2 February 24, after the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out, since Ukraine itself was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength compared to Russia, the Kiev authorities frantically played the role of international beggars. They hoped that Western countries would provide Huge amounts of economic and military aid to Ukraine. Initially, Western countries generally believed that the Russian army, with its absolute air supremacy and mechanized force advantages, would be able to completely paralyze Ukraine's resistance capabilities within 96 hours, but this is not the case.
Later, under the pressure of internal populism , Western countries were forced to open the door to aid to Ukraine, and also adopted a series of sanctions against Russia. These aids and sanctions were relatively effective in the early days of the war, but now these actions are becoming less and less effective.
Now the Russia-Ukraine war has entered a critical moment. Not long ago, the Russian army had just completely captured Severodonetsk, a strategic town in the Donbass region, and the remaining tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops retreated to the city of Lischichansk. This place is the only Lugansk region city still in the hands of Ukraine, and Russia's encirclement of the local area is about to be completed.
Once the Russian army captures the local area, it will mean that Ukraine will lose at least more than 10,000 manpower. This will undoubtedly be a very heavy blow to the Ukrainian army whose military resources have been almost exhausted. Under such circumstances, , the Group of Seven, and still have the illusion that they can help Ukraine change its fate by providing blood transfusions to Ukraine.
According to the latest reports from foreign media, the Group of Seven summit issued a statement just a few days ago, announcing that it will provide 28 billion euros to Ukraine for financial diplomacy, military and humanitarian assistance. According to this statement, the Group of Seven will continue to coordinate efforts and make every effort to meet Ukraine's urgent needs for military equipment, including helping Ukraine establish new armed forces, and providing intelligence training materials and economic support.
In addition, the grain, agricultural products and other petroleum products produced in Ukraine will also receive special attention from the G7. In addition, they will further increase sanctions on Russia and even threaten to completely exclude Russia from the global market.
It is worth mentioning that Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has been claiming to launch a major counterattack against the Russian army. The initial time was set for June, then postponed to July, and then postponed to August. So with this wave of 28 billion euros of blood transfusion from the Group of Seven, can the Ukrainian army's counterattack plan succeed? The answer is obviously no. Because this money is bound to have a very limited impact on Ukraine, and it is not clear how the 28 billion euros will be shared by the Group of Seven, nor how this money should be used specifically.
You must know that the United States has previously claimed to have provided 40 billion US dollars in aid to Ukraine. This means that the United States, currently facing severe financial pressure, will most likely not participate in this plan to share 28 billion euros. Money is also difficult to come up with for the remaining six countries.
Western countries have previously announced aid plans to Ukraine one after another, the most important of which is that the United States even restarted the Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine. But the purpose of the Americans in doing this is to support the local military-industrial enterprises, rather than to sincerely help Ukraine.
In addition, these Western countries have been very slow to provide assistance to Ukraine. So far, the Western weapons and equipment Ukraine has received are only the M777 howitzer , the German PZH2000 self-propelled howitzer , and the French Caesar wheeled truck cannon. And the number There were relatively few of them, and they were destroyed in large numbers as soon as they entered the battlefield, which had little impact on the battle situation.
What the Ukrainian army currently lacks most is not weapons and ammunition at all, but experienced soldiers. It took Ukraine many years to build up about 80,000 capable soldiers, but this group of people has already suffered heavy losses.If the West only provides weapons but does not provide adequate training, then the final fate of these newly formed Ukrainian troops is likely to be the same as the so-called art masters.
