China News Network, February 25 (Reporter Meng Xiangjun) On the 25th, Russian troops entered Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and gunshots rang out near the government building. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said the Russian armed forces would not launch any attacks on kiev residential areas.
The Russian military operation was launched on the 24th, under the authorization of President Putin. The Russian army moved rapidly, occupying many strategic points in Uzbekistan in one day, and so far, it has destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian military infrastructures with high precision, including the ukrainian National Guard command.
Although the United States and NATO have been on fire in advance and rejected Russia's security proposals, they are still surprised by the general trend of the situation.
In the author's opinion, for the situation, the United States and the West can say that there are at least four "unexpected".
[I didn't expect to underestimate Putin]
The first did not expect that because of Putin, the US Congress quarreled into a pot of porridge.
The US "Capitol Hill" reported on the 23rd that US Republican politicians blamed the Ukrainian crisis on Biden: "President Biden has always chosen the appeasement policy (for Russia).
"If we hadn't abruptly withdrawn troops from Afghanistan," said U.S. Senator Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, "Putin would not have had the courage to send 150,000 troops to the Ukrainian border." ”
Source: US President Joe Biden.
In fact, when Russia announced its recognition of the "independence" of Uzbekistan and Eastern Europe, Biden was asked by US media reporters whether he underestimated Putin. At the time, Biden flossed his teeth in front of the camera and did not answer. The scene was enlarged and broadcast by the US media.
Why didn't Biden answer? You have to start all over again. At the end of 2021, feeling that the threat from the West was growing, Russia took the lead in proposing to hold negotiations on its own security guarantees, demanding that NATO stop its eastward expansion and not include Ukraine as a member.
The West did not expect that Putin's conditions were "very open", directly allowing NATO to return to the 1997 border and lose all the fruits of 30 years of expansion.
On December 7, 2021, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin held video talks with US President Biden.
NATO, of course, does not agree. After the negotiations broke down, the Russian side publicly shouted: "If the United States and its allies are unwilling to make legally binding guarantees on Russia's security, Russia will be forced to respond, including the implementation of military and technical measures." ”
When Biden first firmly believed that the Russian army would "invade" Ukraine on the 16th, he did not expect that Putin would withdraw his troops with a false shot. The United States had to endure the ruthless ridicule of the Russian side and push back the clock.
When it came to the biden administration's third prediction, the good guys, another one, did not expect that Putin did not directly send troops, but announced that he recognized the "independence" of Uzbekistan and Eastern Europe. This gave him the basis for his next move to be "famous".
On the 24th, the long-awaited "war" between the United States and the West finally came, but their faces, I don't know if they have been "swollen."
[I didn't expect the offensive to be so rapid]
Some say that Putin 's "war" is measured on an hourly basis, and that it took Russia only a week to "level" Georgia in 2008, while this time it took more than a day to drive tanks to the edge of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
There is a passage circulating on the Internet: the reporter asked Putin how long it would take to "take" Ukraine, and Putin replied: 10. The reporter said: 10 days? Putin replied: 9, 8, 7...
On February 25, local time, buildings on the outskirts of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, were damaged by shelling, and most of the walls were destroyed.
Unexpectedly, this paragraph will become a reality in Ukraine. On the 24th, less than 3 hours after Putin swung his army in Ukraine, the facilities of the Ukrainian air base were paralyzed.
Moreover, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian border defense army did not resist, and the Ukrainian troops in some areas left their posts in large numbers and surrendered their weapons... Unexpectedly, the morale of the Ukrainian army was even lower than expected...
According to expert analysis, the Russian army carried out a precise attack on the brain, central nervous system and main means of attack such as the command and control facilities of the Ukrainian army, air bases, and the main means of attack, so that the Ukrainian army lost the power to fight back at the beginning, and the power was comparable to the effect of the "shock and awe" combat concept of the United States attacking Iraq in 2003.
On February 24, local time, satellite images released by Agence France-Presse showed air strikes on Kharkiv Chuguev Air Base in Ukraine.
