In recent times, the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield has undergone amazing reversals many times. First, the Ukrainian army planned a major counterattack plan for several months, and unexpectedly achieved generous results. Not only was it forced the Russian army to retreat to the Donbas area, but it also re-controlled a lot of territory. However, the West has not been excited for a long time. The four regions in Ukraine, namely Lugansk , Donetsk , Khlsson and Zaporoze , announced a referendum on entry into Russia. The situation reversed again, and the pressure was given to the West again.
In order to protect the referendums of the four places, Russian President Putin recently launched a national speech, mobilizing recruitment to the country on the grounds of supporting the "liberation of Donbass". The Russian side also stated that it would use all weapons to defend Russian territory, including newly joined territory through referendums in the future, which also triggered a commotion in the West. Recently, the United States has privately talked to Russia: If the final means are dared, the West will make a "decisive response."
According to the information from Observer.com , in response to the warning issued by Russia, Sullivan recently stated in an interview with the media that the United States has held high-level communication with Kremlin "privately" to tell Russia that any use of nuclear weapon will have "disastrous consequences" to Russia because "the United States and its allies will respond decisively."
Then, in response to Sullivan's counterattack remarks, a Russian MP said in response to the Russian media interview that the question is not whether Russia will use nuclear weapons, but that the US knows how to promote the war. The United States continues to exaggerate the situation, just to make countries around the world believe that " nuclear threat " comes from Russia. Another Russian MP further stated that the US warning cannot affect Russia's decision-making and also gave a "bottom line", saying that Russia will only use nuclear weapons when other countries use nuclear weapons or pose a serious threat to Russia's territorial integrity.
It is worth mentioning that recently, due to the plan of Ukraine four places to enter Russia through referendum, the situation on the battlefield of Russia and Ukraine has further escalated. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the strategic goal of "liberation of Donbass", Putin delivered his first national speech since the Russian-Ukraine military conflict. In addition to mobilizing recruitment, he also stated that Russia will use all weapons to defend Russian territory. Subsequently, Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation Security Conference Medvedev further emphasized that the new territory that will be entered into Russia through referendum is also within the scope of protection, which can be said to have changed relative to the West. As soon as this statement was made, the United States and EU , and many Western leaders successively launched accusations and threats to Russia.
Objectively speaking, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has come to this point, which can be said to be the blame for the West. The fundamental reason for the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is that NATO wants to continue to expand eastward, tempting Ukraine to overthrow the Minsk Agreement and become a member of the West. This move is no longer Ukraine's own affairs, but NATO also violated the principle of non-East expansion and was overturned at the same time. It is definitely impossible for Russia to say that there is no countermeasures. The "special military action" taken against Ukraine is on the surface to fight against Ukraine, but in fact it is also a military struggle with the West.
However, although promoting the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is beneficial to the United States, the interests in it are limited. The United States may not be determined to start a nuclear war with Russia. Sullivan's statement may have two purposes.
On the one hand, Ukraine, as a direct participant in the battlefield, is the primary target of nuclear deterrence. Moreover, the primary purpose of the Russian side's warning is to successfully defend the four regions that will be submitted to Russia. The United States has emphasized many times before that it will not directly intervene in the battlefield, let alone engage in nuclear war with Russia. Therefore, the purpose of the US's ruthless words is to encourage Ukraine to continue to resist, create a crisis for the four places to enter Russia, and even put the battlefield into a deadlock.
On the other hand, although Sullivan mentioned that Russia was carrying out "nuclear deterrence", he did not mention specific measures in the "decisive response" of the West, that is, the West did not promise to use nuclear weapons, and other economic and political suppression can also cause "disastrous consequences" for Russia. Therefore, it is obvious that the US side wants to turn Russia into a "nuclear war fanatic" and shape itself into a "messenger of justice" to maintain the situation. As for the West's suppression and sanctions on Russia, Russia is probably no longer surprised.
So, the "disastrous consequence" mentioned by the United States is likely to be aggravated sanctions on Russia. After all, Western politicians such as French President Macron and EU Foreign Minister Borrelli also claimed to "increase sanctions" after hearing the warning issued by Russia, and never mentioned the statement related to "using nuclear to control nuclear". This already shows the attitude of the West. Now Sullivan has come up with an ambiguous counterattack, which shows the current concerns of the West. From this point of view, it is almost certain that the referendum of the four Ukrainian regions to Russia is a foregone conclusion. The West may push the international community to condemn it afterwards and pull more countries to sanction Russia. However, with Crimea's example, this matter will probably remain in the "war of words" stage.
