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M.A. Tipu<\/h4>\nThe war in Ukraine began in March 2014 after the Russian Federation occupied Crimea, using the military contingent based there and the Black Sea Fleet. After that, Russia launched a hybrid attack in many regions of Ukraine, large cities, and eventually unleashed an armed conflict in the Donbass region. The undeclared war against Ukraine, which has been going on for eight years, has already claimed the lives of more than 15,000 Ukrainians. About 2 million people were forced to leave their homes in the Donbass. Not everyone in the world knows the origins of the Ukrainian tragedy, which is an integral part of Russia’s plans to unleash aggression against the West.<\/h4>\nThe world must understand that the so-called \u00abUkrainian crisis\u00bb, as it is positioned by the Western media, is an unprecedented geopolitical systemic threat to Western civilization itself. Putin made the final decision to fight the West to the last, translating the political discourse into a priori confrontational framework. And Ukraine is only the first stage of his expansionist plans.<\/h4>\nNowadays we are witnessing the next stage of the escalation of the hybrid war of the Russian Federation, which began with a large-scale deployment of Russian troops to the borders of Ukraine in April 2021.<\/h4>\nThen, in November 2021, the second wave of strengthening of the Russian Armed Forces began on the border with Ukraine under the guise of conducting military drills. The unprecedented number of Russian troops now concentrated along the Ukrainian borders is used primarily as a tool of psychological pressure on Ukraine and the West in the context of the Kremlin’s foreign policy interests. Since January, the main grouping, concentrated along the eastern regions of Ukraine, is about 100 thousand people.<\/h4>\nThis is quite enough to maintain social tension with a hypothetical threat of invasion, as well as for the sake of carrying out a possible provocation in temporary occupied territories to artificially blame Ukraine later. Contrary to the statements of the high military command, the number of troops did not decrease after 15 February. This is another bluff, a deliberate deception in the style of the Kremlin.<\/h4>\nPutin will hypothetically be able to reduce the number of troops along the borders with Ukraine only if there is a consolidated protest from the international community and symmetrical pressure. The Kremlin understands only the \u00ablanguage of force\u00bb, and nothing else can influence its plans, except for specific steps that can damage the reputation of the Russian Federation.<\/h4>\nTo achieve his goals, V.Putin will go to any lengths:<\/h4>\ndeceit, blackmail, intimidation.<\/h4>\nThe Minsk agreements are a separate topic for speculation. In fact, this is a geopolitical instrument of slow occupation. Moscow, using asymmetric pressure on Kyiv, forced it to sign these agreements by brute force.<\/h4>\nThe political part of this document insists on a direct dialogue between Kyiv and representatives of the so-called \u00abL\/DPR\u00bb, granting them exclusive rights, including veto for Ukraine to take those decisions in which the Kremlin is not interested.<\/h4>\nIt is important to note that now the Kremlin is setting an ultimatum: either Ukraine is carrying out Minsk according to Russian instructions, or war is not ruled out.<\/h4>\nThe insinuations about the military presence near the Russian borders of the EU\/NATO are also an attempt to \u00abreplay\u00bb the results of the Cold War, because Putin is convinced that it was the West destroyed the USSR, and he perceives this as a personal tragedy and \u00abphantom pain\u00bb. Putin, with maniacal persistence, will provoke fears of a \u00abprobable war\u00bb (he has never directly denied the possibility of unleashing a war against Ukraine), practice a partial blockade of sea and land trade routes for the sake of economic depletion of Ukraine. This is the context of a \u00abhybrid war\u00bb and an asymmetric response to sanctions from the West.<\/h4>\nPutin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nowadays we are witnessing the next stage of the escalation of the hybrid war of the Russian Federation, which began with a large-scale deployment of Russian troops to the borders of Ukraine in April 2021.<\/h4>\nThen, in November 2021, the second wave of strengthening of the Russian Armed Forces began on the border with Ukraine under the guise of conducting military drills. The unprecedented number of Russian troops now concentrated along the Ukrainian borders is used primarily as a tool of psychological pressure on Ukraine and the West in the context of the Kremlin’s foreign policy interests. Since January, the main grouping, concentrated along the eastern regions of Ukraine, is about 100 thousand people.<\/h4>\nThis is quite enough to maintain social tension with a hypothetical threat of invasion, as well as for the sake of carrying out a possible provocation in temporary occupied territories to artificially blame Ukraine later. Contrary to the statements of the high military command, the number of troops did not decrease after 15 February. This is another bluff, a deliberate deception in the style of the Kremlin.<\/h4>\nPutin will hypothetically be able to reduce the number of troops along the borders with Ukraine only if there is a consolidated protest from the international community and symmetrical pressure. The Kremlin understands only the \u00ablanguage of force\u00bb, and nothing else can influence its plans, except for specific steps that can damage the reputation of the Russian Federation.