[Qin Peng Live]Xi Jinping was betrayed by Russia and warned by the United States | Putin | NATO | Heavy weapons

[NTDTV, Beijing time, June 17, 2022]Hello everyone, viewers and friends, welcome to “Current Affairs Daily Chat”. Today is June 16th, Eastern Time, and June 17th, Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan time.

Today’s focus: Xi Jinping was betrayed by Russia and warned by the United States; a big turning point! The West assisted Ukraine with a large number of NATO heavy weapons, and the three European giants gathered in Kiev to change their faces;

Following the declaration at the summit of more than 40 NATO defense ministers to provide Ukraine with a large number of new heavy weapons and to help defeat Russia, today (June 16), the leaders of the three giants of European appeasement, Germany, France and Italy, arrived in Kyiv together, but they all changed their faces.

Putin said the wrong thing and was miserably “walked the big fish”, and the former Russian president actually made a mess again. Xi Jinping had a phone call with Putin, but was betrayed by the Kremlin, and the United States publicly named him to stand in the team! Why did Russia betray Xi Jinping? What small nine nines did the two sides fight?

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Three European giants gather in Kiev to transform NATO military aid

Today, the leaders of three countries with the greatest economic and political influence on the European continent, Germany, France and Italy, travel together by train to visit Kyiv. This is the first official visit to Ukraine by leaders of the three countries since the Russian invasion.

Just as they got off the train, air raid sirens sounded in major cities in Ukraine, including Kyiv. Perhaps it was a clear reminder that they were visiting a country under armed attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Scholz, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi are here to show support for Ukraine and to show their solidarity on behalf of European countries. During their meeting with Zelensky, they both expressed support for Ukraine’s immediate EU candidate status. Scholz also invited Zelensky to attend the G7 summit to be held in Germany at the end of June.

In Europe, the United Kingdom and the former communist countries of Eastern Europe, including Poland, have always been the most wary of Russia, and the country with the toughest attitude since the war. The three major powers, Germany, France, and Italy, opposed the invasion very weakly, and were even regarded as the representative countries of appeasement to Russia and the CCP. For example, on May 26, Andrij Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, also tweeted that German aid weapons were already on the way, but the accompanying picture was a photo of a snail shell with a bullet stuck to it, satirizing Germany The speed is too slow, and there is suspicion of deliberate delay.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been criticized for lacking the courage to fight aggression. After the war broke out, he had a phone call with Putin every few days, but what they talked about and what positive impact it had on peace, no one can tell. On the contrary, some of his remarks, which are considered to want Ukraine to make sovereignty and territorial concessions, were criticized by Zelensky. On June 4, Macron even called for “not humiliating Russia” in an interview, which also caused huge controversy. The Ukrainian foreign minister responded bluntly: This will only humiliate France.

However, this time Macron and others seem to have changed their faces a bit. Macron’s arrival in Kyiv came as Reuters, citing unnamed French diplomatic sources, said France backed Ukraine’s complete victory and retakes all Russian-occupied land, including Crimea.

This is a major turning point. When visiting the site of the massacre during the Russian occupation, Macron’s face was stretched as never before. Netizen @ltvision asked, when he saw the devastated Ukraine, how did he explain his previous remarks?

When publicly facing the media, German Chancellor Scholz said that Germany will always help Ukraine, no matter the length of time. He also said that the trip is not only to show solidarity with Ukraine, but also to ensure that aid to Ukraine, whether economic aid, humanitarian aid, or weapons support, will continue.

Scholz also explained that part of the reason for previous delays in weapons deliveries was the need to train Ukrainian soldiers on how to use heavy weapons. “We are currently training the Ukrainian army to use state-of-the-art weapons, self-propelled howitzers 2000 and Cheetah anti-aircraft tanks. In addition, I have agreed to provide modern Iris-T air defense systems and special radars that can protect entire cities from air attacks,” he said.

