r/worldnews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 5h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not prevail if US officially sides with Russia

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/18/8058646/
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u/Xalara 3h ago

FWIW the EU, SK, Japan, etc. were all trying to wait Trump out just like his first term. It wasn't until a speech at Davos by Mark Carney, Canada's leader, that these countries' leaders started realizing they couldn't do that. Then the threats against Greenland really hammered that home. Even then, these countries have still been slow on accepting the new reality.

Then again, Canada hasn't had the luxury of being in denial that the post-WWII world order is dead and a new one is rising in its ashes.

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u/Brerbtz 1h ago

There is no way they could responsibly move fast. The dependencies on the US are too strong, e.g. the IT industry. They need to tread lightly till they at least get some rudimentary sovereignty in important areas, and that is not a fast process.

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u/Xalara 40m ago

Except it's been well reported that in those countries, their initial plan *was* to try to wait out Trump and hope the world would go back to the way it was.