The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has lasted for more than 200 days, and the two sides have entered a stalemate. Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian army attacked Ukrainian troops and ammunition depots in many places. Ukraine said that the Ukrainian armed forces continued to advance in the south.
Just as people were paying attention, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said that the Ukrainian armed forces broke through the Russian defense near Zolotoibarka and Alessandrovka in the Khlsong area. However, his attacks in Nikolayev and Andrivsk's tactical direction were both repelled by the Russian side.
Russian Defense Ministry official representative Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov
There is no doubt that the Ukrainian army broke through Russia's defense line in Khlsong. Previously, the Russian army had just lost the winning man.
In this case, it is inevitable that there will be a voice of public opinion to be pessimistic. Of course, we cannot deny that Russia is indeed facing some difficulties at present.
First, the United States and NATO have increased military aid to Ukraine. We see that the United States and the United Kingdom are providing Ukraine with the ‘Haimas’ system, and Eastern European countries, Germany and France are also "transfusions" to Ukraine.
This undoubtedly made the progress of the Russian-Ukrainian war slower. In fact, the support of the United States and the West for Ukraine can be traced back to an earlier time. Some military experts have revealed that after 2014, some senior NATO officials have entered the Ukrainian army as consultants.
As early as February this year, before the Ukrainian war broke out, NATO increased its support for the Ukrainian army, including combat theory, technical training, weapon and equipment support, etc.
More importantly, Ukraine also obtained intelligence support from the United States, including important information such as the position of the Russian army and the weaknesses of the front line.
Secondly, the issue of military strength. At present, the Russian army suffered serious casualties and combat losses. But in the Ukraine, at the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine had only 200,000 regular defense forces. Under the urgent wartime mobilization of the state, its military strength expanded to 800,000. Although the quality is not high, the geometric growth in quantity gave Ukraine great confidence.
Finally, it has to be mentioned that the Nord Stream pipeline was recently bombed, and the damage to the economic lifeline has had a significant negative impact on Russia.
Although faced some difficulties, Putin may have already planned to turn the situation around.
First, the referendum of four places in Ukraine may have changed the nature of the war. Once the "legal procedures" for referendums from the four places in eastern Ukraine to Russia are completed, the "special military action" will be changed to a just "Patriotic War".
It is worth mentioning that the so-called "referendum" is just a common trick used by the United States and Western countries, and Putin is just "rewarding the other person with his own way."
In addition, in recent years, Russia has always been plagued by population decline. According to the Russian National University of Research-based Higher Economics, the Russian population will decrease to 137.5 million by the end of this century. After the referendum, Russia immediately increased its population by millions, which can be described as "timely rain."
At the same time, Azov Sea becomes Inland Sea , and controls Ukraine's estuary, enhancing its soft power.
With the arrival of winter and the Russian military's military strength is effectively supplemented, the Ukrainian counterattack may be hindered, the strength of both sides will rise and fall, and the situation will undergo new changes.
