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Wang Yiwei/Text On August 30, 2022, the war between Russia and Ukraine progressed to the 188th day.
The day before, August 29, Ukraine announced an explosive news: the counterattack has begun.
According to Reuters report, Natalia Humenyuk, spokesperson of Ukraine’s Southern Combat Command, announced the start of the counterattack at a press conference and stated that the goals of the counterattack include recapturing the southern town of Kherson . On the same day, Humeniuk said in an interview with Ukrainian media that in a sense, the counterattack had been going on for a period of time and had exhausted the enemy and gave them no chance to advance. Humeniuk also said that Russia's deployment of forces in southern Ukraine is "quite powerful", but the Ukrainian army's recent attack on its logistics routes "has undoubtedly weakened the enemy." In the past few weeks, more than 10 Russian military ammunition depots have been attacked.
The United States also released this news at the same time. According to a report by CNN, on August 29, John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator of the US National Security Council , pointed out that Ukraine launched a counterattack against Russian troops in the south. He said that regardless of the size and scope of the counterattack, Ukrainians have affected Russia's military potential.
At the same time, there are also broadcasters on Chinese social media who are tracking and describing Ukraine’s counteroffensive in an almost live broadcast, such as “The Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive in the Kherson area has made breakthroughs in three directions! Russian soldiers are "Running in the trenches" and "Ukrainian military spirit" The situation is good! We have captured Davidivbreed and are advancing towards Bruskinsk!" "The city of Kherson is blacked out!" "The ferry is crowded with civilian and military vehicles!" Four big explosions were heard in the north of you! "Wait, vividly, as it is now.
The above information makes the author very emotional.
Whether it is for Ukrainian President Zelensky, or for President Biden , they need a victory too much on the Ukrainian battlefield.
For Zelensky, the so-called counterattack has been called for several months, but the Ukrainian army has yet to make any big move. This made the American and British media impatient. The American " Washington Post " pointed out two weeks ago that the United States has spent so much military aid, but there are almost no signs of Ukrainian counterattacks on the Kherson front. The British "Economist" magazine reported that although Ukraine urgently needs to show the progress it has made on the battlefield, the Ukrainian army actually lacks capabilities. The American "Politician" news network published this article, "Where has the massive counterattack that Ukraine has been claiming for months has gone?"
Compared with Zelensky's delay of several months, the time left for Biden is Not much left. On November 8, the United States will hold midterm elections. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate will be up for election. Another 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections. Domestically, economic inflation is high, and politically the search for former President Trump ’s Mar-a-Lago has caused further divisions and confrontations in American society, which are all bad for Biden. If there is no positive progress in the Ukraine battlefield at this time, Biden may not only face the outcome of a large-scale defeat of the Democratic Party in the mid-term elections, but he as a president may even be lame in advance, or have more serious consequences.
Therefore, in the author’s opinion, Zelensky and Biden may have cooperated intentionally or unintentionally, but they came together to achieve the same goal through different paths and chose two points to make breakthroughs.
One point is to launch a major counterattack in Kherson. Kherson is the westernmost end of the 1,300-kilometer Russian-Ukrainian front and is also the weakest point in the Russian defense force. Counterattack in this area is easy to achieve results. If the results are achieved, it will also curb the Russian army's next attempt to advance westward and attack Odessa.
Another point is in Zaporozhye , trying to recapture Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant . In order to recapture the nuclear power plant, Ukraine escalated the conflict in the region, which attracted the attention of the international community, causing the International Atomic Energy Agency to send an expert team to inspect the nuclear power plant.
It is worth mentioning that the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has been frequently bombarded recently, with Russia and Ukraine blaming each other. To be fair, Russia has controlled this nuclear power plant since March and bombed the territory it controls. Moreover, it is a nuclear power plant, which is inconsistent with common sense. As for Uzbekistan, it seems to the outside world that it is evasive. In addition, none of the bombardments hit key facilities of the nuclear power plant. It can also be seen that the bombarders just wanted to attract attention from the outside world, rather than really wanting to cause a nuclear disaster.
The problem is that guns have no eyes. If a shell hits a key facility, the consequences will be disastrous. From this perspective, the initiator of making a fuss about nuclear power plants has extremely vicious intentions!
What is even more worrying is that the International Atomic Energy Agency expert team has set off for the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. If the expert group goes from the Ukrainian side, if the Ukrainian army follows the expert group and takes the opportunity to launch an attack in an attempt to seize the nuclear power plant, something serious may happen.
hopes that Ukraine will not be so hot-headed.
The author predicts that no matter what progress Ukraine makes at the Kherson and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants, the Ukrainian media, the United States and the Western media will most likely promote it as a victory for the nuclear power plant. , or a victory that achieves significant results.
It would be even better if the American and Western media audiences also accepted such propaganda.
No matter what, don’t let anything happen to the nuclear power plant. Don’t let anything happen!
