On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Senate finally passed the Ukraine Aid Act, which will be sent to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as soon as U.S. President Joe Biden signs it. In the face of this situation, Russia has made a fierce diplomatic attack and warned the United States not to do anything wrong, and on the other hand, the Russian military is in full swing and fully prepared. At an enlarged meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry on April 23, chaired by Defense Minister Shoigu, Shoigu directly made clear his attitude. Shoigu said that as long as the military equipment of the United States and other Western countries is delivered to the territory of Ukraine, once the Russian army finds it, it can be directly destroyed without asking for instructions, which is the so-called discovery and destruction. It has to be said that Russia's draconian measures in diplomacy and military have actually brought about considerable changes in the current US-Russian relations and the Russia-Ukraine situation.
First, in the face of the military equipment provided to Ukraine by the United States and other Western countries, Russia's attitude has changed from the previous "layer by layer review" to the current "immediate destruction as soon as it is discovered", which shows that Russia does not want to endure it anymore. Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict two years ago, the United States and Europe have provided Ukraine with a large amount of equipment to strengthen Ukraine's combat effectiveness and help Ukraine fight Russia to the end. In the past two years, Russia has been more tolerant of military equipment provided to Ukraine by the United States and Europe, taking into account that it still has a certain buffer relationship with the West. As long as Ukraine does not pull advanced weapons and equipment to the front line to fight the Russian army directly, generally speaking, it will not incur retaliation from the Russian army, and for a long time, this will also allow a lot of equipment in the United States and Europe to be preserved. Now that the situation has changed, Shoigu directly ordered that as long as Russia detects relevant equipment, once it is discovered, it can be directly destroyed without reporting layer by layer, whether it is fighting on the front line or being kept in the rear logistics center. This shows that Russia is now dead set on the United States and Europe, because it is politically dead and does not want to seek a relaxation of diplomatic relations, so it is natural that it will be killed militarily.
Second, Shoigu said that as long as American military equipment is sent to the battlefield in Ukraine, the Russian army can destroy it as soon as it is discovered, which is also because, in the face of the United States' step-by-step pressing, Russia's temper has also risen. Since the United States wants to endlessly aid and equip Ukraine, Russia is not a vegetarian, let alone frightened, and will be destroyed as soon as it is discovered, which also shows that after more than two years of Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia has a bottom of the advanced weapons and equipment aided by the United States and Europe. Before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, major powers competed with each other to develop advanced equipment and use various occasions to show off their military might and national strength against their target countries.
Despite this, the two sides have never fought each other, nor have they competed on the battlefield, just as the so-called mules are drawn out for walking, and no one knows what the opponent's situation is until then. A Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused the United States and Europe to aid Ukraine with a large amount of their own advanced equipment, and teach Ukrainian soldiers how to use these equipment. According to the ideas of the United States, Europe, and Ukraine, with these advanced equipment, the Ukrainian army should be strengthened and be able to quickly defeat the Russian army on the battlefield.
What people didn't expect was that these advanced equipment did cause a lot of trouble to Russia at the beginning, but after all, the Russian army has a well-established army, and it is also an army that is good at learning. Therefore, Germany's "Leopard 2" tank, the "Abrams" tank aided by the United States, and the British "Challenger" tank have all collapsed on the battlefield of Russia and Ukraine, becoming a dazzling military medal for Russian soldiers. Russian soldiers even publicly posted a video thanking US President Joe Biden, hoping that he would send more Abrams tanks, because this is all real money for nothing. After mastering the performance of the advanced main station equipment of the United States and Europe, Shoigu, as Russian Defense Minister, naturally has more confidence. It turns out that the equipment of the United States and Europe is nothing more than this, as long as the equipment of the United States and the West dares to come, Russia will dare to destroy it, and Russia mainly focuses on "dictatorship and disobedience", therefore, Shoigu wants to boost the morale of the Russian army, and this is the tactical change in attacking the military aid of the United States and the West.
Third, Shoigu clearly told the front-line generals of the army at the enlarged meeting of the Ministry of Defense that as long as American equipment is found to be present in Ukraine, it can be destroyed without asking for instructions, which in fact shows that the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict has truly evolved into a Russian-Ukrainian war. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin has not changed his tune, the fact that the Russian army has now carried out large-scale bombardments of Ukraine's energy facilities and key civilian facilities shows that Russia has bred up its spirits and truly treats this conflict as a war.
In fact, after the serious terrorist attack in Moscow, it also aroused the enthusiasm of young Russians to join the army, which also made Russia more and more ruthless. In fact, the longer Ukraine resists, the more powerful the United States assists, and the more the Russian-Ukrainian war shows its protracted and cruel nature. This is the potential impact of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's order that American-style equipment can be destroyed impromptu if it is found to be on the territory of Ukraine.