What happened to the Russian-Ukrainian dispute?

These days, students should be concerned about the war between Russia and Ukraine, many students should not know why Russia sent troops to Ukraine, what is the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, today we will talk about this topic.

I have seen that some netizens have made such an analogy to the Russian-Ukrainian dispute:

It is said that 30 years ago, Ukraine divorced her ex-husband Russia. The ex-husband was kind to her, although divorced, but gave her a lot of money and family property, and several children also followed her.

Separated from her ex-husband, Ukraine began to look at the village bully Lao Mei and a bunch of prodigal princes, that is, Western countries. Subsequently, she completely obeyed them and besieged her ex-husband together. The ex-husband was angry, so he snatched a child back, that is, Crimea.

Ukraine has a grudge and wants to marry the NATO family and bully her ex-husband, but the village tyrants and prodigal princes do not want to marry her at all, but just want to use her to get her ex-husband, so they have been fishing for her.

From time to time, Ukraine also punches and kicks two other children, namely the Luhansk region and the Donetsk oblast, forcing the two children to cry all day long for their father. The village bully Lao Mei has been arching fire next to her, often sending her some outdated weapons and ammunition. Ukraine feels that it has someone to support itself, and it is even more arrogant and provocative to its ex-husband, threatening to marry into the NATO family.

The ex-husband couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over with the guy to protect the two children. The village bully and the prodigal princes were on the wall, and the ex-husband kicked open the door of his ex-wife's house with a fierce kick...

This metaphor is indeed in place.

As an independent country, Ukraine actually has only a short history of 30 years. It was the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 that became independent, and for the previous 337 years, it had allied with Russia to live together.

Ukraine's land area is not small, 600,000 square kilometers, three and a half of the size of Guangdong Province. In Europe, which is home to a large number of small countries, Ukraine is the second largest territorial power after Russia.

When Ukraine first became independent, it was very cattle, the Soviet Union put heavy industrial bases there, and one-third of the world's black land was in Ukraine, and land resources were unique. So it was both a Soviet arsenal and a granary.

Khrushchev, who took over Stalin's class, was born in Ukraine in his youth and revolutionary upbringing, so he must have a personal affection. After coming to power, many policies were implemented in favor of Ukraine, especially in 1954, when the Crimean Peninsula was directly assigned to Ukraine. There was a deep-water out-of-the-seaport that was the lifeblood of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, as well as one of the world's few space research centers.

Because Crimea is so important, Putin will decisively take it back in 2014.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine received second only to Russia in terms of household property. There are more than 3,000 military enterprises. More than 6,000 tanks, more than 7,000 armored vehicles, 1,500 aircraft, 350 warships. There are also thousands of nuclear warheads, more nuclear weapons than the three Countries of China, France and Britain combined, and in one fell swoop it has become the world's third largest nuclear-weapon state.

Ukraine is rich in fertile land and minerals, and Ukraine is mainly trapped by economic difficulties after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it is reasonable to say that the foundation is so good that as long as it does not make any big mistakes and develops steadily, there is no problem.

Unfortunately, in order to transition from a socialist economic system to a capitalist system and better cooperate with the West, the Ukrainian leaders chose the "shock therapy" proposed by American economists. The main content is the liberalization and privatization of the economy and the implementation of a tight monetary policy. Because the impact of this set of economic reforms is very strong, it will cause huge economic shocks in the short term, and even a state of shock, so it is called shock therapy.

The final result was the complete failure of this set of economic reforms, soaring prices, devaluing the currency, and economic chaos. Privatization reform has become a feast for sharing state-owned assets, and many high-ranking officials have used their power to frantically embezzle state property, creating a group of super-rich people, and the country's resources and economic lifeline have been pinched in the hands of a few people. Under the control of the oligarchic economy, the gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider, and ordinary people are unlucky, life is very hard, and many people have to go to other countries to earn a living. Why Ukraine has become the "womb of Europe" is all here.

In fact, the Russian leader of the same period, Yeltsin, also superstitiously believed in this set of shock therapy, and the result was also a recession and oligarchs, but there was a Putin on the other side. As soon as he came to power, Putin called all the oligarchs to a meeting and said that as long as you don't interfere in politics, I won't get you. But the oligarchs did not take it seriously, and they did their own thing and said loudly: "Without our support, you cannot be re-elected." ”

As a result, Putin used thunderous means to clean up all these capitalists, the bankruptcy of the 7 major oligarchs, the escape of the escape, and the imprisonment of the prisoners.

