A significant military reinforcement which threatens Ukraine’s allies since these two vehicles will join the Pacific Fleet in order to monitor Russia’s eastern borders. But in the meantime, new Western aid to Ukraine is struggling to take root. Particularly in the United States where Congress refused to adopt a new aid plan of more than 106 billion dollars.
What if Ukraine lost the war against Russia? “This is a scenario that is becoming plausible and the West does not realize the consequences”
Putin said such reinforcements were expected in other regions of Russia. A statement that echoes Russia’s recent interest in the Arctic. Western pressure has in fact been increasingly strong in this region since Finland joined NATO.
For the American think tank “Institute for the Study of War” (ISW), Russia is preparing “for a future large-scale conventional war against NATO”. “By allocating expensive resources to the Russian navy in areas outside Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Russia likely wants to threaten NATO and its allies in several regions,” explains the ISW.
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