(International Observation) After the special military operation, NATO's "Russian control" strategy may be a milestone turning point

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 25th: After the special military operation, NATO's "Russian control" strategy may be a milestone turning point

　　China News Agency reporter Xiao Xin

　　After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on the 24th local time, NATO countries urgently announced sanctions against Russia, but at the same time said that they would not send troops into Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 25th local time that "the West has completely abandoned Ukraine".

In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency, a Chinese expert on international issues pointed out to the development of the situation in Russia and Ukraine that Russia's military action against Ukraine may lead to a milestone turning point in NATO's "Russia control" strategy.

On February 25, local time, a residential building in the suburbs of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was damaged by shelling, and most of the walls were destroyed.

　　Whether the military conflict will expand depends on the goals of the Russian army

　　Ukraine said on the 25th that Russian troops had entered Kiev.

In response to public opinion's concerns about "expansion of war", experts pointed out that whether the military conflict will expand depends on the reasons and goals of Russia's military operations.

　　First of all, the reason for Russia to send troops is to face the eastward expansion of NATO and maintain its own security "red line", not to occupy Ukraine.

"Why does the result of Russia's military attack on Ukraine occur? The image metaphor is 'NATO put a knife on Russia's neck'", Wang Xiaoquan, secretary general of the Chinese Society of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and researcher at the Institute of Russian, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences It is pointed out that the core of Russia's security interests is not to allow Western military deployments "on the doorstep".

However, the eastward expansion of NATO has touched Russia's security "red line", and Russia has clearly protested to NATO but has been ignored.

At the same time, under the provocation of the United States, Ukraine has repeatedly tested Russia's bottom line.

In a situation where security interests and national sentiments were both endangered, Russia finally took military action.

　　Second, about the goals of Russia's military operations against Ukraine.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said in the latest statement that one of the goals of Russia's special military operation is to "demilitarize Ukraine." He emphasized, "Putin has previously stated that Russia expects Ukraine to maintain a neutral position and refuses to deploy in the territory. arms".

　　Cui Hongjian, director of the European Institute of the China Institute of International Studies, pointed out that "the neutralization of Ukraine" is Russia's main demand.

Russia used military action to show the West that it was unwilling to go back to the original plan, no longer satisfied with the "routines" of the West, but had to take the initiative in the game with the West.

On February 24, local time, AFP released a set of satellite images showing an airstrike on the Chuguyev air base in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

　　NATO's "Russia Control" coordination is out of order, ineffective, and at a loss

　　After Russia launched military operations against Ukraine, NATO's response immediately became the focus of the situation.

On the 24th local time, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that NATO has no intention of sending troops to Ukraine.

U.S. President Biden also said, "Our military will not conflict with Russia in Ukraine."

　　In this regard, there is public opinion that Ukraine has become an "abandoned child" in the "Russian control" wrestling of NATO led by the United States.

Experts further analyzed to a reporter from China News Agency and pointed out that before and after the Russian military action against Ukraine, NATO made frequent misjudgments and responded slowly, making it "at a loss".

Although many countries in the United States and Europe have stated that they will impose "the most severe sanctions in history" on Russia, NATO's strategic cooperation is "disorderly" and its sanctions are gradually "ineffective".

　　Cui Hongjian pointed out that NATO is not united on the issue of Russia. Western countries such as the United States, Britain and France have been held back by domestic politics. Sanctions are still their main means. Over the years, Russia has adapted to Western sanctions. limited.

"Sanctions are a means of killing one thousand enemies and self-destructing eight hundred. It is difficult to find a sanctions method that only affects Russia and has no effect on the West," Cui Hongjian pointed out.

　　"NATO sends troops to look at the United States, and the United States is in trouble now," Wang Xiaoquan pointed out. First, if the Biden administration sends troops, it will be hampered by the struggle between the two parties in the country; secondly, it has just experienced a collapse-style retreat in Afghanistan. At this time, sending troops to Ukraine is not in line with the United States. Public opinion; third, the geopolitical game depends on the benefits. From the perspective of energy exports, the tension between Russia and Europe is profitable for the United States.

　　Wang Xiaoquan further analyzed and pointed out that the source of the Ukraine issue is that the United States hopes to hype up the "Russian threat theory" by provoking the Ukraine issue, and thus firmly ties Europe, which wants "defense and diplomatic independence", to its side.

On February 24, local time, the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine, Klitschko, said that the city of Kiev implemented a curfew.

The curfew is from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, during which public transport will be suspended.

At the same time, the subway station will provide shelter for the public around the clock.

A subway station in Kiev, Ukraine.

　　The game between Russia and NATO may be a "milestone turning point"

　　Experts believe that the Russian military action against Ukraine may become a milestone in the game between Russia and NATO.

　　From the perspective of strategic intentions, experts believe that there is still room for negotiation between Russia and NATO.

Wang Xiaoquan pointed out that under the background that Belarus and Russia are considered highly coordinated by the outside world, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko proposed that Russia and Ukraine hold negotiations in Minsk, which can be regarded as a "signal" to the outside world.

　　From the perspective of strategic effect, as the threshold of sanctions against Russia is raised, NATO may be further divided.

Not only that, Russia may also use this to force NATO to draw a binding "red line" for its expansion.

"So on the issue of NATO's eastward expansion, Russia has achieved a strategic counter-offensive." Cui Hongjian said.

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