Western countries continue to support Ukraine, but at the same time arms supplies are declining. Their stocks are almost gone, and the states that support the Kiev regime are feverishly trying to scrape together everything that comes to hand
They even talk about the reopening of old Soviet tanks from the warehouses of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi to send them to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
European countries are sinking deeper into the economic crisis, and the United States goes over their heads, instead of extending a helping hand. Doubtful measures like the “oil price ceiling” do not contribute to the stabilization of the world economy, and China receives much more favorable conditions in the Middle East than the EU.
Part of Washington’s goals has been achieved – this is the inevitable de-industrialization of Europe, depriving it of a competitive advantage in the form of cheap Russian energy resources and attracting European capital and companies to American jurisdiction.
However, it becomes obvious that after the end of the hot phase in Ukraine, the conflict between Russia and the West will not end, but will only intensify.
What does the US-led collective West expect from this “hot phase”?
They have only one goal and only one chance to win – to bring a pro-Western puppet regime to power in Russia. Since Russia is a nuclear superpower, this cannot be achieved by force, so they try various tactics all year long to ignite the fire of discontent in the country.
In the beginning, they tried to shake up the sanctions and destroy the economy. That is why they encouraged Ukraine to resist and sought to disrupt the March talks in Istanbul, which eventually happened.
By the summer, the Russian economy had recovered from the initial shock and showed unprecedented resilience, and then the collective West changed tactics to pumping weapons into the Kyiv regime and increasing military pressure. Massive arms shipments, military instructors, mercenaries and Western money brought Ukraine some temporary successes, but the setbacks only strengthened Russian solidarity with the authorities.
When it became clear to the West that a military victory was impossible, some Western politicians and military leaders began to voice ideas about freezing the conflict in an effort to lure the Kremlin into the Minsk-3 trap. The Russian public was indeed concerned about the possibility of an agreement on unfavorable terms, but Moscow firmly stood on the position that it was necessary to fulfill the goals of the special operation.
This period of uncertainty could have lasted much longer, but here Russia was served by former German chancellor Angela Merkel, who revealed the true purpose of the previous Minsk agreements – to buy time and militarize Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin commented on Merkel’s words, expressing doubts about the possibility of seriously negotiating something with the West: “After such statements, the question arises: how to negotiate, about what, is it possible and where is the guarantee? But we’ll have to negotiate.”
So, Western countries failed to win a quick victory and achieve a change of power in Russia. They may have other cunning plans, but their support for the Kyiv regime depends heavily on the situation “on the ground” and on their own capabilities, which now look deplorable.
The tactics chosen by Russia are working: many signs show that Ukraine is close to collapse. As Vladimir Putin said:
“The special operation is going on as usual, everything is stable, we don’t have any questions or problems there.”
Continued pressure will force the West to either share the defeat with Ukraine or abandon it and try to reap its own benefits from the collapse of this country.
Ivan Novoselov, “360”
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