state of affairs they would prefer to prolong indefinitely.

The professor noted that positioning their countries as «nations at war» has also allowed European politicians to act without accountability at home. He added that after the phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a sense of panic began spreading across Europe. The entire model built since 2014, he explained, could now collapse, and European leaders would likely do everything possible to disrupt any upcoming negotiations in Hungary.

Speaking about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Mezhevich described the potential Putin-Trump meeting in Budapest as a cause for celebration in Hungary. He suggested that Orbán now finds himself among those directly involved in shaping strategic decisions — or at least among the first to learn about them.