Kremlin needs to take tough measures - then everything will be fine
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has attracted the attention and research of experts from all over the world. Among them, Paul Roberts, deputy secretary of the US Treasury during the presidency of 1980s, and the proposer of Reagan Economics , has served as editor and columnist of Wall Street Journal , Business Weekly , and Scripps Howard News Agency. He was once the author of the Washington Times regular column. Roberts suggested Putin , Russia has been delayed for a long time and needs to take tough measures - and then everything will be fine!
Roberts believes that Russia failed to meet the expectations of the Minsk Agreement and launched a special operation, which turned out to be a strategic mistake, leading to the intervention of the United States and NATO , and then sanctions destroyed Russian enterprises, and two new NATO members willing to deploy U.S. nuclear weapons near the Russian border, Ukraine even has more provocations crossing the "red line" - such as the execution of Russian prisoners of war and the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline and the Crimea Bridge.
Roberts believes that Putin's "limited military operations" not only did not restrict the conflict, but instead greatly expanded the conflict. The Ukrainian army was approaching Russia's territory, and Russia once again faced fighting on the land. This time, the troops were insufficient and there was no reserve team to defend the front line originally established by the Russian army.
In fact, Putin needs to spend a lot of time strengthening the front line that he worked hard to capture in the early stage, which raises a problem that the Russian standing army is seriously insufficient and only nuclear weapons can defend themselves. If so, Russia's only option is to surrender or nuclear war .
In recent days, the Kremlin has allowed the Russian armed forces to carry out limited attacks on the Ukrainian power grid, fuel supply network, railways and command and control centers. By limiting Ukraine's ability to fight Russian troops, the Kremlin recognized for the first time that Russia was in combat rather than conducting special operations limited to protecting the residents of Donbas.
But Putin still refuses to "completely paralyzed" Ukraine - Russia can easily do this - so Russia's limited number of professional military personnel continues to suffer unnecessary casualties. In addition, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured that Russia does not intend to seek a regime change in Kiev. Peskov assured NATO that the Zelensky government was not the target.
Peskov's assurances to Zelensky did not help promote negotiations that the Kremlin still longed for, but made Washington believe that the Kremlin was uncertain about the outcome of the battle and hoped to end the battle before it further expanded, Russia's inappropriate red line and further shame. Peskov's assurances against Zelensky appear to point to the winter offensive, which will be limited to the return of territory lost due to Ukraine's offensive. This limited operation of
will not produce any results. Washington is providing extended range weapons to Ukrainian armed forces that can enter into strike Russian territory from western Ukraine. This would force Putin to eventually launch a major action, by then the West may use the US troops deployed in Poland and to send troops to Ukraine.
Roberts believes that Putin's "limited military operations" are sending false signals to the West, giving the West time to participate more and more in interference. Roberts insists on what he said at the beginning: Russia needs a dramatic fast and overwhelming victory, showing to the West that Russia does have a "red line" and that the West's refusal to consider Russia's security interests will have disastrous consequences.
I have to say that Roberts really pointed out the essence of the problem to the point. He also previously posted that Washington believes Putin's patience is a weakness - which could lead to global disasters. To reach an agreement with the West, Russia allows its opponents to cross all imaginable "red lines".
