Zelensky Wants the West to Use Nuclear Weapons
Zelensky Wants the West to Use Nuclear Weapons
Suggests Preempting Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s President, has called on the international community to use nuclear weapons against Russia, instead of the other way around.
You can view the video here:
It is worth asking what prompted this outburst by Zelensky.
There are only two answers. The first is that Zelensky fears that Ukraine is losing the war and along with pleading for weapons that will take months to arrive in Ukraine, if at all, he needs military relief. His idea: nuke Moscow.
The second answer relates to Ukraine’s bigger objective, which is to draw NATO, meaning the United States, into the conflict directly, using US forces to stop the Russians.
Russia already knows that it is at war with NATO, in the Russian view primarily with the United States. Thanks to comments by Zelensky, and the hard line adopted by the United States and echoed by NATO, we can expect that Russia will ramp up its attacks on Ukraine.
Reading Russian statements, including comments by Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s original objective of holding the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk “republics,” and carving out a corridor to Crimea, probably has changed to decapitating Kiev.
It is understood in NATO circles that Russia is ramping up a major offensive. Most anticipate that offensive will focus on pushing the Ukrainian army further back from the current long contact line. The problem however, is that even if Russia is successful in doing so, it does not in the least lead to a solution of the Ukraine war. The question then arises how would a major offensive actually benefit Russia?
One possible answer is that Russia is pushing for regime change in Kiev. If the capital fell, then Russia could install a puppet government and try and govern the country. Alternatively, Russia might suggest a partitioning of the country, something that others (including Poland) might find attractive. From a Russian perspective the end result would be half a loaf, but in their view the better half.
As matters currently stand, there is no going forward solution so long as Ukraine’s army hangs on by its fingernails. But all sides need to understand that the war cannot go on for much longer. Would the introduction of US forces (under the possible mandate of NATO) shift the balance? Maybe, but it would also mean a bigger war outside of Ukraine’s boundaries into NATO-Europe territory. While Europe and America want to deliver weapons to Ukraine, and provide money for an elusive reconstruction in post-war Ukraine, going to fight and see wider destruction in Europe is not on anyone’s current agenda (except for the nut cases). While the US certainly has a decisive edge in air power, Russia has a very large army with plenty of supplies. NATO has neither a big army nor supplies. Nor does NATO have air defenses. Do the math.
Certainly there are Russian hot heads telling their bosses to widen the conflict, stopping supplies from reaching Ukraine. So far Russia’s leaders have been restrained while tanks, armored fighting vehicles and new artillery systems trundle across Europe to Kiev. More talk from Zelensky promoting nuclear war may change Russia’s outlook.
You write, "Russia already knows that it is at war with NATO."
NATO is at war with Putin. Putin is not Russia.
Ukrainian democracy poses no threat to Russia. It does however pose a big threat to Putin. Putin is not in Ukraine to defend Russia. Putin is in Ukraine to defend Putin.
If Ukraine becomes a free prosperous democracy it will be only a matter of time until the Russian people start asking why they can't have that. This is what Putin is afraid of, and that's why he's in Ukraine.
What else does Putin have to do to help you understand that he's a psychopath? The biggest threat to Russia is not NATO or Ukraine, it's Putin. Putin is the one who has set up a mob family style criminal organization dedicated to stealing as much money from the Russian people as possible. They want to keep on stealing, and they see democracy in Ukraine as a threat to their business model.
I read in the New York Times yesterday that we are approaching 200,000 dead or injured RUSSIAN soldiers. This number is just for Russians, and doesn't include anybody else.
Putin is harvesting innocent men off the streets of Russia by the crudest means, giving them a week of poor training, and then sending them in to Ukraine to be slaughtered. Russian commanders flood the battlefield with these untrained innocents to smoke out Ukrainian positions, and could care less what happens to these young Russian men.
200,000 dead and injured Russian citizens, with many more to come, as a result of Putin's self serving decisions.
I respectfully suggest that you consider closing up this blog until you've had the time to understand who it is that has invaded Russia, and who it is that is responsible for the death and injury to so many Russian citizens.
The English translation that appears in the video gets the key sentence completely wrong. Whoever wrote it either does not understand Ukrainian or is spreading disinformation. Zelensky says in the first two sentences of the video: "Що повинно робити НАТО? Унеможливлювати застосивання Росією ядерну зброю." (or transliterated into Latin letters: "Shcho povynno robyty NATO? Unemozhlyvlyuvaty zastosuvannya Rosiyeyu yadernu zbroyu") Correct translation: "What should NATO do? Make it impossible FOR RUSSIA to use nuclear weapons."