/ world today news/ In the USA, the propaganda howl about the “terrible, catastrophic” consequences of the “almost inevitable invasion” of Russian troops in Ukraine does not stop. On January 29, the “Washington Post” burst into another “sensation”: “Ukrainian intelligence moved secret documents and equipment from its headquarters in the capital to safe places in the western part of the country.”
To add to the intimidation, the highest ranks of the Pentagon joined the fray – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley. If Russia were to use the forces it has amassed near the border with Ukraine to invade its neighbor’s territory, it would cause significant casualties, General Milli said, adding: “And you can imagine what that might look like in densely populated areas urban areas. It would be terrible, it would be terrible.” The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff joined Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin: “Putin has many options, including the seizure of cities and large territories, as well as coercive actions and provocative political actions , such as the recognition of breakaway territories’.
Let’s ask ourselves a simple question: why is America, including at the top military level, unabashedly calling for war, raising the level of hysteria? After all, what we are hearing is precisely propaganda hysteria, not sober analysis. Because expressions like “That would be terrible!” in the mouth of a four-star general sound ridiculous, if we do not remember that it is a matter of deliberately instilling a psychological atmosphere when the United States has no other arguments against Russia.
It is not difficult to check this, it is enough to answer some questions.
The first question is: does Russia have enough military forces to free Ukraine from the puppet regime and restore the country’s historical unity?
Answer: quite enough.
The second question is: can the US prevent such a development?
Answer: No, they cannot.
First, the United States itself is generally not ready to fight with the Russian Federation over Ukraine, either morally-psychologically or militarily-technically.
Second, Washington has no illusions about being able to use the armed forces of its European vassals against Russia. The confrontation with the Russian Federation has not yet begun, and in Europe (especially in Eastern) there is no shortage of statements about a categorical unwillingness to participate in this madness. Here are just a few of the cases:
– Croatia does not even think about the possibility of including its military in this adventure and threatens to withdraw them from NATO structures.
– Hungary refused to deploy American military contingents on its territory.
– Slovakia goes to protest rallies.
– Germany categorically refuses to provide Ukraine with weapons, let alone send its troops to the front.
– even Anglo-Saxon Canada decided to freeze the supply of lethal weapons to Kiev.
And this is only the tip of the iceberg. As soon as the Western enthusiasts of the “military response” to Russia pull the reins a little and the NATO team will fall apart: no one categorically wants to fight for Ukraine, which no one in Europe needs.
Third, the so-called sanctions policy has practically run out of steam. And anything the West can do in this area threatens the economic security of the West itself, especially Europe, almost more than the Russian Federation itself. For many years of existence under all kinds of sanctions, Russia has become almost insensitive to them, because the difficulties are hardening. Sanctions no longer provide anything but additional incentives for the development of the Russian economy.
For these reasons, the West is unable to counter Russia in the Ukrainian direction with anything sufficiently convincing, either militarily or economically. Therefore, today we are witnessing the unprecedented hysteria, which remains for the West, in fact, the only way to influence the situation.
The third question: does this mean that Russia can send its troops to Ukraine even tomorrow without fear of consequences?
Answer: Yes, but you shouldn’t. Eliminating such a large-scale existential threat to both the Russian Federation and Russian civilization as a whole cannot, in principle, exclude any measures. In this case, however, the factor of military deterrence is necessary for Russia in case of countermeasures against a possible military-political provocation by the West and its Kiev mercenaries.
However, the time for a general offensive has not yet come. Non-military methods of solving the Ukrainian problem have not been exhausted. The Kiev regime is chronically unstable to the point of complete unviability, it has been shaking for eight years in a row. And Zelensky’s latest statements clearly show that even the militaristic hysteria of the West has almost become the cause of the collapse of the already unstable Ukrainian economy:
“Western leaders and the media create the false impression that war will start in Ukraine tomorrow, this destabilizes the economy and creates the need to spend at least 4-5 billion dollars to stabilize it,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during an interview with foreign representatives of the media. “In England, Germany, France, Lithuania, the mass media create the impression that we are at war, that we have troops on the roads, we have mobilization. And that’s not the case. We don’t need this panic.” He added that because of the panic surrounding the situation on the Ukrainian border with Russia, 12.5 billion dollars were withdrawn from Ukraine. “Our country cannot cope with such challenges alone. We will stabilize our national currency, but it is very expensive for Ukraine,” Zelensky said. “I believe that we will spend more than 4-5 billion dollars to stabilize our economy, and I do not count on a smaller figure, as we really need such an amount.” , the president of Ukraine added.He expressed hope that the US will provide financial assistance to Kiev and the IMF will accelerate the release of credit tranches.
In other words, even a relatively harmless psychological shock compared to the war brought the Kiev regime to the brink of financial precipice. And this is not to mention the general socio-economic problems of Ukraine.
So the question arises: why should Russia attack this half-dead Ukraine? Isn’t it easier to give her a little more time to get rid of the useless puppet regime herself? And for her to make those historical decisions that inevitably stem from her own fundamental interests.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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