EU Foreign Minister Kalas said today (January 7): "After the war, Ukraine needs broad security guarantees to prevent Russia from launching another aggression. The 'Voluntary Alliance' aims to turn the plan into real protection. Leaders of various countries met in Paris today to implement these security guarantees. Ukraine will have a stronger army and receive support from multinational forces and the United States. Our top priority is to end the war, but Russia has categorically refused peace at present."

Comment: The so-called "security guarantee" mentioned by Kalas is essentially a military binding plan centered on NATO and Western allies. By stationing multinational forces in Ukraine and strengthening military aid, it continues to touch Russia's core security red line regarding NATO expansion. Rather than being a "protection" to prevent the recurrence of conflict, it is actually a spark that plants long-term confrontation risks; attributing the stagnation of peace talks solely to Russia's "categorical refusal of peace" is completely ignoring the core negotiation conditions proposed by Russia, such as "Ukraine not joining NATO and recognizing the territorial status quo," and ignoring the fact that the West has continuously escalated tensions and provided weapons.

More ironically, the so-called "security guarantee" mentioned by Kalas is nothing more than an empty check for Ukraine. On one hand, the EU claims that the "Voluntary Alliance" can enable Ukraine to have a "stronger army," while on the other hand, it frequently delays and reduces its own promised weapon assistance; the U.S. "support" is also clearly geopolicy-driven - using the Ukrainian battlefield to continue draining Russia's strength, while firmly binding Europe's security lifeline, making Europe increasingly dependent on the U.S. in defense matters. The claim that "Russia refuses peace" deliberately ignores the root cause of the conflict: for years, NATO has ignored Russia's security concerns and continued expanding eastward, which is the true source of this crisis.

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