<\/h4>\nTo achieve his goals, V.Putin will go to any lengths:<\/h4>\ndeceit, blackmail, intimidation.<\/h4>\nThe Minsk agreements are a separate topic for speculation. In fact, this is a geopolitical instrument of slow occupation. Moscow, using asymmetric pressure on Kyiv, forced it to sign these agreements by brute force.<\/h4>\nThe political part of this document insists on a direct dialogue between Kyiv and representatives of the so-called \u00abL\/DPR\u00bb, granting them exclusive rights, including veto for Ukraine to take those decisions in which the Kremlin is not interested.<\/h4>\nIt is important to note that now the Kremlin is setting an ultimatum: either Ukraine is carrying out Minsk according to Russian instructions, or war is not ruled out.<\/h4>\nThe insinuations about the military presence near the Russian borders of the EU\/NATO are also an attempt to \u00abreplay\u00bb the results of the Cold War, because Putin is convinced that it was the West destroyed the USSR, and he perceives this as a personal tragedy and \u00abphantom pain\u00bb. Putin, with maniacal persistence, will provoke fears of a \u00abprobable war\u00bb (he has never directly denied the possibility of unleashing a war against Ukraine), practice a partial blockade of sea and land trade routes for the sake of economic depletion of Ukraine. This is the context of a \u00abhybrid war\u00bb and an asymmetric response to sanctions from the West.<\/h4>\nPutin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is quite enough to maintain social tension with a hypothetical threat of invasion, as well as for the sake of carrying out a possible provocation in temporary occupied territories to artificially blame Ukraine later. Contrary to the statements of the high military command, the number of troops did not decrease after 15 February. This is another bluff, a deliberate deception in the style of the Kremlin.<\/h4>\nPutin will hypothetically be able to reduce the number of troops along the borders with Ukraine only if there is a consolidated protest from the international community and symmetrical pressure. The Kremlin understands only the \u00ablanguage of force\u00bb, and nothing else can influence its plans, except for specific steps that can damage the reputation of the Russian Federation.<\/h4>\nTo achieve his goals, V.Putin will go to any lengths:<\/h4>\ndeceit, blackmail, intimidation.<\/h4>\nThe Minsk agreements are a separate topic for speculation. In fact, this is a geopolitical instrument of slow occupation. Moscow, using asymmetric pressure on Kyiv, forced it to sign these agreements by brute force.<\/h4>\nThe political part of this document insists on a direct dialogue between Kyiv and representatives of the so-called \u00abL\/DPR\u00bb, granting them exclusive rights, including veto for Ukraine to take those decisions in which the Kremlin is not interested.<\/h4>\nIt is important to note that now the Kremlin is setting an ultimatum: either Ukraine is carrying out Minsk according to Russian instructions, or war is not ruled out.<\/h4>\nThe insinuations about the military presence near the Russian borders of the EU\/NATO are also an attempt to \u00abreplay\u00bb the results of the Cold War, because Putin is convinced that it was the West destroyed the USSR, and he perceives this as a personal tragedy and \u00abphantom pain\u00bb. Putin, with maniacal persistence, will provoke fears of a \u00abprobable war\u00bb (he has never directly denied the possibility of unleashing a war against Ukraine), practice a partial blockade of sea and land trade routes for the sake of economic depletion of Ukraine. This is the context of a \u00abhybrid war\u00bb and an asymmetric response to sanctions from the West.<\/h4>\nPutin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To achieve his goals, V.Putin will go to any lengths:<\/h4>\ndeceit, blackmail, intimidation.<\/h4>\nThe Minsk agreements are a separate topic for speculation. In fact, this is a geopolitical instrument of slow occupation. Moscow, using asymmetric pressure on Kyiv, forced it to sign these agreements by brute force.<\/h4>\nThe political part of this document insists on a direct dialogue between Kyiv and representatives of the so-called \u00abL\/DPR\u00bb, granting them exclusive rights, including veto for Ukraine to take those decisions in which the Kremlin is not interested.<\/h4>\nIt is important to note that now the Kremlin is setting an ultimatum: either Ukraine is carrying out Minsk according to Russian instructions, or war is not ruled out.<\/h4>\nThe insinuations about the military presence near the Russian borders of the EU\/NATO are also an attempt to \u00abreplay\u00bb the results of the Cold War, because Putin is convinced that it was the West destroyed the USSR, and he perceives this as a personal tragedy and \u00abphantom pain\u00bb. Putin, with maniacal persistence, will provoke fears of a \u00abprobable war\u00bb (he has never directly denied the possibility of unleashing a war against Ukraine), practice a partial blockade of sea and land trade routes for the sake of economic depletion of Ukraine. This is the context of a \u00abhybrid war\u00bb and an asymmetric response to sanctions from the West.<\/h4>\nPutin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Minsk agreements are a separate topic for speculation. In fact, this is a geopolitical instrument of slow occupation. Moscow, using asymmetric pressure on Kyiv, forced it to sign these agreements by brute force.<\/h4>\nThe political part of this document insists on a direct dialogue between Kyiv and representatives of the so-called \u00abL\/DPR\u00bb, granting them exclusive rights, including veto for Ukraine to take those decisions in which the Kremlin is not interested.