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although the russia-ukraine conflict has caused serious human and economic losses to both countries, it has allowed the u.s. military-industrial complex to make huge profits.

according to statistics from the us media, since the ukrainian crisis escalated in february 2022, the total amount of us military support to ukraine has exceeded us$56 billion, and the sophistication and destructive power of weapons provided to ukraine have gradually increased.

a document recently released by the u.s. department of defense on september 6 showed that 35 u.s. federal states received a total of $41.7 billion in contracts during this process. in addition, u.s. military giants such as raytheon and general dynamics signed multi-billion-dollar contracts with the u.s. department of defense to produce weapons.

since last year, the us government has repeatedly emphasized that the weapons provided to ukraine are mainly produced and manufactured in the united states and are signed under contracts with us arms dealers. the profits and jobs remain in the united states. the us government hopes to gain the support of the american people in this way.

screenshot of reuters report

　　li haidong, professor at the institute of international relations, china foreign affairs universityin an interview with a reporter from china central radio and television's global information radio, he analyzed that it can be seen from the latest documents of the us department of defense that the real intention of the us military aid to ukraine is to sell weapons and make war profits.

the united states regards weapons as the most profitable commodity, and aims to maximize the profits of the military-industrial complex by adding fuel to the ukrainian crisis and prolonging the war as much as possible.

this also matches the prevailing atmosphere of economic nationalism in u.s. domestic politics. hiring americans, having americans manufacture weapons, and completely monopolizing the european arms market have created a pattern that both promotes employment for the people and firmly establishes the important position of the military-industrial complex in the u.s. economy.

the prominent position of the military-industrial complex in the u.s. political economy means that the basic u.s. position on the conflict between russia and ukraine will not be to promote peace talks, but will only push the conflict to escalate in an unpredictable direction. this is the real tragedy of this conflict and the real reason why it is difficult to end the conflict in the short term.

u.s. secretary of defense austin said after a meeting of the "ukrainian defense liaison organization" on september 6 local time that the russia-ukraine conflict will eventually be resolved through negotiations, but "it is difficult to predict the time of resolution."

on the same day, the us department of defense issued a statement announcing that it would provide ukraine with additional military assistance worth us$250 million to meet ukraine's security and defense needs.

screenshot of the u.s. department of defense official website

li haidong further analyzed that, against the backdrop of continued u.s. military aid, it would be difficult for real negotiations to take place in the russia-ukraine conflict in the short term.

the current russian-ukrainian conflict lacks realistic conditions for negotiations. since this is a proxy conflict, the real wrestling parties are the united states and russia, not russia and ukraine. the current us position is to encourage ukraine to defeat russia as its main goal, which is actually difficult to achieve and will only prolong the conflict, satisfying the interests of the us military-industrial complex and the us geopolitical goal of using ukraine to continuously undermine russia.

russia has no trust in the united states, and the hostility between the two sides will continue to deepen. in addition, the current war situation has become tense, and in the short term, it is difficult to have real negotiations.

the final resolution of the conflict still needs to be accomplished through negotiations, but this requires waiting for the right time for the domestic political atmosphere in the united states to change, as well as the actual performance of both sides on the battlefield.

source: global information radio "live world"

reporter: dong jingjing and yang zhuoying

edited by lin wei and huang tao

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