In the past 20 years, NATO has carried out five times of eastward expansion, pushing the border eastwards by more than 1,000 kilometers and deploying a large number of advanced offensive weapons. This is equivalent to pressing the tip of the knife directly into Russia's chest. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that Russia cannot allow NATO to deploy offensive weapons in Ukraine, because for Russia, this is a matter of life and death. However, the West turned a deaf ear and included Ukraine in the list of "applicants" to join NATO, so that Russia had to launch a "desperate counterattack."
Currently, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still continuing. The United States continues to increase its support for Ukraine, especially its military support, and has stated that it will advance and retreat with Russia and be a strong backing for Ukraine, so as to enhance Ukraine's confidence in the stubborn struggle with Russia. This conflict has lasted for more than four months, but there are no signs of ending yet. This is not because Russia and Ukraine have equal military strength, but because of the strong support of the United States and the West for Ukraine. The United States has led the West in portraying Ukraine as a hero of "anti-aggression" in international public opinion, praising it and launching rounds of sanctions against Russia. The United States and the West not only provide financial and weaponry assistance to Ukraine, but also provide command for the Ukrainian army's operations. These aids not only greatly enhanced Ukraine's confidence, but also delayed the Russian army's "special military operations", preventing it from quickly achieving its strategic goals.
According to Russian media reports on July 4, the Ukrainian army became red-eyed and used missiles to attack cities and bomb Russian civilians. Recently, Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said in an interview with Western media that in view of the Russian armed forces’ attacks on Ukrainian cities, Ukraine will use missiles to find targets in Russia for precise strikes. Ukraine kept its word and used missiles to attack Russia's Belgorod region, causing civilian deaths and damage to civilian infrastructure. According to Krishas, chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Russian Federation Council, the targets of the Russian army’s attacks in Ukraine are military installations, while the Ukrainian army’s missile attacks on cities are specifically designed to bomb civilians. Russia will take the final measures, including military means, in this regard. Harsh response.
However, the warning issued by Russia dissatisfied NATO. The United States and the West believe that Ukraine's open attack on targets in Russia is due to Russia's recent large-scale missile strikes on Ukraine. Since Russia has launched military operations in Ukraine, Ukraine naturally has the right to fight back. According to NATO, since June 25, Russia has carried out a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine. On the 25th, it launched more than 50 land-based, air-based and sea-based long-range cruise missiles into Ukraine, and blew up Multiple military targets. On the 26th, Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was hit by 14 missiles, causing local infrastructure to be destroyed. Therefore, in order to retaliate against Russia's missile attacks, Ukraine began to attack targets in Russia.
However, the Russian side stated that the Russian army’s strike operations escalated because the Ukrainian army attacked an oil refinery in Rostov Oblast on June 22, and the Ukrainian army also used “ Seamas” in the battle. and "Hurricane" two long-range rocket launchers, and pose a serious security threat to Russia's homeland. Late last month, the Ukrainian Minister of Defense stated that the US-aided "Haimas" rocket launcher has arrived. This rocket launcher is equipped with 6 launch tubes and can launch GPS-guided rockets with a range of 80 kilometers, as well as 300 Kilometers of " Army Tactical Missile ". The "Hurricane" rocket launcher has a range of more than 40 kilometers. Russian media revealed that the Ukrainian army used rockets and rockets. It is not easy for missiles to accurately bomb targets in Russia, but they have obtained intelligence support from NATO countries.
Russian media said that the United States used space-based , sea-based, air-based reconnaissance and surveillance forces and the reconnaissance and surveillance forces of NATO partners to monitor the Russia-Ukraine conflict around the clock and then transmit the intelligence in real-time or near real-time. Uzbek army.According to Russian media, the United States has used at least hundreds of satellites for various purposes to help the Ukrainian army understand the movements of the Russian army. At the same time, the U.S. military also cooperates with more than 100 commercial companies to analyze and interpret satellite photos of the Russia-Ukraine border, the most important of which include photos from commercial companies such as Maxar/BlackSky/Planet. For example, on March 1, Maxar's commercial satellite captured a convoy of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, towed guns, etc., forming a 63-kilometer "long queue" on the road toward Kiev. , and make it public.
It can be said that although NATO did not send troops to help the Ukrainian army fight, it was the intelligence support from the United States and the West that enabled the Ukrainian army to gain strong battlefield situation awareness. On July 4, Vladimir Jabarov, First Vice Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council, told Sputnik News that if the American company Maxar is confirmed to have used missiles before the Ukrainian army used missiles to attack Belgorod, Satellites filmed the city and Russia had the power to impose sanctions on the company. Some people point out that as the Ukrainian army continues to attack Russian targets, especially bombing civilians, Russia's retaliatory actions will escalate again, which also means that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will be difficult to end in the short term.
