the united states is trying to prolong the conflict between russia and ukraine
2024-09-01
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in an interview on august 31 local time, nato secretary general stoltenberg stated that ukraine's "invasion" of russia's kursk region was "legal" and "ukraine has the right to self-defense."
this is the first time he has made a statement on the ukrainian army's attack on russian territory.
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although the united states and nato, which it leads, have repeatedly argued in recent days that they were not aware of ukraine's plan to attack kursk in advance and did not participate in the military operation, everyone knows that the various weapons and equipment provided to ukraine by the united states and other nato countries have been playing a key role on the battlefield.
"the united states has been seeking a certain 'balance'"
statistics show that since the outbreak of the russia-ukraine conflict, the total amount of military aid provided by the us government to ukraine has reached 55.7 billion us dollars.
in the past month alone, the united states has announced three consecutive times that it has provided ukraine with military aid totaling more than $400 million:
on july 29th local time, the us government announced that it would provide ukraine with additional security assistance worth us$200 million, and would use approximately us$1.5 billion in funds from the ukraine security assistance program to enhance ukraine's air defense and anti-tank capabilities.
△ screenshot of the report from the u.s. capitol hill
on august 9, local time, just a few days after the ukrainian army began attacking russia's kursk oblast, the us government announced that it would provide ukraine with additional security assistance worth us$125 million, including stinger missiles, multi-mission radars and anti-tank weapons.
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on august 23rd local time, us president biden announced a new package of military aid to ukraine totaling $125 million, including anti-aircraft missiles, anti-drone equipment, anti-tank missiles, etc. us media reported that since this batch of weapons will be directly allocated from the pentagon's inventory, the delivery speed will be faster than before.
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the us military aid plan for ukraine goes far beyond this.
on august 30th local time, u.s. secretary of defense austin met with visiting ukrainian defense minister umerov in washington and reiterated that the united states will continue to provide support to ukraine together with its allies and partners.
austin also stressed that a new ukrainian defense liaison organization meeting to be held in the near future will focus on meeting ukraine's urgent needs, including providing more air defense missile systems and heavy equipment such as artillery to further enhance the ukrainian army's combat capabilities.
umerov said the meeting with austin was very important for achieving ukraine's military vision and goals.
△ screenshot of the report on the u.s. department of defense official website
analysts believe that the united states and other western countries' continued supply of weapons and other actions that add fuel to the fire are extremely destructive and have hindered the resolution of the ukrainian crisis. their ultimate goal is to achieve their own strategic intentions.
cui hongjian, professor at the institute of regional and global governance at beijing foreign studies university, pointed out that the united states has been seeking a so-called "balance": to delay the russia-ukraine conflict by continuously providing military aid to ukraine, while avoiding the impact of possible retaliatory actions by russia on the united states itself.
“complex problems don’t have simple solutions”
while the united states continues to maximize its own interests, it has been exacerbating the conflict between russia and ukraine by upgrading the types of weapons it supplies to ukraine and relaxing restrictions on the use of weapons.
in russia's view, the united states played an ignominious role in the ukrainian army's attack on kursk oblast.
russian deputy foreign minister ryabkov recently stated that after analyzing the data at its disposal, russia believes that the participation of the united states in the ukrainian army's attack on kursk oblast is an objective fact.
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russian foreign minister lavrov also said in an interview with the media that without instructions from the united states, ukraine would never dare to invade the russian border area.
"it is clear to everyone that the attack on kursk was not ukraine's own decision. ukraine would not have done so without instructions from the united states."
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once the situation escalates again, the united states will be eager to try to cross the "red line" again and further relax restrictions on the use of weapons aid to ukraine.
a few months ago, the united states first relaxed its stance and allowed ukraine to use american weapons to attack russian military targets near the border.
although the biden administration still refuses to allow ukraine to use u.s. long-range weapons to strike deep into russia, u.s. media reports, citing analysts' predictions, say that the united states and its allies will eventually take practical action to allow ukraine to use western-aided weapons to strike russian targets in full force. this will inevitably lead to a further escalation of the russian-ukrainian conflict.
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at the request of russia, the un security council held another special public meeting on august 30 local time to discuss the issue of outside countries providing weapons to ukraine.
in a briefing read out at the meeting, un deputy high representative for disarmament affairs ebo said that the provision of military assistance to the ukrainian army and the transfer of related weapons and ammunition are still continuing. he stressed that any transfer of weapons and ammunition must comply with the applicable international legal framework.
china's deputy permanent representative to the united nations geng shuang said at the meeting that the ukrainian crisis is still ongoing, a large amount of weapons and ammunition continue to flow into the battlefield, their variety and range are constantly expanding, their lethality and lethality are constantly increasing, and the risks of loss and proliferation are constantly accumulating, which is deeply worrying.
he stressed that "there are no simple solutions to complex problems. simply sending weapons to the battlefield will only cause more harm and will not bring lasting peace. continuing to advocate confrontation between camps will only further aggravate the crisis and make the road to peace more tortuous."
