“Ukraine can be neutral. But it must not demilitarize” – Foreign

From the Kremlin bunker, surrounded by the generals of the magic circle, Vladimir Putin warns: we will not allow Ukraine to be used as a base for aggressive actions towards Russia. Nobody, except him, thinks so and the diplomatic path, bumpy, tiring, full of pitfalls, however, gives a glimpse of the possibility of a future with Kiev inserted in a scenario of neutrality. General Vincenzo Camporini, as a former defense chief of staff do you see this as a real development? “The hypothesis of a Ukraine with a neutral status, which will then need to be defined in detail, is a solution already hypothesized in the past. It is a way out of the conflict, but with warnings and rigid stakes that the West must put in place” . Which? “A neutrality conceived on the model of Austria or Sweden is assessable, but a possible agreement must not lead to a subjection of Kiev by Russia. Ukraine must maintain the condition of sovereign state. Finland, for example, is also neutral and it has pledged not to attack Russia, but it is not demilitarized. ” What can Europe and NATO do in this sense? “They must not leave the chessboard and must be absolutely vigilant. Russia’s choice of aggression is a lesson that we must keep in mind for the future. Our safety is at stake.” Moscow is a nuclear power, but how do we interpret the deficits we see on the battlefield? “All of us analysts have been struck by the apparent and unexpected inefficiency of the Russian war machine, amidst mismanagement of the theater of operations and structural deficiencies”. Where did they go wrong? “Certainly in the planning of the intervention it probably had to be a blitzkrieg and instead turned out to be a difficult conflict with a reaction from the Ukrainian side that the attackers had not calculated. They have awakened nationalism even on the part of those who speak Russian. Being Russian speakers. …