The Ukrainian economy could not be revived, and the military enterprises and huge arsenals inherited from the Soviet Union in their hands became hot potatoes. At this time, the United States stretched out its hand. For the sake of "world peace," destroy all the nuclear weapons in your house, dismantle the nuclear warheads, and buy the enriched uranium in them at a high price, and give you an additional amount of financial aid.

In order to be able to integrate into the Western world, Ukraine chose to listen to the words of the Old United States, signed an agreement in 1994, took more than 300 million US dollars before and after, and destroyed the weapons and equipment worth hundreds of billions of dollars in its hands.

Now we all laugh at people's Ukrainians when it was simply self-deprecating martial arts, in fact, people can't help it. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the supply chain was broken, and even if he had money, many of the military enterprises in his hands would not be able to operate. So why we were able to buy an aircraft carrier from Ukraine for 20 million yuan, that is, the Liaoning ship after that, is the reason, without the support of the supply chain system, Ukraine itself could not play at all.

The ready-made arsenal also needs to be repaired and maintained, without the support of the supply chain, he can't get it himself, and if there is another nuclear accident like the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, you say it is scary. Moreover, the activation key of the nuclear weapon is in the hands of Russia, which means that he cannot shoot it if he wants to.

It's no wonder that the Ukrainian president, when talking about this, says, "We have nuclear weapons, but we don't have a system for control, testing, and reproduction, we're like monkeys with a grenade in our hands." ”

And Lao Mei is still a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other, if the grenade in your hand is destroyed, then I will give money, if you do not destroy, then not only will the money be gone, we will also sanction and suppress you.

Lu Kewen made an image analogy in the public account article:

You are a low-income household, and your rich neighbor will not give you a Ferrari before he dies. You can't afford to burn oil, car insurance can't pay, maintenance fees can't afford to pay, the key is that you don't have a driver's license. How can you say this car stay? Want to sell it, the bully in the village is not allowed to sell you, saying that he is afraid that others will rob him of the limelight by driving, so he asked you to smash the car and lose you 5,000 yuan. If you don't agree, you can ask someone to beat you up together, what should you do? I have to think about it.

So it doesn't make sense to stupidly explain a country's actions, and he really couldn't do it at the time.

Subsequently, at the behest of Europe and the United States, Ukraine cut off its cooperation with Russia in the military field. This seems to be helping Europe and the United States to fight Russia, but more than 90% of his own defense exports are sold to Russia, and hundreds of thousands of workers in the defense industry have lost their jobs after this wave of riots.

"You told me to destroy the weapon, I did it, you told me to break up with my ex-husband completely, I did it, now you should accept me, you should help me, right?"

Europe and the United States helped some, but not completely, providing far fewer low-interest loans than originally promised. Ukraine's per capita GDP peaked at more than three times that of China, and then went downhill, to this day only a quarter of ours, and the penultimate number one in Europe.

Let's look at Russia again, the original US-led "North Atlantic Treaty Organization", that is, NATO, promised Russia that we are a peace-loving military bloc organization for the purpose of self-defense, and we will not expand to your side, so rest assured.

As a result, from 1999 to 2020, NATO expanded eastward five times and absorbed 10 countries successively. In the process, Russia is shouting in the throat: "Don't come here!" But the village bully Lao Mei did not ignore him at all, "This is our internal affair, are you in charge?" ”

With five eastward expansions, there is only one Ukraine between Russia's and NATO's sphere of influence.

Ukraine itself is divided, with ethnic Russians in the east being the main ethnic Russians, and they are closer to Russia. The west, which is dominated by Ethnic Ukrainians, is closer to the West. The post-independence Ukrainian government often oscillated back and forth between pro-Russian and anti-Russian.

Both the United States and Russia have constantly meddled in Ukraine to prop up their own proxies. Presidents from 1905 to 10 years are pro-American, presidents from 10 to 14 years are pro-Russian, and presidents from 14 to 19 years are pro-American. And the current comedian, Zelenskiy, who has no experience in politics, is that the people think that you oligarchs have changed back and forth and made the country a miasma, so let's simply try it differently this time.

Ukraine is in a very difficult predicament, if it throws itself into Russia, Europe and the United States will beat him, and if it invests in Europe and the United States, then Russia will be rude. In such a harsh geopolitical situation, there is simply no peaceful environment for its development.

In 2014, a big thing happened, pro-Russian Ukrainian President Yanukovych refused to sign an economic cooperation agreement with the European Union, the opposition took the opportunity to incite the people, organized a large-scale street parade to protest, and then gradually out of control into a violent conflict, killing many people, the people are furious. Yanukovych was then deposed and exiled to Russia. Pro-American Poroshenko came to power, watching Ukraine turn completely to the West.

