CAPITALS September 19. 2023 (Saba) - The world has come to realize that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is unequal and unbalanced in the ongoing war, despite the great Western support for the latter with advanced equipment and weapons. The conflict must be ended to avoid the possibility of a nuclear war breaking out.
From time to time, warnings of a nuclear war or the risk of a nuclear accident come with a threat to the security of Russia, Europe, United States or even other major powers, which portends a global catastrophe.
However, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Sunday that the war in Ukraine would continue for a long time, while suggesting that Ukraine would become a member of the alliance.
In an interview with the German Funke media group/the German media group Funke, Stoltenberg ruled out the possibility of a quick end to the Ukrainian war, at a time when Kiev continues to launch its counterattack against Russia.
He said “Most wars last longer than expected when they first start,” warning, “Therefore, we must prepare ourselves for a long-term war in Ukraine.”
Russia began its own military operation in February 2022 as war returned to Europe for the first time in decades.
The Ukrainian counterattack began on June 4, on several axes south of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Artyomovsk, with the largest focus of the attack on the Zaporizhzhia axis.
The Russians confirm that the Ukrainian forces suffered heavy losses during the counterattack and did not succeed in any axis.
The New York Times reported earlier that the losses of the Ukrainian forces have exceeded 150,000 dead and wounded since February 2022, with an increasing number of people refusing to join the draft, paying bribes in the recruitment divisions and attempting to flee.
Since the Western media no longer reports the course of the war in Ukraine and the event is no longer the most prominent in those media, this means that the Kiev forces are losing the conflict to Russia.
Some observers believe that the Ukraine war has rehabilitated NATO in the eyes of the European people in a way that caricatures NATO, its protective arm.
According to observers, the United States of America is the largest beneficiary of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as it is far from the battlefield and is reaping unprecedented geopolitical, economic, military and political gains.
However, the United States is not satisfied with geopolitical gains alone. It also wants commercial gains in this way it can actually achieve superiority.
The international tensions that caused the war and arms sales around the world from the United States have increased to the tune of billions of dollars. Other American customers will be supplied with abundant quantities of weapons, and buyers are lining up in line.
For example, major contracts were announced immediately after the Russian military operation in Ukraine and one of them was with Germany to supply thirty-five F-35 fighter aircraft, at a cost of more than eight billion dollars.
Canada also plans to purchase 88 F-35 fighter aircraft at a cost approaching $15 billion, while Finland announced last year that it had submitted an order to purchase 64 aircraft at a cost approaching ten billion dollars.
Germany also announced the establishment of a special fund worth one hundred billion dollars to modernize its army, and there is no doubt that this will include the purchase of weapons and equipment, and now American arms manufacturing companies are waiting for orders to come in.
The United States doubled its exports of liquefied natural gas to Europe to replace low-cost Russian gas with expensive American gas during the first half of 2022, exceeding all exports recorded in 2021.
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resource : Saba
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