<\/h4>\nIt is important to note that now the Kremlin is setting an ultimatum: either Ukraine is carrying out Minsk according to Russian instructions, or war is not ruled out.<\/h4>\nThe insinuations about the military presence near the Russian borders of the EU\/NATO are also an attempt to \u00abreplay\u00bb the results of the Cold War, because Putin is convinced that it was the West destroyed the USSR, and he perceives this as a personal tragedy and \u00abphantom pain\u00bb. Putin, with maniacal persistence, will provoke fears of a \u00abprobable war\u00bb (he has never directly denied the possibility of unleashing a war against Ukraine), practice a partial blockade of sea and land trade routes for the sake of economic depletion of Ukraine. This is the context of a \u00abhybrid war\u00bb and an asymmetric response to sanctions from the West.<\/h4>\nPutin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is important to note that now the Kremlin is setting an ultimatum: either Ukraine is carrying out Minsk according to Russian instructions, or war is not ruled out.<\/h4>\nThe insinuations about the military presence near the Russian borders of the EU\/NATO are also an attempt to \u00abreplay\u00bb the results of the Cold War, because Putin is convinced that it was the West destroyed the USSR, and he perceives this as a personal tragedy and \u00abphantom pain\u00bb. Putin, with maniacal persistence, will provoke fears of a \u00abprobable war\u00bb (he has never directly denied the possibility of unleashing a war against Ukraine), practice a partial blockade of sea and land trade routes for the sake of economic depletion of Ukraine. This is the context of a \u00abhybrid war\u00bb and an asymmetric response to sanctions from the West.<\/h4>\nPutin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Putin \u00abpointwise\u00bb destroys the unity of the West, so valuable under the current circumstances. When such adherents of V.Putin as V.Orban declare that the EU is inexpedient as a supranational association, this is the \u00abtrace\u00bb of the Kremlin. When economic risks arise, there is an outflow of capital, and countries lose their investment attractiveness – this is also a trace of the Kremlin, because its \u00abhybrid aggression\u00bb depletes and bleeds the economies of different countries.<\/h4>\nThe most dangerous thing is that Putin used all the described tools absolutely openly, legally and with impunity with the direct connivance of the West. So, even in the light of current events, few people realize the depth of the danger posed by Russia.
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\nThe Kremlin is bluffing when it talks about the risks and threats if Ukraine becomes a member of the Alliance. The answer to this question lies not in a military, but in a civilizational way: after integration into NATO, any post-Soviet country forever leaves the orbit of the Kremlin\u2019s influence, ceases to be part of the common imperial past, the restoration of which is Putin\u2019s strategic goal.<\/h4>\nMoreover, if Ukraine guarantees its non-alignment with the Alliance, it will be defenseless in case of direct aggression from Russia. As already happened in 2014. And, for the eighth year now, Ukraine, at the cost of the lives of its military personnel and civilians, has been providing a peaceful sky over the heads of Europeans. At the same time, the still undeclared, barbaric war that Russia is waging in the Donbass is perceived in the West as something \u00abdistant\u00bb, \u00abincomprehensible\u00bb, purely \u00abUkrainian case\u00bb.<\/h4>\nRussia will not refuse to interfere in the countries of the post-Soviet space, and even the Baltics are among them, being members of the EU and NATO. Kremlin strategists openly declare the need for a complete return of all lost territories that once belonged to Russia.<\/h4>\nPutin’s bluff is that he has not retreated, he is simply gaining time, waiting for a favorable set of circumstances. He will cultivate the opinion that he either attacks or retreats, although this whole strategy is already offensive in nature. When key geopolitical players such as the United States have no time for Ukraine or the Baltics, the master of the Kremlin will not hesitate to use force to bring them back under his control. Putin’s plan is to create tension for many months to come, while draining Ukraine of economic risks and hybrid threats.<\/h4>\nBy its actions, the Kremlin essentially initiated a complex confrontation with the West, when, along with the political demarches of the Kremlin politicians and the constant presence of troops near European borders, gaps in the armor of the enemy (that is, Ukraine and Western countries) will be pierced not by shells, but by cyber attacks.<\/h4>\nIn January and February 2022, Russia carried out two unprecedented hacker attacks against Ukrainian state websites. Such attacks are also carried out against Western countries, in parallel with \u00abphishing\u00bb penetration into server databases, extraction or substitution of state-important information.<\/h4>\nPutin started the war in 2014, on bogus pretext to force Ukraine to political capitulation (under the Minsk agreements) with subsequent absorption into Russia and the complete loss of military, political and economic sovereignty. This is the key goal of the Kremlin, for the sake of achieving it he brought the world community to the edge of a third world war, which could begin in the center of Europe.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nNATO does not threaten Russia.<\/h4>\n