According to recent news from Reuters, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv without releasing any news to the outside world, which was the first time that a senior U.S. official visited Ukraine since the United States announced $61 billion in aid to Ukraine.
The timing of Blinken's visit is delicate. Why are the Americans in such a hurry to get to Kyiv? In my opinion, the first thing is to play a comforting role, the Russian army has recently opened up a new route in northeastern Ukraine, in order to open up a "buffer zone" with the Ukrainian army, the Russian army chose to take the initiative to attack, and for a time the Ukrainians were caught off guard.
The more this time comes, the more obvious the disadvantages of untimely US aid will become. Therefore, if the U.S. government does not send people to appease it, it will not be justified.
In recent days, the Ukrainian side has even directly "put on a bad show" to admit that the Russian army has made substantial progress in Kharkiv, which is located in northeastern Ukraine. This is very rare to hear from the Ukrainian population, because if it is not, the Ukrainian army is really powerless and cannot hide it, and the Ukrainians will definitely not easily admit that the Russian army has an advantage on the battlefield.
In fact, the Americans see this in their eyes, so Blinken's trip will inevitably discuss with the Ukrainian side that the United States' aid plan for Ukraine, including strengthening the defense capability of the Ukrainian army, so as to redeem the one-sided disadvantage. Moreover, the US side has also previously stated that it will speed up the pace of military aid, and a new round of weapons aid plans will come out soon. To put it bluntly, seeing that Ukraine is really powerless, the Americans have taken up the banner, and the next thing is up to the United States.
But the question is, can the involvement of the United States really change the status quo of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield? Some time ago, Russia has already conducted exercises on non-strategic nuclear weapons, telling all the United States and Western countries that if they dare to stretch out their hands, Russia will be ready to solve problems on the battlefield. And the upcoming "peace summit" in Switzerland in June this year is like a "final order" given by the West to Russia, and Russia obviously will not accept a "peace treaty" that seriously harms Russia's interests.
Therefore, the contradictions between the United States and Russia may also rise to a new level after June. The Russian side is also making various preparations for this, I don't know if you have noticed, Putin just took office, he nominated a new defense minister, and he is still an expert in the economy.
Seeing this, I believe that many friends may have guessed the intentions of the Russian side, Russia now needs the economy to support a strong industrial system, from the battlefield to logistics, it is necessary to reduce unnecessary expenditures and use the money wisely. It is precisely because the Russian side wants to run forward at full speed that it needs a "butler-style" defense minister to help the Russians calculate the general ledger in order to maintain the good operation of the Russian side.
Now it's a matter of fighting who can last a long time, the more you go to the back, the more capital the Russian army will have to negotiate, what about the intervention of the Americans, the Ukrainian army is gone, will the Americans go?