Russia is obliged to concentrate its defensive power in its Western Military District, given the growing military deployment of NATO in the area.
The defense policy of the Russian Federation, with respect to the advance and presence of the military force of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on its western border, forces it to concentrate defensive power, mainly in its Western Military District.
Said action, within the Russian borders, signs the sovereign right that assists any country in the world to move its troops based on considerations proper to the analysis of the situation, which is the case of the Eurasian nation. This, unlike the advance and concentration of NATO troops and weapons, which are added to the national troops of the countries bordering the Eurasian nation. Military personnel and war material, coming from countries beyond these boundaries, as is the case of the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, among others. As well as the performance of military exercises such as the so-called Defender Europe 21, for which 40,000 troops and 15,000 units of war material, including strategic aircraft, were deployed during the months of May and June of this year 2021.maneuvered provocatively on the borders with Russia.
The media, linked to the Western powers, on both sides of the Atlantic, have complemented efforts to carry out strong propaganda aimed at showing Russia as an aggressor, a source of discord, a country that strains relations with its European neighbors and it endangers the notion of peace that the North Atlantic organization manages. Thus, the German tabloid media outlet Bild – the one with the first circulation in Germany and the third in the world, close to the most conservative media outlets in the Teutonic country – published a map of the areas of the hypothetical Russian invasion of Ukraine. A map very similar to one published days ago by the US media The Washington Post. This fact made the Russian Foreign Ministry declare in the mouth of its spokesperson, María Zajárova, "obviously,
Germany with 64 billion and France with 59 billion dollars. Figures that far exceed the 66 billion dollars of the budget of the Russian Federation.
The clear and provocative expansion of NATO to the east, trying to encircle Russia, involves the government of Kiev, which has dedicated itself to increasing the repression of the population of Donbass - whose war against the inhabitants of this region in the eastern Ukraine has already generated 14,000 deaths and that catalyzed the decision to create the popular republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. Republics historically and culturally linked to Russia where a significant percentage of the population, which is also 98% Russian-speaking, has acquired Russian nationality, which, quite logically, should Ukraine's hostile policy against this region increase, they could request help from Moscow.
In April of this year 2021 we warned on our portal Segundopaso.es that Kiev is struggling to join a warmongering entity, submit to the dictates of Brussels (headquarters of NATO) and follow the guidelines given by Western powers. We also point out the need to remember that “in 2014, in the midst of the process that the West called Euromaidan, the inhabitants of Donbass opposed the coup d'état in Kiev, with Western support, against the government of Viktor Yanukovych. A process of political uprising and awareness, which led them to declare their independence on the basis of democratic processes, thus creating the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics”. (two)
that have begun to arrive in Ukraine (3). Petition to which the Russian government strongly opposes and that endorse Moscow's decision to concentrate troops, within its territory, to contain any attempt at Western aggression, either on its border with Ukraine or in the Black Sea.
Russia demands that NATO cease its rapprochement and provocations on its western border, which not only implies refusing NATO to accept Ukraine as partner No. 30, but also implies the deployment of offensive troops and weapons. Putin demands reliable, long-term security guarantees and that he will insist in his talks with the United States and its allies that he rule out any NATO expansion to his western border. For the Russian president, “legal guarantees are required because in matters of verbal commitments these have been violated, ignoring the legitimate concerns of the Russian government in matters of security.
NATO's response, through its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, is to consider it unacceptable that Russia speaks of "spheres of interest by vetoing the entry of new members." Quite a hypocritical opinion because NATO does create areas and spheres of interest, advances towards the western borders of Russia, moves troops, equipment, offensive military material, but denies the concerns of those who feel attacked. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reminded Western political and military leaders that there is the so-called "principle of indivisibility of security [...] which states that no one should strengthen their security at the expense of the security of others".
The last scene of this theater of declarations came from the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who stated that the deployment of attack complexes on the territory of Ukraine would mean crossing a red line. "And what should we do? Then we will have to create something similar in relation to those who threaten us in this way. And we can do it now." Such a statement raised welts in Washington that through the veteran US president, Joe Biden stated that "he does not accept red lines from anyone. We have been aware of Russia's actions for a long time and my expectation is that we will have a long discussion with Putin" .
Discussion that lasted for two hours, virtually, on December 7 between both leaders. Meeting that occurs five months after the last meeting in which both leaders saw each other face-to-face in the city of Geneva, Switzerland, and that in the total sum already records five meetings. Both leaders focused on issues of cybersecurity and strategic stability and where the relevant topic of the day, as expected, was the issue of tensions arising from the Ukraine issue and its effects. From the White House, the conflict in that Eastern European country means advancing towards the implementation, together with its European NATO partners, of a package of economic measures that increase the policy of pressure exerted on Russia.
Sanctions that are glimpsed in the energy sector, as well as stripping the Eurasian nation of its access to the Swift banking data system (acronym for Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication) that implies a clear attack on the Russian economy. This is because the Swift system is today considered one of the essential infrastructures of international finance, since it is an effective tool for the integration of services such as interbank payments, transfers, investments, foreign trade, among other actions. Biden's threats are complemented by those made by the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, who indicated that they will approve a series of retaliatory actions if Russia invades Ukraine "The European Union will respond appropriately to any additional aggression."
Putin, for his part, was emphatic in pointing out that the measures aimed at sanctioning Russia or threatening it militarily will have a response and insisted on carrying out the proposal made to NATO where he guaranteed stability in exchange for Ukraine not joining the Alliance. Russia wants to stop any NATO advance towards its western border, which implies excluding Georgia and Ukraine, reminding them that this was promised in 1999 and 2004 in breach of those agreements defined in the framework of Russian concerns regarding its security. Putin has specified that the Minsk agreements must be complied with, which constitute the road map aimed at finding a political solution to the current conflict in Donbass and that any“The current Ukrainian government's attempt to forcefully subdue the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk will have an adequate response” as was restrained these days by the chief of the Russian General Staff, General Valeri Gerasimov. For the Russian government the Ukrainian issue is the excuse for NATO's advance to its western border and this constitutes the real threat at the moment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted "Russia has a peaceful foreign policy, but it has the right to defend its security" Putin has pointed out in all possible tones and has denounced NATO for its hostile policy, which considers Russia its adversary , leading to clearly provocative actions such as trying to incorporate Ukraine into its fold, which will mean "the deployment of the corresponding military contingents, bases and weapons that will pose a threat to us." The Russian president described as a "criminal inaction on the part of Russia to sit idly by" before the expansion of the North Atlantic military blockade commanded by the United States to Eastern Europe, surrounding the Eurasian nation. A convulsive scenario is the one that is lived and that has scenes of threats, dialogues, sanctions, calls for calm and start again. The dice are thrown, Alea Jacta Est (4) where the question today is to know who will cross the Rubicon.
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