As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine fell into a stalemate, the so-called "Russian defeat theory" in Western public opinion is even more rampant, and various speculations about Russia "cannot hold on" are overwhelming in the Western public opinion field. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been nearly three months old. Russia has gone from a comprehensive assault at the beginning to now the front has been compressed to only the eastern, southern and northeastern regions of Ukraine. It is no wonder that Western public opinion is full of "optimism" about the war situation in Ukraine.
In the past few days, the latest changes in the war situation in Ukraine have made Western media ecstatic. According to the " Global Times ", the Russian army recently began to withdraw from the area around the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov. In this regard, many foreign media immediately concluded that this was because the Ukrainian army's counterattack "winned a major victory."
According to news from the Ukrainian military, the Russian army has recently begun to withdraw troops from the surrounding areas of Kharkov and has focused its military operations on protecting supply lines. In addition, the Ukrainian military also stated that the Russian army launched fierce artillery and air strikes on Donesk in eastern Ukraine, with the purpose of consuming and destroying the Ukrainian army and its defense facilities that are still fighting there. In response, Associated Press cheered in its report: This is the Ukrainian counter-offensive operation at work, and therefore "winned a victory over the Russian army."
Ukraine's second largest city Kharkov is only 80 kilometers away from the southwestern border city of Russia Bergorod . The vast majority of residents of the region's approximately 1.8 million people speak Russian, which is also an important battlefield direction for Russia to take special military actions against Ukraine. The Russian army suddenly gave up its attack on the city, no wonder Western media cheered for "a major victory."
It should be mentioned that , including the United States, information on changes in the war situation in Ukraine mainly comes from the notification from the Kiev authorities. In other words, any "winning victory" may be a means of deception. Therefore, it is actually too early for Western media and think tanks to cheer for the Ukrainian army to "win the victory in the counterattack against Russia."
The reason why Western countries are ecstatic about every "victory" in Ukraine is because they urgently need some news of victory from Kiev to prove to their own taxpayers that they deserve to continue to invest in this war, and at the same time encourage the Ukrainians to continue to resist desperately. Of course, the United States needs more news of victory from the Kiev authorities to unite Western allies, firmly insist that they will risk the national economy being destroyed by high inflation, and continue to provide material and diplomatic support to the Kiev authorities.
The "victory news" that Ukraine has been constantly "packaged" by Western media, has become the "power" for the United States and European countries to insist on putting pressure on Russia. We see that when German Chancellor Scholz 4 talked about the Ukrainian issue a few days ago, his tone became rare and tough: even though Europe is under unprecedented economic pressure in decades, it is still insisting on putting pressure on Russia, forcing Putin to "can't bear the huge price" to withdraw troops from Ukraine.
How is the real situation in Ukraine now? The outside world only knows the truth. But one thing is certain: although Ukraine has received full support from Western world , even Western politicians and media have admitted that "the prospect is not optimistic." British Prime Minister Johnson admitted during his visit to India that Russia may win. The Associated Press admitted in the report that the Russian army is still bombing Ukrainian targets in northern Kharkov, and the situation in the Donbas area is still very difficult.
As for the current conflict situation in Russia-Ukraine, the Russian army has controlled the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, and the control area accounts for about 25% of Ukraine's national territory. As cities such as Mariupol and Khlsong in southern Ukraine fell into the hands of the Russian army, Ukraine's sea outlets in Black Sea and Azov Sea have basically been blocked, resulting in Ukraine's import and export of goods through the Polish estuary for foreign trade.
No matter how Western politicians and media shout for Kiev, many things cannot be changed, including that Ukraine was further dismembered because of the loss of more land.Under such circumstances, if Kiev continues to stand firm with Russia, and when one day the West feels unprofitable, what is in front of the world will be a fragmented Ukraine.
