Since the withdrawal of Russian troops from near Kiev, Ukraine seems to have seen a surge of confidence and a much tougher attitude toward Russia.
In the past, although Zelenskiy was not sincere in negotiating with Russia, Zelenskiy actively sought to meet with Putin. Today, Zelenskiy has lost enthusiasm for meeting Putin, claiming that he may not seek to meet with Him.
At the same time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kureba said that diplomacy is not the main way to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and that Ukraine should win peace on the battlefield.
It seems that the shrinking of the Russian army's front has encouraged Ukraine, and Ukraine seems to see its hope of "victory". For the tactical adjustment of the Russian army, the United States can hardly hide its "ridicule."
White House National Security Adviser Sullivan said Putin was revising his war objectives to focus offensive operations on parts of eastern and southern Ukraine rather than targeting much of Ukraine's territory.
Sullivan pointed out that next, the Russian military can use any tactical success it has achieved to publicize its own progress to cover up or downplay previous military defeats.
The White House's comment seems to be telling Russia: "I have prejudged your prejudgment," but the White House's statement is not a propaganda method of the United States.
As we all know, at the beginning of the war, the Russian side repeatedly stressed that it does not seek a complete occupation of Ukraine, and Kiev is not the target of the Russian army's occupation, and the Russian side regards the Russian army's actions near Kiev as a diversionary action. Therefore, it is clear that the United States is not deliberately setting higher military objectives for Russia in order to publicize the defeat of the Russian army.
In any case, it is difficult for Russia and Ukraine to cease fire in the short term, especially after the "Bucha incident", Ukraine further mobilized its European "anti-Russian" sentiment and is seeking more support. Ukrainian accusations against Russia have escalated, and Zelenskiy even directly used the term "genocide".
However, the United States has always actively condemned Russia, but this time it did not take Zelensky's words, and even publicly punched Zelensky in the face.
U.S. President Joe Biden said images from Ukraine's Bucha could prove that Putin was a "war criminal," but that did not constitute "genocide." Sullivan also noted that the United States has yet to see evidence that events in Ukraine have reached genocidal levels.
Why is the United States going against Ukraine? There may be two reasons:
1) The United States also needs to be wary of the misuse of the term "genocide."
The killing of civilians is not uncommon, but "genocide" is a specific reference, an untouchable red line that requires extremely high identification requirements and a large amount of reliable evidence. Misuse of the term "genocide" is as easy as "the wolf is coming", which may greatly reduce the credibility of the accusation, and it is easy to make the world lose its reverence for crossing the red line and desensitize the people to the word "genocide".
Not to mention, Russia's response is not weak, the Russian side took the initiative to call for an investigation into the Bucha incident, and asked for a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ubucha incident. At present, the truth has not come out, and although the United States has not lied less, it still needs to be cautious about the "genocide" allegations.
2. The United States does not need to take matters into its own hands, and anti-Russian allies serve.
After the propaganda of the "Bucha Incident" in Ukraine, the United Kingdom and some European countries reacted fiercely. Britain and France have demanded that sanctions against Russia be strengthened. The irony is that when Russia asked the UN Security Council to hold a meeting on the Bucha incident, the UK, as the rotating president of the UN Security Council, jumped out and refused. At the same time, the EU also claimed that it would send an investigation team to Ukraine to investigate.
This makes people wonder whether the West cares about the truth or the truth it wants.
However, no matter how much the West condemns Russia, Europe remains cautious about Russia when it comes to economic interests. Although Europe blames Russia for its "evil", it is inseparable from the gas of "evil Russia", especially Germany.
In order to show its anti-Russian determination, Poland opened its arms to accept us nuclear weapons and insisted on imposing an energy embargo on Russia, but Germany always refused to do as Poland wanted. Enraged, Poland again blamed Germany.
According to Reuters, on April 4, Polish Prime Minister Mikhail Morawiecki said that Germany was the biggest stumbling block to sanctions against Russia.
However, no matter how aggressive Poland is, Germany still cannot put down Russia's energy. On April 5, local time, German Foreign Minister Berberk said that the immediate implementation of an energy embargo on Russia cannot immediately end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and Germany's gradual reliance on Russian fossil energy imports can only be a long-term goal.
Looking at Germany's attitude in the Ukraine crisis, it can be summed up in one sentence: Germany is emotionally opposed to Russia and intellectually needs Russian energy.