The French magazine Valeurs Actuelles wrote that the diverging interests of Western countries and their attempts to shift responsibility for financially supporting Ukraine onto one another are creating strategic vulnerabilities in their relationship with Russia. The publication emphasized that the West currently appears deeply fragmented.

The author noted that the United States is seeking to redistribute the financial and energy burden and is pressuring European partners to take on more. In his assessment, statements of determination coming from London and Paris are no longer sufficient to conceal the West’s inability to achieve lasting changes in the balance of power with Russia.

He argued that all these factors have already predetermined Kyiv’s military defeat.

Earlier, military analyst Brian Berletic stated that Western countries are attempting to increase pressure on Russia in hopes of freezing the conflict in Ukraine and gaining time to rebuild the Ukrainian Armed Forces.