At present, the situation in Russia and Ukraine has become the focus of the world.
After Putin recognized Udong Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent states on February 21, Russian troops rushed to the two countries, which caused the situation to take a sharp turn.
On February 22, Putin said Russia was willing to implement the Minsk Accords because it was the result of mutual compromise. But before the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions was recognized, the Minsk Agreement was "snuffed out" by the Ukrainian side. The West claims that the "Minsk Agreement" should be implemented, but is powerless to induce the Ukrainian side to implement the agreement. The Minsk Agreement was essentially equivalent to the non-existence of the two countries, so Russia was forced to make the decision to recognize the two "republics" and to provide military assistance to both countries.
From Putin's approach, Russia is sending a message to the outside world that since countries cannot implement the Minsk Agreement, there is no need for Russia to comply.
Putin's current demand is that Ukraine itself refuse to join NATO, remain neutral, and want Ukraine to be demilitated. Russia believes that Ukraine's militarization of anti-Russian means is unacceptable to Russia.
Putin said: "It is impossible to predict any specific direction of action at the moment, it depends on the development of the situation. ”
At present, the Russian Parliament has allowed the Russian President to use federal armed forces outside Russia, and the number of troops to be dispatched, the area of operation, the tasks and the duration of stay outside Russia will be determined by the Russian President.
At present, the Russian army has entered the separated zone in eastern Ukraine, and photos and videos appearing on social media show that whether it is tanks, artillery, rocket launchers or supply vehicles, there is a mysterious "Z" on the armament. Most of these signs painted in white paint are also painted with square or triangular white frames around them in addition to large Zs. However, it was also found that at least one T-90 tank had not only numbers written on it, but also added a red triangle frame.
What do these symbols mean? Russian netizens on social media speculated that the "Z" word was used on military vehicles heading to Halkiev, while the triangle represented units to go to Slavyansk and Kramatosk. Those drawn with circles are part of the Motorized Reserve Supply Unit. However, the appearance of several markings on some military vehicles is even more confusing.
It has also been said that the word "Z" represents Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Some military analysts believe that the red symbol may symbolize a military unit with brilliant military achievements.
Some experts believe that this may be a code name for the Russian army to expand its offensive and quickly identify it on the battlefield. This is especially important when large numbers of military vehicles are heading in different directions and need to lead units or ground forces that are not immediately familiar.
Ukrainian military sources said this could mean that the final preparations of the Russian army have been completed. He noted that it was important to be able to identify any attacking force, especially against the Russian Air Force. The Ukrainians had many similar tanks and military vehicles, and they wanted to reduce the risk of friendly misfire.
The Russian military has never seen such a mark on previous military vehicles. Therefore, observers believe that the worst is to be prepared.
In the face of Putin's serial punches, Biden believes that Russia has invaded Ukraine, so in addition to offering billions of dollars in sanctions to Russia, he is also militarily reinforcing Ukraine's neighbors.
The United States currently has troops in Poland and Romania. Subsequently, the infantry battalion in Italy was also transferred to the Baltic States. In Germany, 8 F-35 stealth fighters, 20 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters will also be transferred to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and 12 Apaches will be transferred from Greece to Poland with airborne assault task forces to defend NATO allies. About 6,000 U.S. troops have been sent to Europe. The United States also recently announced its intention to sell 250 Polish Abrand main battle tanks.
In a speech to the nation on the afternoon of February 22, Biden pointed out that Putin said that the Wudong region is no longer part of Ukraine, saying that they are sovereign territory. In short, Russia has just announced the partition of a large piece of land in Ukraine. Russia's 150,000-strong army, which has spent nearly a year assembling on the Ukrainian border, has yet to go to war, but the United States and allies believe Putin is setting out to take control of the Soviet republic.
And with a large number of military moves, Biden seems to be about to have a showdown with Putin.
At present, the alert level of the US Military Bacchusdale Air Force Base has been raised to DEFCON 3, that is, level 3 combat readiness, and the current personnel leave is cancelled and must be on standby at the base. Bacchusdale is the base of the B-52 strategic bombers, and from here they often travel thousands of miles to the combat area.
It is reported that DEFCON is an abbreviation of the state of defense readiness, graded by numbers and colors, level 5 (blue) is the usual state, level 4 (green) is higher than the positive ☆ state, level 3 (yellow) is ready at any time, the air force must be dispatched within 15 minutes, the level 2 (red) ground troops go to the theater for 6 hours, and the highest state of level 1 (white) is at all costs.
Former 2nd Wing Commander george Jr. at Bucksdale Base. General P. Cole believes that "it is quite possible that the increase in security patrols in Bucksdale has been seen, which may mean that the base personnel are on higher alert." (Inoue Frog)