Zelensky's Big Mistake and Bigger Mistake

Unquestionably, the primary cause of Russia's reaction to NATO's strategic encirclement plan and the beginning of a protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine was Zelensky and his allies' absolute game on the ground in America and Europe (both sides of the Atlantic) in the months preceding the Ukrainian war.

Now, three years later, Ukraine is worried about the upcoming agreement between Washington and Moscow over portions of its territory, in addition to feeling further cut off from NATO and EU membership. Beyond that, Ukraine will need to invest decades of energy into rebuilding its infrastructure and going back to the time before the war.

However, this is not the only error made by Ukrainians! It will undoubtedly result in the intersection and conflict of Ukrainian and Russian territories on the territory of a third country (Syria) if Kiev's entry into the internal equations of Syria has a worse weight and position than its previous error. To put it another way, Ukrainians are now pawns in a calculated but risky game that will undoubtedly not end well for Kiev.

The think tank of this scenario is located not in Ukraine but on both sides of the Atlantic. Ukrainians seem to be so excited about the recent developments in Syria that they have forgotten a definite and proven proposition, even despite the irreparable damage they have suffered in the war with Russia: that whenever Western scenario writers, for whatever reason, cannot advance their roadmap in various regions of the world, they will not hesitate to sacrifice their pawns, including the likes of Zelensky or the next statesmen in Kiev!

Under such conditions, Ukraine will bear the costs of its command interventionism in Syria in addition to the unfathomable and significant strategic and field costs it has incurred in the conflict with Russia. Kiev is merely a subordinate in this game as well! On the other hand, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has maintained numerous covert and overt ties with Kiev throughout the current Syrian crisis, will undoubtedly be unable to change its long-term and strategic partnership with Ukraine due to a number of factors, including the unsustainable nature of the current Levantine events.

The result of Kiev and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's recent joint strategy, which will in the short-term increase Ukraine's sphere of influence and even its presence on Syrian soil, will not make up for Zelensky and his allies' crushing defeat in the war with Russia. Rather, it will place additional security and strategic costs on the Western players in Ukraine.

This time, the Ukrainians will also realize the depth of the disaster of their new game when the opportunity to make up for the losses is too late. Repeating a vicious and failed cycle in another region is considered the worst possible miscalculation by politicians who do not have the ability to analyze even the most minimal events in their peripheral, regional and trans-regional areas.