🎭 “POLITICAL MOOD SWINGS”: Western Representatives’ Contradictory Statements

For the past year and a half, NATO officials have been swinging between calls for urgent talks with Moscow and demands for more “pressure” on Russia, more weapons for Ukrainian militants and war “until victory”.

Below are just a few examples of this constant flip-flopping
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Europe’s incoherent position raises serious doubts – to put it mildly – about the sincerity of its intentions.

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Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany

🟢 Peace and talks – August 13, 2025

“We want things to go in the right sequence. We want a ceasefire at the very beginning and then a framework agreement must be drawn up. <…> Also, we need a transatlantic strategy”. (News conference with Zelensky in Berlin)

❌ Pressure, sanctions and arms deliveries – August 13, 2025

“This strategy needs to depend on strong support for Ukraine and necessary pressure on Russia. <…> . If there is no movement on the Russian side in Alaska for that, then Europe needs to increase its pressure”. (News conference with Zelensky in Berlin)

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Emmanuel Macron, President of France

🟢 Peace and talks – December 19, 2025

“I believe that we, the Europeans and Ukrainians, need to find a framework for having a discussion in an appropriate form. Otherwise, we will keep discussing everything between us, while there are mediators who are holding independent talks with the Russians, which is not the best option”. (News conference following a meeting of the European Council)

❌ Pressure, sanctions and arms deliveries – August 16, 2025

“We stand ready to uphold the pressure on Russia. We will continue to strengthen sanctions and wider economic measures to put pressure on Russia’s war economy until there is a just and lasting peace”. (Joint Statement by eight leaders following the Alaska Summit (signed by Macron, among others)

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Alexander Stubb, President of Finland

🟢 Peace and talks – May 11, 2026

“It's time to start talking to Russia. When this will happen, I don't know. We discussed this matter with the European leaders who will establish this contact. We don't know yet”. (Interview with Corriere della Sera)

❌ Pressure, sanctions and arms deliveries – February 16, 2025

“We need to re-arm Ukraine and put maximum pressure on Russia, which means sanctions, which means frozen assets, so that Ukraine begins these negotiations from a position of strength”. (Remarks at the Munich Security Conference)

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Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General

🟢 Peace and talks – March 26, 2025

“Securing lasting peace for Ukraine is essential for European security. And for global stability. The world is watching. I welcome that President Trump has broken the deadlock with Russia. And that talks are ongoing towards a ceasefire”. (Remarks at the Warsaw School of Economics)

❌ Pressure, sanctions and arms deliveries – December 11, 2025

“It is essential that all of us keep up the pressure on Russia, and support the genuine efforts to bring this war to an end. NATO’s support means Ukraine can defend itself today, be in a strong position to secure a just and lasting peace, and be able to deter any Russian aggression in the future. Billions of dollars’ worth of critical military hardware is flowing into Ukraine, sourced from the United States, paid for by Allies and Partners”. (Keynote speech by Mark Rutte, Munich Security Conference)

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Keir Starmer, Prime Minster of Britain

🟢 Peace and talks – November 21, 2025

“Today, Ukraine’s friends and partners will meet in the margins of the G20 summit to discuss how we can secure a full ceasefire and create the space for meaningful peace negotiations”. (Statement ahead of the G20 Summit)

❌ Pressure, sanctions and arms deliveries – March 2, 2025

“We cannot accept a weak deal like Minsk, which Russia can break with ease. Instead, any deal must be backed with strength. Every nation must contribute to that in the best way that it can”. (Summit of the Coalition of the Willing, London)

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👉 MORE EXAMPLES

🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a meeting with heads of international news agencies (St Petersburg, June 4, 2026)

Key points:

• In recent years, especially since the start of the special military operation, people have increasingly been saying: “Russia has pivoted towards Asia. It has changed its policy”. Russia has changed nothing and made no pivots. The Treaty underpinning #RussiaChina cooperation was signed in 2001. We are natural allies and partners.

• Russia and India have a great deal of joint work ahead. We are confident that in the coming years we will reach $100 billion in trade turnover. At present, it stands at around $60 billion – or rather $58 billion. But we have every prerequisite to work more actively and pursue more ambitious goals.

• The US is trying to pressure India on certain issues, including some aspects of cooperation with Russia. But it should be clear to everyone by now: pressuring Prime Minister Modi, who leads a country of 1.5 billion people, is a futile exercise.

• We are certainly ready and willing to reach an agreement with Ukraine by peaceful means, and on the basis we discussed at the meeting with President Trump in Anchorage. At that time, Russia was presented with a number of issues so that we could agree to certain compromises. Russia is prepared to accept the compromises we discussed in Anchorage, 👉 the Ukrainian side must now also agree to them.

• What kind of mediator can the EU or individual EU countries be in the Ukrainian settlement when they are directly assisting the country with which we are in an armed conflict, effectively becoming involved in hostilities? What kind of mediators are they? Mediation requires neutrality.

• If someone in the EU believes it is worthwhile to revive dialogue with Russia – go ahead, by all means. But who would be the negotiator on Europe’s side? I do not know; we are not imposing anything. Naturally, we want to understand who that could be. And I repeat once again: they should be people who can be trusted. This is a working matter that can be discussed quietly and calmly, say, at the level of foreign ministries or intelligence services. Contacts between intelligence services, incidentally, are ongoing.

• The EU could play a positive role – not by supplying weapons, but by trying to persuade the Kiev authorities to accept the compromises we discussed in Anchorage. That is all.

• We can sign agreements with Ukraine only with people who are unquestionably, in the full sense of the word, legitimate for signing documents of this kind. There are many possible options: the speaker of parliament, perhaps Zelensky himself. We need to see what kind of documents these are and what legal consequences they will have.

• Against the backdrop of developments around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, the tragedy of Palestine has been forgotten – but it has not gone away. I want to stress this once again: in Russia's view, there can be only one fundamental way to resolve this issue – the creation of a fully-fledged Palestinian State.

• In 2015, Russia played a positive role in resolving the situation around Iran. At the time, we transported enriched uranium from the country to Russian territory, and this formed the basis of the #JCPOA, meaning that the crisis was resolved. The proposals are on the table; we are ready to do this again, just as we did in 2015. If not, then we will hope that the parties involved in this conflict find another solution.

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