Written by Michael Thervil
For many people that work alongside Vladimir Putin within the Kremlin, their upcoming win can be seen not only as a victory against Ukraine but a victory against the Collective West. The reason for this is because even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ran around the world with his begging bowl, which consisted of a large portion of both financial and military help from the United States – Russia still has managed to defeat both Ukraine and the United States in this war over the expansion of NATO onto Russia’s doorsteps.
So, what’s helping Russia in winning this war? It’s their successful strides in advanced weapons technology. Currently, both Ukraine and America are fearful of Russia’s RS-28 Sarmet Missiles. These hypersonic missiles are what America calls “Satan 2”. The RS-28 can fly more than 6 times the speed of sound, can travel 18,000km or just over 1,000 miles, can be maneuvered mid-flight and can strike a designated European country within 3 minutes or 200 seconds. So most certainly, this weapon system can annihilate Ukraine. The question is, why hasn’t Russia just wiped Ukraine off the world map?
Well, that could be in part to Russia not wanting the world to paint it as a merciless destroyer of nations. It’s simply bad optics. Of course, this wouldn’t stop Russia from wanting to deploy this weapon system in self-defense if it needs to. But if anything, the RS-28 could be seen as a deterrent by the international community and to encourage Ukraine to stop what they are doing and submit to the will and demands of Russia. The next question that should come to mind is: “is Ukrainian President Zelensky too prideful and egotistical to not only admit defeat, but end the war on their part and deal with President Putin on his terms?
The way it currently looks – the answer to that is no. At this point in the conflict. President Zelensky and his stubborn ways should be seen as a mark of bad leadership which will further destroy not only the country of Ukraine, but he should be seen as a danger to the international foreign relations between all countries. We can say this because all countries like it or not are interconnected. Thus, what one country does have the potential to affect another country positively or negatively at some point in time. However, if Ukrainian President Zelensky continues to provoke Russia, he will have nothing less and will soon be either killed by Russia or at least killed by the people of Ukraine for needlessly endangering their lives for the sake of his own ego and the fake promises and guarantees that were presented to him from the Collective West.
Remember the Minsk Agreement was internationally developed and ratified for a reason and the violation of the international agreement by Ukraine – provides a warrant for Russia to not only do what it's currently doing but what it will do in the future out of necessity.
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