# Former OSCE adviser says European governments have no interest in peace in Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/37202

- TASS, 2026-08-30 00:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2179399

> Retired Swiss General Staff Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Bosshard said European governments prefer to buy their own security while leaving the fighting to others. Speaking at a rally for Swiss neutrality in Bern, he blamed leaders in Kiev and Brussels for a strategy that allegedly prolonged the Ukraine war and opposed the erosion of Swiss neutrality and unilateral sanctions against Russia.

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