Putin immediately moved, directly sent troops to Crimea, organized the people to launch a referendum, and 97% of Crimeans decided to break away from Ukraine and merge into Russia. Immediately after, the other two pro-Russian states, Luhansk and Donetsk, followed suit and also made trouble to referendum for autonomy. Finally, de facto control of the two oblasts also fell into Russian hands.

Putin's wave of operations also represents a complete tearing of the face of Russia and Ukraine.

From what we just said, these students can clearly see that in fact, Ukraine is exactly in the eye of the storm, and the two sides are fighting between Russia and Europe and the United States. What Russia resolutely cannot tolerate is the re-eastward expansion of NATO and the inclusion of Ukraine. Because in this way, there is no buffer zone in the middle, NATO forces border Russia, and European and American military facilities can be directly deployed to Russia's doorstep.

On the 21st and 24th of last month, Putin made two televised speeches explaining why Russia should send troops to Ukraine, pointing directly to the United States.

Putin said: "If Ukraine joins NATO, the deployment of military facilities here will be inevitable." Then it takes less than 35 minutes for the Tomahawk missile to hit Moscow, 7 minutes for a ballistic missile, and 4 minutes for a supersonic strike. This is equivalent to putting the knife directly on our necks. ”

"This is absolutely unacceptable to us, which directly threatens national interests and even national sovereignty, and is a matter of statehood, and for us it is a matter of life and death." NATO's eastward expansion and deployment of military facilities in Ukraine are the red line I have mentioned more than once, and they have crossed this red line. Of course, the problem is not NATO itself, NATO is just an instrument of the United States. ”

"Over the past 30 years, we have been committed to forbearance and have been trying to reach consensus with major NATO countries on equality and security issues. But the response we have waited for is only deception, lies, pressure and intimidation, our protests against NATO have turned a deaf ear, continue to expand, and the military machine has reached the Russian border. ”

"Why are our legitimate interests and claims treated with contempt by them? The answer is obvious, the Soviet Union collapsed and the balance of power in the world was broken. What was once an agreement no longer works, and all the ruling authorities who are not satisfied with the hegemonic powers are labeled useless. Any government they see as their own will do whatever it takes to support it, and any force that does not go along with it will be broken to the knee. ”

"I once had the question, you don't want to think of us as friends and allies, that's fine, but why do you have to treat us as enemies?" There is only one answer, the problem is not our political system or other reasons, they just don't want to see an independent country like Russia. Everything they do is just to stifle Russia's development. ”

Hearing Putin's words, do you feel that Russia's situation is very similar to our China,200, and that our compromises and concessions over the years have been exchanged for the other side's step-by-step pressing. Everything is an excuse, they just don't want to see an independent power rise up and challenge their hegemonic position.

Since February 17, Ukraine has been constantly armed with attacks on Donetsk and Luhansk, with wild provocations. Russia waited until the second day after the end of our Winter Olympics, and the relationship between the two countries is self-evident.

Whether we should support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I just want to say: in the face of national interests, in the face of great right and wrong, we should indeed believe in the wisdom of the country and stand firmly with our motherland. The world has never been peaceful, and we should remember that only a strong motherland can make the people enjoy a quiet life.

To borrow a phrase from the leader when we were preparing to send troops to the Yalu River to resist US aggression and aid Korea: "The United States has crossed this red line, and if we do not fight this battle, then our descendants will have to fight it." If we love peace and seek peace through struggle, we will live in peace; if we seek peace through compromise, we will die peacefully. ”

With regard to this Russo-Ukrainian war, I certainly sympathize with the Ukrainian people, understand Russia's actions, and even more firmly support our country's position. But I will never cheer for any kind of war, because I am just an ordinary person.

Politicians who start wars don't pay the front lines themselves, but thousands of ordinary soldiers are sent to the battlefield to face death. The lives of countless people have fallen, and the lives of countless families have been shattered, and the glory of individual rulers has been achieved.

I'm just an ordinary person, what qualifications do I have to empathize with Putin? He's a chess player, and we're just the pieces that can be easily crushed. How can fish and flesh cheer for knife tricks? Isn't that ridiculous?

The cost of war is too heavy, and compared with the complete destruction of life, the status quo, even if there are many unsatisfactory, is still worth our best efforts to maintain. I do not want to sacrifice to achieve the so-called great, world peace, is the greatest blessing for us ordinary people, we should be humble, grateful.