Let me tell you something that everyone can understand→ this is the latest war report at present
On March 9, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict entered its 14th day. Britain's Ministry of Defence tweeted on the same day that Ukraine's air defense system had "achieved considerable success in countering Modern Russian fighter jets." The ministry said in the latest intelligence that Ukraine "may have" prevented Russia from "achieving any degree of control over the air."
That is to say, at present, the Ukrainian side still controls the air supremacy.
And the fighting on land in Ukraine continues. The British Ministry of Defence said fighting continued in the northwest of Kiev, while several other Ukrainian cities such as Kharkiv, Chernihiv, And Samui remained "surrounded by The Russians and subjected to heavy shelling."
From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time on the 9th, the Russian side announced that it would once again activate the "quiet mode" and open humanitarian corridors in several major cities such as Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, for the evacuation of civilians.
Un figures show that more than 2 million people have fled Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Officials familiar with the matter said half of them were children.
The russian-Ukrainian controversy over the humanitarian corridor also continues. Ukraine accused the Russian army of constantly shelling the humanitarian corridor, and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vleshyk said that only the humanitarian corridors in Sumy and Mariupol were temporarily opened on the 8th, and the latter could not evacuate people due to Russian artillery shelling.
The Russian army denied firing and identified the Ukrainian side as obstructing the evacuation of civilians. According to reports, Russian officials also suggested that Russia and Ukraine set up a hotline to coordinate the evacuation of civilians, but the Ukrainian side did not respond. Moreover, among the 10 withdrawal routes proposed by Russia to the Ukrainian side, the Ukrainian side only confirmed a passage from Samui to the west to Poland, and the Ukrainian side continued to refuse to open all the withdrawal routes to Russia.
On the 8th, the Russian side said that it had transported more than 120 tons of humanitarian relief materials to Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine, and the delivery process was escorted by Russian troops throughout the process. At present, the consignment has been distributed to various settlements in Kharkiv Oblast, mainly for women, children and the elderly.
In addition to the fiercest battles, Washington has made frequent moves and has always attracted the attention of the world.
US President Biden signed an executive order on the 8th, announcing that it would immediately prohibit the United States from importing new oil, liquefied natural gas and coal from Russia. At the same time, the British government also officially announced that it will gradually stop importing Russian oil and related products by the end of 2022.
On the same day, the European Commission proposed that EU countries cut two-thirds of their gas imports from Russia this year and eliminate their overall dependence on Russian oil and gas "by 2030" and "by 2030." This late-night "energy bomb" was a heavy blow to the world energy market.
U.S. gasoline retail prices hit record highs on Tuesday, with the average retail price per gallon of gasoline reaching $4.173.
The world energy market is in severe turmoil, and the US media broke the news that because of dissatisfaction with the US Gulf region policy, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have rejected the phone call request made by US President Biden.
In his speech, Biden warned that energy prices will rise further next, and U.S. natural gas companies should not take advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits or commit fraud... The United States paid the price for this decision.
Did the United States really pay the price? According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, only about 8 percent of U.S. oil and refined products imported last year came from Russia, while Europe imports 45 percent of natural gas and 25 percent of crude oil from Russia each year.
Cui Hongjian, director of the European Institute of the China Institute of International Studies, believes that the actual ban on Russian oil and gas imports has less direct impact on the United States and Britain. The energy trade between the United States and Russia is a dime a drop for the United States, which itself is also a major producer of oil and gas, and the United Kingdom also has North Sea oil fields. The fundamental purpose of the United States is to hope that Europe can follow suit, because only Europe can follow suit in order to form a real blow to Russia's energy exports.
Li Haidong, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs College, believes that the United States can achieve the strategic goal of killing more birds with one stone by first using the Ukraine crisis to achieve the result of completely destroying the hope of reconciliation between Europe and Russia, and also breaking the hope that Europe itself has repeatedly promoted a multipolar world and security and defense strategic autonomy that is not in line with the interests of the United States, and it can also use this to clamp down on weakening Europe's strength.
Europe has pledged to reduce its energy dependence on Russia under internal and external pressure. Li Haidong said that this ending will usher in a painful transformation within the EU. The EU will then shift from its energy dependence on Russia to the United States, which means that Europe may suffer serious livelihood, economic and even social disorders in the short term. The United States wants to use this Ukrainian conflict to tie Europe's economy and security to the strategic track of the United States once and for all, so that Europe can bear the pain and reap the strategic gains itself.
In response to the sanctions, Russia warned that it would respond broadly to Western sanctions and would "quickly" make the West feel the Russian reaction in the most sensitive areas.
On the 9th, US Vice President Harris began to visit Poland and Romania to discuss refugees and other issues, in order to continue diplomatic pressure in addition to sanctions. Unfortunately, the Polish warplane incident cast a shadow over Harris's diplomatic journey that had not yet begun.
Recently, U.S. lawmakers urged the Biden administration to hand over fighter jets to Ukraine from other countries, including Poland. The Polish side responded positively and proposed the transfer of all its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany for use by the United States. The Pentagon, however, called Poland's proposal "too risky" and rejected it.
The reason is simple, the Russian side has made it clear that it will attack any convoy carrying weapons into Ukraine, and once the military aircraft fly from the US air base in Germany to Ukraine, it is very likely that the Russian side will see it as a signal for NATO to "enter the war". Washington's intention of not wanting to get directly involved in the war with Russia is obvious.
In the other direction, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy continued to show through "video diplomacy" that he wanted to "fight to the end". On the 8th, Zelenskiy spoke to the members of the British House of Commons through a video link. Foreign media sensationally described the speech as a "spiritual symbol of Ukraine's anti-aggression" and hailed Zelenskiy as a "war hero." British Defence Minister Ben Wallace said the speech would be "too powerful to be true".
The British media reported on how Zelenskiy quoted Shakespeare's famous quote "Survival or destruction, it is a question" in his speech, quoting Churchill's famous speech "We will fight to the end" in the same hall, and so on.
But they rarely mention the fact that Zelenskiy called for "more help from the British government" in his speech.
This is not the first time Zelenskiy has complained weakly about the United States and the West.
In a video speech on March 4, Zelenskiy said that all NATO is currently doing for Ukraine is to provide 50 tons of diesel fuel to Ukraine through its own procurement system. "I don't know who NATO can defend and whether it has the ability to defend NATO members."
On February 25, Zelenskiy accused the West of leaving Ukraine behind and leaving it alone with Russia. "We are left with only ourselves. Does anyone want to fight with us? To be honest, I don't see anyone willing. Who wants to guarantee Ukraine a NATO quota? To be honest, everyone is scared."
In response to Zelenskiy's appeal, the reaction of the United States and the West was to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
In the latest interview with the US media on the 8th, Zelenskiy said that he was willing to conduct dialogue on the issues of Russia's recognition of independence, the "Donetsk People's Republic" and the "Luhansk People's Republic", and find a compromise solution to let this territory survive.
This is the first time since the conflict that the Ukrainian side has acknowledged the possibility of seeking compromise in the eastern region.
But again, such cooling statements were skipped lightly by the Western media, because they only needed Zelenskiy's oath to "fight to the end."
Washington is using non-stop military and financial aid to Ukraine, with wave after wave of sanctions against Russia, so that the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continues to lengthen, and finally Washington envisions the end of the Ukrainian people paying the price of blood, the European society paying the price of money, and they themselves laugh to the end, "sitting on the profits."
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