While scaring news continues to come from the hot region in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, remarkable statements are also coming from the USA. After Ukraine announced that the entire Kyiv region had been liberated from occupation, statements came from the Ukrainian side and NATO that Russia might be preparing a new attack and that the attacks might intensify. The whole world wonders what kind of picture will emerge regarding the war in which negotiations are continuing. Lastly, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was connected to the American NBC television, evaluated the developments in the Russia-Ukraine war.
PUTIN’S POLITICAL POWER
Answering the question about whether Putin’s political power has weakened or not, Blinken said that the assessment of Putin’s power is up to the Russian people.
“A STRATEGIC DEFEAT”
“While I believe this (war) is already a strategic defeat for Putin, the death and destruction it causes every day in Ukraine, the images on our televisions and on social media are appalling. We have an important desire to end them,” Blinken said. he said.
“IF IT LASTS ANOTHER SIX MONTHS…”
“Whose side is the time on here? If this goes on for another six months, can the Ukrainian army hold out? Can the European alliance survive? Can Putin survive economically?” Blinken replied:
“Basically, if we look at Putin’s purpose of subordinating Ukraine to his will and denying their will, taking away its sovereignty and independence, time is definitely not on Vladimir Putin’s side. Because, as I said, sovereign and independent Ukraine, It showed that Vladimir Putin would have survived much longer than he had been in power.
The real question, however, is what will happen over time. How much death, how much destruction will there be if this continues? And this is terrible. So we have an important interest in ending this, Ukrainians have a strong interest in putting an end to it. We are all working for it. The way to do this is to give Ukraine the strongest possible support, to put as much pressure on Russia as we can while strengthening our own defenses. That’s exactly what we do.”
Blinken, who was also connected to CNN Television, argued that Putin had aims such as subduing Ukraine, showing Russia’s power and dividing the Western bloc, but that he has failed to achieve these three aims at the moment.
Blinken said that the Russian military is underperforming and the Russian economy is faltering, against which the West and the NATO alliance are more clamped than ever before. (AA)
