If No One Controls Zelensky, Then He Controls Half the World

The Ukrainian president dislikes two EU countries that have supported and continue to support Ukraine in countless ways.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo: AFP)

Let’s be clear:

Zelensky dislikes two EU nations that have helped and continue to help Ukraine in countless ways. But since Hungary and Slovakia are part of the European Union, harming them means harming the EU. This, however, isn't of any concern to Zelensky, as he knows that the EU-betraying, pro-Ukrainian leadership in Brussels will pat him on the back regardless. As will others.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speculated that the Biden administration, in its final days, may have been behind the attack on the TurkStream pipeline. At a Moscow press conference, he stated: "The United States aims to render the TurkStream pipeline inoperable."
According to Lavrov, Ukrainians are attacking Russia’s energy infrastructure—which ensures EU energy security—with US approval. After Nord Stream, they now seem intent on disabling TurkStream.

This development, which directly impacts us, did not go unnoticed by Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 

In a Facebook post, he emphasized the importance of the TurkStream pipeline as a reliable route for Hungary's and Central Europe’s natural gas supply. He added that closing gas and oil supply routes is unacceptable and contradicts the expectations tied to EU integration.

Volodymyr Zelensky had allegedly once said that there isn't a person alive that could control him. We can’t verify if he actually said this, but if he did, the Western world is in serious trouble. For if Zelensky is not in fact a marionette controlled by strings held by others, this means he controls half the world.

Very few leaders in history could claim having such power—perhaps Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, and only one or two others. Who would have thought that an Ukrainian comedian would someday join their ranks? If there weren’t a bloody war raging in the mean time, it would indeed be considered a comedy.

The author is a writer and journalist.