Thread by @ThroughOdin

Does Sending “Peacekeepers” to #Ukraine Guarantee World War III?
#Orbán warns of secret #EU plan: peacekeepers for the front in Ukraine?

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“#Peacekeepers, peacekeepers from the EU nations, are to be sent to the front lines. If that happens, World War III will draw closer,” warns Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a recent interview.

2- According to Viktor Orbán (59), the plan for sending tens of thousands of peacekeepers to the east of #Ukraine, which has already been discussed among the heads of state of the #EU nations, sounds sensible on the surface:

3- These EU troops are intended to separate the two warring parties and thus secure a ceasefire zone — it should bring a quick end to the bloody hostilities.

4- But the Hungarian Prime Minister sees an extremely great danger in this plan: “We are approaching World War III with it,” says Viktor Orbán in a recent interview with Kossuth Radio.

With peacekeeping troops in the Ukraine, there is a risk of a #worldwar

5- And it’s pretty clear what Orbán means by this: If #German, #British, #French, #Polish and maybe also #Austrian peacekeeping units are standing in the rubble fields of #Bakhmut and other frontline towns, incidents may very quickly occur —

6- the first shots could lead to firefights, then escalate to massive acts of war. This would mean that #NATO and #EU countries would suddenly be involved in a dramatic military conflict with the #Russian Federation.

7- [Personally, I believe that this is the name of the game — ESCALATION.]

The motivation behind the elaboration of the #EU plan to send peacekeeping forces to the front lines in #Ukraine is not difficult to see: not only are the Ukrainian armed forces running out of weapons

8- systems & ammunition in the current war of attrition, they are also increasingly short of soldiers. The 1,200km-long front is impossible to hold with fewer and fewer able-bodied men.

The government in #Kiev is still hiding the current casualty figures, but according to their

9- own statements, battalions deployed near Bakhmut lost up to 80% of their soldiers. In addition, military observers in Western Europe know that a radical wave of recruitment is once again underway in #Ukraine: even extremely young boys and older men are being forcibly drafted

10- into the army. [Sounds like 1944-45 in #Nazi-occupied #Germany, doesn’t it?]

#Orbán warns: “Our security is at risk”

The Federal Government has not communicated how #Austria is reacting to these #EU plans. On the one hand, there is nothing to be said against another

11- #peacekeeping mission by neutral Austria; on the other hand, the resulting high risk of being drawn into a direct conflict with the Russian Federation should be given sufficient attention.

12- And Viktor Orbán also said in an interview with the radio station: “In any case, the war is becoming more and more brutal and bloody. The Hungarian population is concerned; our safety is at risk. We must reach a ceasefire — if there is one, then peace talks are possible.”