CNN pointed out that it did not expect that the Russian army did not limit its activities to Ukraine and eastern Europe, but went straight to Kiev.
From the time of departure to the time the vanguard troops entered the Capital of Ukraine, it took less than two days for the Russian army to march vigorously. Putin has shown the world the strong strength of a "fighting nation."
[I didn't expect Russia to be "not afraid" of sanctions]
Zhang Hong, a researcher at the Russian Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out to the China News Network reporter that Russia is best at hard power, and the first phase of negotiations on security guarantees between Russia and the United States is not effective, and when Russia and the West cannot reach an agreement, Putin will often use hard power to fight back.
But the West did not expect that Putin personally commanded the strategic deterrence exercise. The exercise launched a variety of ballistic and cruise missiles, including the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, which cannot be intercepted by missile defense systems or air defense systems.
The strategic nuclear forces that have been unveiled are a trump card of Russia, but not all, and I did not expect that Russia still has "nuclear heavy weapons" that have not been sacrificed. Putin's showdown can be said to be very obvious, and the West cannot fail to realize what is the biggest deterrent from the "polar bear".
Biden announced the breakdown of us-Russia relations this time, and threatened to make Russia a "pariah on the international stage" through sanctions, but he did not expect the Russian side to say: Not afraid of sanctions!
Data chart: Russian President Vladimir Putin observes the Russian military exercises in the Black Sea.
Comprehensive analysis believes that although Putin has previously admitted that Western sanctions have hurt Russia's economy, the "devastating" sanctions in Biden's mouth may not be easily implemented.
First, according to Biden himself, due to the dependence on Russian gas, European countries still need to "buy gas" and are not ready to exclude Russia from the SWIFT financial information system.
Second, even if it is kicked out of SWIFT and trading with dollars, euros, pounds and yen is restricted, russia's major banks have made plans, and the Russian central bank will provide all support to fully demonstrate "resilience".
Third, nuclear deterrence is the ultimate weapon that the United States and the West fear the most, which makes them dare not easily get involved in hot wars.
[I didn't expect Ukraine to be serious!] 】
The last thing I didn't expect, not only the United States didn't expect, but even more unexpected was Ukraine in the eyes of the storm.
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy regards the United States and NATO as the biggest backer and strong pillar, and Russia as the biggest enemy.
But as Putin's counterattack unfolds, Zelenskiy slowly discovers that his "savior" is becoming more and more unreliable... What about the "allies" that say yes?
It wasn't until the Russians drove straight in that Zelenskiy was forced to accept the reality that the United States and NATO would not send a single soldier to fight for Ukraine.
Source: Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.
Ukraine is "fighting alone", and you stand by, Zelenskiy angrily pointed out in a televised speech, I did not expect that the West would completely abandon Ukraine!
The United States and NATO also did not expect that, Little Brother of Ukraine, we could not send troops, you actually took it seriously!
We are also giving money to the guns, the rest of the self-watching, joining NATO? This is used to scare Russia, which is currently impossible. Well, see that you have been begging me to send troops, I will give you a remote "light" and support you in the air.
Look at the lights lit by Western countries for Ukraine, in fact, it is quite artistic.
European and American landmarks light up the color of the Ukrainian flag and support Ukraine. Image source: Twitter screenshot.
But now is an extraordinary time, the Ukrainian people are in the basement, the bomb shelter, may not have time to appreciate your "light of art" thousands of miles away!
Just as the Russian troops approached kiev, zelenskiy's government finally relaxed and demanded negotiations. "Ukrainian soldiers lay down their arms," Moscow agreed to negotiate with Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out.
The Ukrainian government "can't hold back" so quickly, I don't know if the United States and the West will have another "unexpected"?
On February 25, local time, people took refuge in an air raid shelter in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
But then again, the ukrainian people who ultimately bear the direct consequences of all this, the most suffering, are the Ukrainian people! (End)
Source: China News Network