Author: Battle Flash
According to the Global Times, Russian officials said that an oil depot in the Belgorod region of its territory was destroyed by Ukrainian helicopters. It is about 35 kilometers away from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Belgorod Oblast Governor Gladkov announced the incident on his social media account and said 2 people were injured in the attack. Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the fire was caused by airstrikes by two Ukrainian helicopters, which entered Russian airspace at low altitude.
If true, it would be the first ukrainian attack on targets inside Russia since it launched a special military operation against Ukraine last month. Judging from the evidence disclosed by the Russian side at present, this matter is already inseparable from each other. But against the backdrop of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine suddenly burst into Russian soil and attacked an oil depot. This action is somewhat intriguing.
First of all, Ukraine attacks targets on the Russian mainland, at least through the Russian army's heavy defensive lines, but also to accurately locate the target, and then carry out a certain strike. Can this be done with Ukraine's current military might? The Russian army destroyed the command system of the Ukrainian army and air force at the beginning of the operation, and it also firmly held the air supremacy of Ukraine. So there is little chance that Ukraine will break through the blockade to strike the Russian mainland, but the truth is that it has done it. There must be a shadow of NATO countries behind this, and it is not good that they provide corresponding intelligence support.
Second, the NATO countries led by the United States do not seem to want to see Russia and Ukraine reach a peace agreement. Until now, it is still constantly stirring up Russian-Ukrainian relations, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg recently said that russian troops in Ukraine are redeploying and assembling, ready to launch a new offensive in the Donbass region. This is obviously to tell Ukraine that Russia has not stopped its military operations against Ukraine, but is only accumulating forces to redeploy, and once Ukraine is confused, it is naturally the Ukrainian side that suffers losses. The subtext is that Ukraine should not compromise and should continue to fight. On April 1, local time, the German Federal Defense Ministry has approved the re-shipment of a batch of weapons and equipment to Ukraine from the weapons stockpile during the East German (GDR) period.
Coupled with NATO's continuous strengthening of its defenses on the east flank, a total of 40,000 troops under NATO command are in a state of high combat readiness. This is clearly putting pressure on Ukraine, on Russia. This is in disguise to instigate Ukraine and Russia to fight to the end. In the final analysis, the Western countries still want to use Ukraine as a chess piece to continue to deplete Russia's comprehensive national strength, and if they want to achieve this goal, it is naturally necessary to sabotage the process of Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations.
Finally, there are some hardliners in Ukraine, and the attack was not successful because of their collusion with external forces. The purpose is obvious, to undermine the overall situation of the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks and to let the war between Russia and Ukraine continue. However, this wishful thinking is likely to fail, and the Russian side has shown extreme restraint, and there is no major military retaliation at present. It is nothing more than a continuous voice in political diplomacy and reporting and publicizing this matter. Russia is also estimated to want to rely on this move to win back a round in the field of international public opinion and save the international image of Russia's "evil people". It is to let the countries of the world see that not only Russia has hit Ukraine, but Ukraine has also started to fight Russia. The international community should not blindly blame Russia, and the Russian side is also forced to fight back to some extent.
Russia's calm statement can occupy a certain moral advantage in the negotiations, after all, both sides are about to sign a peace agreement, they are going to cease fire, and you suddenly hit me again, that is, you don't talk about martial arts. Russia can completely change from passive to active, and can attack and retreat. In the future, it directly accuses Ukraine of being immoral, and the "special military operations" continue to even intensify the crackdown on Ukraine. To retreat, that is to put this matter on the negotiating table, to let Ukraine make concessions on the relevant issues, otherwise it will not blame the Russian side.
It can be seen that although Ukraine has attacked Russia itself, this matter itself may be a "good thing" for Russia. This is also the reason why the Western media are silent about this matter, and even take the initiative to downplay this matter, saying that It is Russia's self-directed and self-acting, which is estimated to be that it is not expected that the Russian side will calmly deal with it, rather than military retaliation. It cannot provoke Russia, and naturally does not want to provide Russia with weapons and ammunition on the field of public opinion.