Just when the military situation on the front line of the Russian army was extremely unfavorable and Liman was being surrounded by Ukrainian troops, Russian President Putin signed the treaty for four occupied areas: Donetsk , Lugansk , Zaporoze , and Kremlin . It should be noted that none of these four areas were completely occupied by the Russian army.
After signing the treaty, Russian President Putin delivered a speech, including showing that the southeast of Ukraine is actually Russia's territory, and these areas joining Russia are not annexed, but returning; The disintegration of the Soviet Union is a "disaster"; calling on Ukraine to stop fighting and end the war through negotiations with Russia, but these occupied territories are "forbidden zones" for negotiations; Russia will use all means to defend its own land and people; condemn Western elites as colonialists and racists, the United States is behind the destruction of the "North Stream" pipeline, the United States' military theory is "total domination of the world", etc.
After President Putin's passionate speech, "Russia-Russia" cheers broke out in St. George's Hall in the Kremlin. However, considering the status of many senior officials in the audience during President Putin's speech, many people were suspected of being napped and did not see Defense Minister Shoigu. No one knows the quality of these cheers.
Regarding President Putin's signing of the Russian Convention with leaders of four Russian-controlled regions including Donetsk, the United States and other countries have expressed their views, saying that they will never recognize Russia's "occupation of Ukrainian territory"; UN Secretary-General Guterres also criticized this move as a "dangerous escalation" to the current situation in Russia and Ukraine, and said that "this approach has no place to live in the modern world." According to public reports, so far, no country has expressed support for Russia's approach to annexation of the four eastern states of Ukraine, including Syria and Belarus .
In response, the Ukrainian government launched an application to join NATO through an emergency procedure. Ukrainian President Zelensky said that he was willing to negotiate with the Russian Federal Government, but would never negotiate with Putin. Putin did not know what dignity and honor is, and Ukraine would not have any dialogue with Putin. The implication is that if you want to negotiate, unless the Russian Federal Government changes a president.
NATO welcomes the Ukrainian government’s application, but it also shows that this cannot be done in a short period of time. NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said that every democracies have the right to apply for NATO, but they must be allowed by NATO's existing 30 members to officially join. Ukraine is currently fighting against Russia. If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war, and if Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine. NATO condemns Russia's invasion of Ukrainian territory, but NATO is not the conflicting party in this war. Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory will not change NATO's determination to support Ukraine, and warns Russia that the use of nuclear weapon will have serious consequences and that Russia will not win.
Although most countries in the world do not recognize it, four occupied areas including Donetsk, including Russia were incorporated into Russia. At least according to Russian law, these areas have become Russian territory like Crimea . In other words, the Ukrainian army's regaining actions against these areas is actually an invasion of Russia. Therefore, according to Russia's principle of using nuclear weapons, Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons to prevent other countries from aggressing Russian territory.
Many people do not think that Russia will use nuclear weapons, but the Ukrainian military and some analysts believe that whether it is to save the difficult front-line military situation or to end this costly "special military operation" as soon as possible, the Kremlin is likely to use tactical nuclear weapon , with the goal of Ukrainian military targets in the front-line areas."Defending Russian territory from invasion" has become the reason for Russia to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The accusation of the United States of being behind the destruction of the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline is to deter the United States. Russia may retaliate against such "international terrorist acts", including the nuclear strike against .
The series of recent events do not seem to be for no reason, but there are a series of internal connections. The "North Stream" natural gas pipeline was bombed and four other places including Donetsk were incorporated into Russia. If necessary, they are all reasons for Russia to use nuclear weapons. The current Kremlin has no trump card to turn the tables besides nuclear weapons. Even if the Kremlin changes its owner, considering the fierce nationalist sentiment in Russia, it may not restore the situation to before 2014: when nationalism is incited, it will be very difficult to calm it down, and it will not be ensnared by it to make some irrational or even devastating decisions.
