This is how the United States is arming Ukraine. Fabbri’s analysis (Scenarios)
The American presence in Ukraine is also embodied in the continuous delivery of weapons to the government of Kiev. The analysis by Dario Fabbri, editor of the geopolitical monthly Scenari of the daily Domani. Extract from a long analysis
The American presence is also embodied in the continuous delivery of armaments to the government of Kiev, flown to the western border and entrusted there to local emissaries. Between February 26 and March 3, Washington sent 17,000 anti-tank missiles to the Zelensky government, including the Javelins, worth $ 350 million, six times more than the figure delivered in the last six months.
Widely heralded initiative, welcomed by the main Western nations, equally busy to replenish the Ukrainian arsenal – including Italy, also present on site with a spy plane.
"The Americans, like their allies, are now co-belligerents, therefore legitimate targets of any retaliation," thundered the Kremlin spokesman, Dimitrij Peskov.
I HUNT MIG-29
So far, the comparison is kept inside unwritten code, but it could suddenly crash. In early March, the Pentagon had long considered delivering 28 MIG-29 fighters received from the Polish government to Ukraine, up to authorizing the transfer of the aircraft to the German base in Ramstein. "I cannot give you a timetable, but I can tell you that we are thinking about it very concretely," said the secretary of state, Tony Blinken, who had flown to the Galician border to be photographed with his counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. Before abandoning the resolution for the concrete possibility of ending up in a nuclear confrontation.
THE RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO YAVORIV / MOSCOW
Enough enough to spark the Kremlin's reaction. On March 13, thirty Russian cruise missiles hit the Ukrainian base of Yavoriv between Lviv and the Polish border, a place designated for the sorting of armaments from abroad, for the training of indigenous forces at the hands of Western officers – at least one thousand volunteers are present here foreigners, especially Americans. Thirty-five people were killed and nearly 200 injured, but it is not clear whether Westerners were among them.
In the most significant event since the beginning of the conflict, potentially capable of extending the dispute to the rest of the world. The message launched by Moscow against any external involvement was unmistakable, followed by a tweet from the State Department to confirm the presence on the spot of US, Lithuanian, Polish and British personnel. While the first American citizen since the beginning of hostilities fell, the journalist Brent Renaud killed by the Russians on the outskirts of Kiev. "Russia will pay dearly for her death, she will soon understand the gravity of such a mistake," sculpted Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor, interpreting the dramatic episode as an attack on Washington.
THE SANCTIONS
In addition to its presence on the ground, the United States has imposed severe trade and financial sanctions on Russia. In the hope that the Putinian oligarchs will conspire against the leader, because they are angry at the sharp decline in their wealth. In the illusion of bending the Russian people through economic hardship, which is an aseptic normality for most of the citizens. Above all, these measures serve to tighten the Western camp, historically undecided on how to act against the Bear, now coagulated around Washington. Communion of intentions destined to last a short time – the end of the fighting will rekindle the differences – but at the moment very precious.
In this climate it is inevitable that Volodymyr Zelensky frequently confronts the White House and that his eventual surrender is to be agreed with the overseas apparatuses, perhaps even beyond the will of the person concerned.
DIVISIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES
Marked by the Russian advance, by the Ukrainian resistance supported by the Americans, the war is causing disturbances also in the rest of the world, with already widely intelligible developments. The vote of last March 2 in the general assembly of the United Nations to condemn the action of the Kremlin reveals the existing divisions. If it was the Western chancelleries or those linked to the United States that spoke out against Moscow, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, South Africa, Algeria, Angola, Mozambique, among others, abstained. For a total of nearly four billion people represented.
In Europe, a continent dominated by the Americans for over thirty years, the invasion of Ukraine produced potentially decisive reactions. Germany has announced an extraordinary rearmament plan, with the defense budget that could exceed 2% of GDP in the coming years. An unprecedented evolution, inevitably destined to awaken the ill-dormant fears for the German question among the European neighbors.
So far the change in Berlin has been welcomed with satisfaction by the Americans and other Westerners, but in the medium term Paris will try to harness a lot of expenditure within the dreamlike European army, causing the dry reaction of the Teutons, who are not in favor of entrusting their men. to the French generals.
(Extract of an analysis from Scenarios , here the full version)
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/ecco-come-gli-stati-uniti-stanno-armando-lucraina/ on Sun, 20 Mar 2022 06:42:01 +0000.