Donbas regional leader Dennis Pushlin said Ukraine was planning to attack the infrastructure of Donbass with the support of the United States. The targets of the attack will be infrastructure, including gas pipelines, water pipes and transmission lines. At the same time, Sivkov, first vice president of the Russian Institute of Geopolitics, believes that Russia now restricts the first use of nuclear weapons, but the United States has always adhered to the principle of pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons.
The current U.S. nuclear policy allows the U.S. military the right to use nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks, which the U.S. Department of Defense has previously explained because the "no-first-use policy" reduces the sense of security of allies and prompts them to develop nuclear weapons. As a result, the United States has insisted that nuclear weapons can be used first.
Therefore, Sivkov believes that if a conflict breaks out between the United States and Russia, the US military may first use nuclear weapons to attack Russian targets. John Rude, the Pentagon's undersecretary for policy, said russian forces have made it public that firing low-yield tactical nuclear bombs is a must-have option to force the United States and NATO to cease fire in conflict zones.
According to reports, the US military has a Ohio-class strategic missile nuclear submarine, which can carry 24 Trident missiles and hundreds of nuclear warheads to launch long-range precision nuclear strikes 12,000 kilometers away. Meanwhile, the United States has reactivated the 56th Artillery Command in Germany, which was established in 1942 as one of the most important U.S. nuclear forces in Europe during the Cold War. It can launch targeted strikes against Russian command centers, airfields, missile positions and other targets, and can also carry out nuclear strikes. According to the theory that the United States is fighting a high-end confrontation, once there is a war, the US navy, army and air force will have long-range combat capabilities.
Evelyn Farkas, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, said there was a "high probability" that Russia was about to invade Ukraine. She said the United States should be ready for war with Russia in Ukraine.
But Russia, though, has said it will not carry out a nuclear strike first. However, the Russian military has a very strong nuclear counterattack capability, and can even be a latecomer. The Russian army has formed three hypersonic nuclear strike forces, including daggers and vanguards. Meanwhile, the Russian army and Belarus will hold the "Alliance Determination-2022" military exercise in February to repel external aggression.
The United States and NATO have warned that Russia is using military exercises to prepare for a build-up and that fighting is likely to break out. Ukraine must be prepared for war and ready to withstand the test of war. Joint exercises between Russian and Belarusian forces, which will be held on the border with Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, demonstrate military might to the United States and NATO. The exercise site will involve multiple airfields and target areas, carry out the protection and defense of important military targets, and conduct exercises such as air defense operations.
Lithuania said that the russian army entered Belarus for joint military exercises, posing a direct threat to Lithuania. Estonia requires NATO to quickly send 5,000 rapid reaction troops into Estonia to fight against the Russian army.
The U.S. military and NATO have already made a move, and the U.S. B-52 strategic bomber has continuously patrolled the skies over Ukraine. At the same time, the US aircraft carrier Uss Truman blocked the Outlet of the Black Sea in the northern Mediterranean Sea, and the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarines have also gone to sea. The U.S. military also deployed F-15 and F-35 fighter jets in Britain, Slovakia and Romania.
NATO has assembled 30,000 troops on the Border of Belarus, and at the same time, the United States has released a new batch of $200 million military aid programs for Ukraine. Countries such as the United Kingdom and Canada have also begun to assist Inland anti-tank missiles, as well as the deployment of special forces to train Ukrainian troops. Britain has also signed an agreement with Ukraine to assist eight new types of ships, including mine-hunting vessels for the Ukrainian Navy.
Us media "Business Insider" reported that the US Naval War College professor Lyle Goldstein said: Modern warfare has been completely different from traditional warfare, do not record the number of warships and tanks every day. Special attention should be paid to the large-scale raids launched by Russian special forces.
The Russian army has 6 special forces combat brigades and 3 independent special forces regiments, which can carry out in-depth raids in the middle of the night through helicopters and transport aircraft. Tens of thousands of Russian special forces will be able to capture key Ukrainian targets first, echoing the Russian tank armoured armouries on the front line and attacking back and forth.