Caroline Galacteros: "Ukraine cannot win the war"

Written by Arnaud MONNIER co-founder of SLAVA UKRAYINI fund

This article is a reaction to the interview of June 20th, 2023 on the "Le medias pour tous" channel @LeMediaPourTousTV , that Mrs. Caroline #Galacteros,

@CGalacteros , graduate of the Institute of Higher National Defense Studies of Paris-Sorbonne, have made.

Caroline Galacteros remettant en cause la légitimité de la souveraineté de l'Ukraine

Mrs. Galacteros, you say there was never any question of invading Ukraine.

That Russia only entered Ukraine with 100,000 soldiers, for political and military reasonsc lear, but very limited.

You say that it was in reaction to Ukraine, that #Russia was forced to have to advance on Ukrainian territory, in order to keep what Russia took and keep the regions that Russia put under its protection.

You say it's a desired pace and a slow pace, imposed by Russia. You also say that the media lends things to Russia that are not real, because they are presupposed by Westerners.

You say that Russia's strategy is not to affect #Ukrainian civilian populations. As proof, Russia only killed 10,000 civilians, while statistics show more than 14,000 Ukrainian dead.

But you fail to mention the 15 million civilians who have had to flee their homes. Of which 5 million fled civilian Ukrainians, were forced to flee their country. Or of the 19,393 Ukrainian children, who were illegally transferred to Russia. According to you, the Russian government is holding back civilians to spare them.

Because if Russia had decided not to hold back, there would have been no Ukraine for a very long time, according to you.

You say that the options of the Ukrainian generals are not those of the options of the Russian generals. Because the Ukrainian generals, do not particularly preserve their troops, compared to the strategy of benevolence of the Russian officers. That the Ukrainian generals, sent their soldiers to Bakhmut, which caused carnage.

Here too you omit to mention the CONVOY militia, in charge of stopping the Russian deserters on the Ukrainian front.

See even the mercenaries of the WAGNER Group.

You are a diploma of the IHEDN in Paris and therefore consider yourself a military strategist, to explain to the Ukrainian authorities that it is not necessary to carry out a counter-offensive, in order to carry out a counter-offensive.

Because there is no chance for the Ukrainians to be able to reverse the counter-offensive in their favor.

According to you, it therefore seems obvious that the Ukrainian people should resolve to accept the arrival of the Russians on their territory.

You explain that the ratio of deaths between Ukrainians and Russians is 1 to 8.

That is to say that there are 8 times more Ukrainian deaths than Russian deaths, since the beginning of the conflict of February 24th, 2024. You seem to forget that in 16 months of war in Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 25,000 #soldiers, when they were "only" 15,000 soldiers killed during the 98 months of #Afghan war.

You then explain that the allies do not give arms to the Ukrainians. They are only lending to them, because in exchange, the Americans, #Europeans and other allied countries, "take 'assets from Ukraine'. Referring to the interview between President Zelensky and Larry Fink the CEO of Black Rock .

You seem to neglect that it will be vital for Ukraine to have to bring investors to its soil, in order to be able to rebuild the country.

You say that the narrative of Westerners is to mask the madness in which these same Westerners have invested themselves in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. You explain that if the conflict took place it is because of the NATO allies who refused to discuss with V. Poutine, as for the reorganization of the NATO zone. According to you, there was a deliberate provocation by NATO members vis-à-vis the Kremlin, which forced Moscow to have to make the decision to come to Ukraine. You seem to forget that following the aggressions of the Russians on the Ukrainian territory, Finland became the 31rd member of NATO and soon Sweden, will be integrated into the coalition.

You end up calling the Russian president by his first name, so we can ask ourselves what your level of objectivity and impartiality is with regard to the Kremlin and the situation that has been going on since February 24th, 2022.

Could we imagine that in the end you are really a political scientist, or just only a lady who advocates a certain propaganda?

You explain that the Russian president found himself in an impasse and that he had no other choice but to arrive in Ukraine. Because according to you, he didn't do it lightly.

That he also felt humiliated by the Minsk agreements, according to the words of former President Francois Hollande and the former German Chancellor.

In your opinion, it is heresy to want to bring Ukraine and Moldova into Europe. Because the economic situation of Europe does not allow to be able to welcome new countries, "in ruins and in radical poverty" without forgetting "corruption".

You say that it is urgent to talk about peace and to stop this headlong rush which has no interest. Because we are heading towards a conflict that will last.

According to you, this peace can only be made if the Ukrainians and the allies accept the victory of the Russian army, because the Russian army is without any measure, with the Ukrainian army. Consequently, a capitulation of the Ukrainian people, because "there is no possible Ukrainian victory". Because according to you, it is necessary to reflect and take into consideration the situation. Because it is because of the allies that Russia entered the war and that the current situation is only a consequence and an escalation, of which the only culprits are Ukraine and the Allies.

You seem to denounce that it is abnormal that Ukraine wants at all costs to recover the territories of Donbass or Crimea, because the latter have been integrated into the Russian Federation. But who decided so? With what authority and what legality in accordance with international law?

You support your argument by asking "who would be naive enough to imagine that Russia, after losing thousands of men, after putting its economy into war mode, after taking considerable risks, or after being demonized by the Western way", could agree to return these territories?

But if your "intellect" can do it, please to try to put yourself in the place of the Ukrainians. How would you consider your position if a country were to decide that your department is no longer French. And that you will now have to fulfill new obligations. What would your opinion be if something like this happened to you directly?

In 1945 when the Germans arrived in France, if all French people had thought like you, what nationality would we be today?

You seem to forget that Ukrainians don't want Russians. Whether civilian or military.

Ukrainians are a nation and they want to stay that way. No one can ever take that away from them.

I spent 173 days in Ukraine in 2022. I met bruised and tired civilians. Who had to flee their villages because the Russians attacked them. I saw the horrors of Irpin and Butcha. I was told about the rapes, humiliations and tortures that the Russian military inflicted on Ukrainian civilians.

What you haven't understood and will probably never understand is that it's not the Ukrainian army against the Russian army. No!! It is every Ukrainian woman, child and man who opposes the Russian invasion of their territory.

It is the refusal of every civilian to want to accept surrender. It is the refusal of every Ukrainian civilian to want to accept the loss of their identity, their culture, their family and their home.

Ukrainians will never give up, you and your friend Putin must to understand this point.

Since February 24, 2022, you have undoubtedly never been to Ukraine. You have undoubtedly never seen with your own eyes all the horrors caused by the Russian army.

You are undoubtedly a qualified woman with a lot of intellect. But you are not an intelligent woman. And you will never be able to understand the Ukrainian people.

Your narrow-mindedness towards the Ukrainian people and the contempt you have for them, undoubtedly reflects your incomprehension to understand that the Ukrainians will never capitulate.

You friend, Vladimir Putin will be forced to sit down at the negotiating table. Whether it takes a year or a decade. He will eventually sit down and accept that one cannot take territory from a sovereign country with impunity, without consequence.

I'm going back to Ukraine at the end of 2023, to Kremenchuk. I invite you to accompany me and discuss with the Ukrainian authorities, the military and the civilians.

We will can see if you stand by your words or if you agree to show objectivity towards the Ukrainian people.