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The Russian-Ukrainian war has been delayed for 220 days. This is a war full of strangeness. The roaring cannons cannot cover up the endless strange and strange events. The mutual attacks of all parties involved make people feel more and more that there is a mysterious black hand hidden behind the scenes.
"Strange" is first in the parties involved. The two armies are fighting against Ukraine and Russia. On the surface, the United States and the West did not directly participate in the war. NATO seems to be just watching the tiger's fight. In fact, the conflict was initiated by NATO's infinite eastward expansion, and NATO was the initiator. At the beginning of the conflict, both sides had the desire to stop the war, but the peace talks came to an abrupt end. Ukrainian attitude suddenly became hard, which shocked the international community. This is one of the "weird".
and the United States and the West openly provide Ukrainian weapons on a large scale and unlimited basis, and sanctions against Russia have been continuously increased. The United States publicly announced that its goal is to "completely isolate and weaken Russia". For this reason, it is hesitant to fight to the "last Ukrainian ". People have only known that the United States and the West are fanning the flames and adding fuel to the fire, and are behind the scenes and direct participants in the conflict. This is the second "strange".
htmlFrom August, the Ukrainian army began a "big counterattack" in eastern Ukrainian and southern Ukrainian. Both Zelensky and Blinken said that Ukrainian "can recover lost territory" with Western weapons, and made some progress at one time, "precisely strikes" Russian facilities, and the Ukrainian army's combat effectiveness won the applause of the West. The battlefield situation suddenly changed day and night, and Wu Fang seemed to have "divine help", which is the third "weird".
Media disclosed that the United States and the West not only provide weapons, but also provide command advisers and precise intelligence support. It is even rumored that NATO will set up a "hidden command" specializing in the Ukrainian battlefield. The truth of its direct intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict cannot be hidden. The noisy "Bucha incident" was confusing. The United States and the West used intelligence, law and public opinion to accuse the Russian army of the murderer and organized an "international investigation". Former British Prime Minister Johnson and other Western political leaders made a show on the spot, which was serious and aggressive, but it was in trouble. If it is indeed done by Russia, how could the United States and the West give up? This is the fourth of "strangeness".
The incident of bombing the Zaporo thermonuclear power plant is the fifth "weird". If this largest nuclear power plant in Europe is damaged and causes nuclear leakage, its harm will exceed that of Chernobyl , and it will not only be Europe. The "strange" is that the "bombs" only fall at non-pivot points, and no nuclear involved is hit by a bomb. There is no nuclear leak after blowing around. It can be said to be extremely "accurate". It is difficult to locate so accurately without long-term familiarity with the terrain and accurate intelligence. It is hard to accept the Russian side's actions, and the pediatric trick of "guarding and stealing" cannot cover up people's ears. United Nations and relevant international organizations have intervened, hoping to solve the strange mystery.
The biggest, most bizarre, shocking the world and far-reaching weird event was the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline explosion that just happened. A steel pipeline with a total length of more than 1,200 kilometers and an investment of US$9.7 billion, with a wall thickness of 4.1 cm and an outsourcing of 11 cm of reinforced concrete, is considered indestructible and is placed 70 meters deep below sea level. It was actually exploded with an explosive equivalent of 500 kilograms of TNT explosives! Experts from all walks of life unanimously agreed that without the support of strong national materials and technical forces, it would be difficult for any individual to complete such a "earth-shaking" blasting operation. The severity of the
incident lies in: First, it completely cut off the transportation of Russian natural gas to Europe, making the European energy crisis worse and the "cold winter" is for sure; Second, no matter who does this matter, it will be regarded as a serious provocation to the other party, which will inevitably lead to extreme revenge and encourage the infinite escalation of the war; Third, in the case of natural gas supply cut off, Europe will be more dependent on the United States; Fourth, the leakage of 800 million cubic cubic natural gas in the pipeline will cause serious environmental pollution and endanger the security of Europe and the world; Fifth, there will be other unimaginable consequences, which cannot be overestimated.
Just when the Russian-Ukraine war was at a critical moment when various possible "turning turns" and the sensitive period of the "referendum" of the four places in the "referendum to Russia" was happening. Who did it? There are many different opinions, and there is no consensus. The relevant parties (including the most relevant Germany and other European countries) are investigating. We should wait for the results, but information from all parties should be taken seriously. Most of them are targeting the United States, including the video of the speech of President Biden President 's ability to "end" Nord Stream-2 and make it "remained"; Secretary of State Blinken publicly said that the bombing of the "North Stream-2" pipeline "is a huge strategic opportunity that completely ended Europe's dependence on Russian energy"; Poland Former Foreign Minister Sikorsky's "Thanks to the United States" tweet after the explosion. Glimpse and make people suspicious.
Soldiers are the devilish way, and no war can be achieved without devilishness. In this way, it is very weird to use infinite expansion to push the opponent to the corner of the wall, force it to fight back, then pay money, guns and cannons to drive the agent to charge, and at the same time tie the "allies" to their own chariots with the so-called "common values" to achieve the strategy of "completely weakening" the strong enemy.
Strange war, strange events, strange statements, so many strange things gather together, making people think of the dark hand behind these strange things. As the war continues, this black hand will become more and more exposed and will be increasingly whipped by people of the world, including the European people.
