Russia-Ukraine: From the Desired Temporary Approach to Threats of Nuclear War

More than seven months since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The Russia suffers heavy lossesThe Ukraine It is seriously resisting in its own way and the rest of the world is trying to deal with severe food shortages, spiraling inflation, energy security, but also risk of a nuclear catastrophe.

At the same time, the war shows no signs of ending any time soon. The interim route between the two countries will inevitably come at some point, but by all indications, it won’t be soon.

Annexation .. Putin and restoration .. Zelensky

Russia’s formal annexation of four Ukrainian regions on September 30 marks the most serious escalation of the war since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Putin made it clear at the festive celebration in Moscow that any attack on these four regions would be treated as an attack on Russia.

The purpose of the annexation is clear. Vladimir Putin is trying to draw a new “red line”, which he believes the Ukrainian leadership and the West should not cross.

The Russian authorities are mainly trying to stop the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian forces, which is aimed at restoring lands in eastern and southern Ukraine.

However, this does not work for them. On the first of this month, the Ukrainian army “entered” the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, a railway junction of crucial importance for Moscow, and recaptured it. The city of Lyman located in Donetsk Oblast, which was annexed by Russia.

Land restoration by Ukraine. Map source: Guardian / ISW

Port City leads the way

The defeat at Lyman, according to Al Jazeera, exemplifies the inherent flaws of the entire Russian military system, which continues to wage wars according to Soviet-era strategies.

Times have changed, but the Russian army has not, and that’s it,” said Ihar Teskevich, a Kyiv-based analyst. He stressed that “when you try to use the military instructions written in the seventies, sooner or later what happened in the Kharkiv region and near the port will happen.”

Al Jazeera notes that Lyman’s release could pave the way for Ukraine to seize former pro-Russian separatist strongholds in Donetsk and Lugansk, known as Donbass.

With the fear of nuclear weapons

Vladimir Putin has hinted that he might use nuclear weapons to defend his country, while recent reports have revealed that the United States has been sending Moscow warnings for months of “grave consequences” if the Russian president does so.

The former president of Russia and current vice-chairman of the country’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, made new fake statements, declaring that Moscow “has the right to use nuclear weapons if necessary” in Ukraine and that it is “certainly not a deception.”

False statements by the former Russian president and current vice-chairman of the country’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, continue to persist, saying that Moscow “has the right to use nuclear weapons if necessary” in Ukraine and that it is “certainly not disingenuous.”

Indeed, Medvedev argued that even if Russia used nuclear weapons, the West would not respond, because it feared a nuclear catastrophe.

“Imagine that Russia is forced to use the most terrible weapon against the Ukrainian regime, which has committed a large-scale attack, which is dangerous for the existence of our state. I believe that NATO will not directly intervene in the conflict even in this case,” said Putin’s close ally, who made a fuss with his threatening statements. “.

New threats after Ukraine’s request to join NATO

Just yesterday, he himself launched new threats. “Zelensky wants to join NATO quickly. Great idea. The right hand of Vladimir Putin,” he said on Telegram, is simply asking NATO to speed up the outbreak of World War III.

However, Medvedev also commented on the statements of the Secretary-General of NATO: “Stoltenberg: If Ukraine stops the fighting, it will disappear as a country. What a cynical boy – after all, if he does not stop, a significant part of Ukrainians will disappear. “

It is noted that as long as Kyiv is strengthened militarily, Moscow will be under pressure and especially the Russian president who is now trying, by inventing a new narrative, to show at home and abroad that his country is defending itself, that it is defending its lands and people. Most see a prolongation and expansion of the war in 2023.

Horror in a Russian train carrying “nuclear” equipment and heading towards Ukraine

Pictures of the train sparked concern Transfer of Russian military equipment from central Russia to Ukraine.

The movement was revealed over the weekend and one expert estimates that this may be a message the Kremlin wants to send to Kyiv and its allies because the specific military materials belong to the 12th Central Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry, which manages dozens of nuclear weapons caches, Britain’s Telegraph wrote.

According to Defense Analyst and Director of Roshan Military Consulting in Poland, Konrad Muzica, “The train carries equipment of the 12th Central Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense. This unit is responsible for nuclear missiles, their storage, maintenance, transmission and distribution.

And although, according to the expert, the video does not constitute evidence of “preparation” for nuclear strikes, he clarified that it appeared after warnings from Ukraine about the “very great” danger posed by Russia’s use of tactical nuclear weapons.

A train operated by the secret nuclear division linked to the 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry was seen in central Russia over the weekend heading towards the front line in Ukraine.https://t.co/NfTI1gMQZ0 pic.twitter.com/e3keOpOTsf

– Telegraph World News (TelegraphWorld) October 3, 2022