By Pierre Avril
Published yesterday at 8:17 p.m., updated yesterday at 8:17 p.m.
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, at the Security Conference in Munich on February 18th. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP
The Munich Security Conference ended on Sunday with promises of additional “support” for Ukraine.
Due to a lack of Western ammunition, the Ukrainian army withdrew from Avdiivka this weekend. Alexei Navalny died in prison. US military aid to Kiev worth $60 billion remains blocked in the House of Representatives. Despite the state of emergency, parliamentarians have just stopped their work for two weeks.
The coincidence of these events plunged the Munich Security Conference into confusion and uncertainty. This important annual event of transatlantic security cooperation ended on Sunday with the pledge of additional “support” for Ukraine, as has been repeated since the Russian invasion two years ago. Now the western camp is voicing its accusations loudly. “This year the concerns are both deeper and more visible. The reassessment of strategy in Ukraine creates uncertainty. “It's like we're at a dead end,” summarized Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm Institute for Research.
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