The Big Three visited Kyiv at this time and changed their faces. I think there are three reasons:

First, there is internal and external pressure, including criticism from Zelensky and others, pressure from allies such as the United States and the United Kingdom, and their own domestic opposition. After all, whether from a moral or security point of view, Ukraine’s defeat in the war would be a huge blow to Europe. There are only disadvantages and no advantages.

Second, the day just passed, U.S. President Joe Biden and the NATO Defense Ministers’ Conference publicly pledged a large amount of aid to Ukraine.

Among them, when Biden had a phone call with Zelensky yesterday, he announced that the United States would provide $1 billion in additional security assistance, including heavy artillery, Harpoon anti-ship missile systems, and ammunition for the “Haimas” rocket artillery system. At the same time, additional humanitarian aid funds will be provided to provide residents with safe drinking water, critical medical supplies, food, and the establishment of temporary shelters. So far, the United States has provided Ukraine with $5.6 billion in aid.

Also yesterday (June 15), the “International Alliance to Aid Ukraine and Resist Russia” held a meeting of defense ministers, which has expanded to nearly 50 countries, and promised to provide a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg also said that NATO has shifted from the delivery of old Soviet weapons to Ukraine to provide “longer range and more advanced air defense systems, more advanced artillery and heavier weapons. “. He said this was to help the Ukrainian army “transition to more modern NATO weapons”.

This is a major change. This means that the support of the free world for Ukraine will be stronger until Ukraine defeats Russia and regains all its lost ground. Especially for the long-range weapons that have attracted much attention, the U.S. Department of Defense also stated that the U.S. will provide more “Haimas” rocket launcher systems and supporting ammunition depending on the effects of Ukrainian use and Ukrainian needs. Before, some pro-CCP media ridiculed the United States for only providing weapons and no ammunition, but now this claim is self-defeating.

This means that as long as the Ukrainian side keeps its promise not to attack targets in Russia, the United States and others will continue to provide these important weapons in large quantities until victory.

The third reason is that Zelensky’s previous cry of poverty and deliberately showing weakness in the defense of Severo Donetsk also made Europe feel the crisis. The British Independent published a new intelligence report on June 9 that painted a bleak picture of the conflict on the Russian-Ukrainian front, pointing out that Ukrainian troops are suffering huge losses, “because they are 20 to 1 inferior to the Russian army in artillery. Ammunition is up to 40 to 1.” The report is based on Ukraine’s Weeping Poor.

On June 13, Mikhailo Podoljak, adviser to the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, made a huge list of weapons, saying that 1,000 155MM howitzers, 500 tanks, 300 multiple rocket systems and 2,000 armored vehicles were needed. In order to achieve equality with Russia in heavy weapons and completely drive the Russians out of Ukrainian soil. This is the lion’s mouth, which of course greatly exceeds the actual needs of Ukraine. But in any case, Western countries also need to respond.

In the past few days, Russia has invested heavily in the Eastern Ukrainian region to occupy the city of North Donetsk and bombarded it with artillery, but in fact the situation is not as tense as it seems. Because, over the past eight years, the Ukrainian army has built Severo Donetsk along the river and Lisichansk on the other side of the river into a military stronghold that defends each other: Severe Donetsk has a large number of strong military forces. Defensive positions, Lisichansk also has a large number of Ukrainian troops and artillery positions, the artillery fire is condescending, and the range covers the urban area of ​​Severo Donetsk.

Therefore, Severo-Donetsk was not the previously occupied Mariupol, which fell into a state of isolation and helplessness at the beginning of the war, when the nearest Ukrainian army was also 120 kilometers away. The Ukrainian army will not give up this territory easily, and it will also become an important position for Ukraine to counterattack.

Overall, this war has entered a stalemate stage. After more heavy weapons from the West arrive one after another, the Ukrainian army will have the strength to counterattack. Major changes on the battlefield are likely to occur in the coming weeks.

Putin made a mistake and told the truth

Above, we have only analyzed the direct reasons for the big change of the appeasement faction in the three European countries. In fact, there are two deep-seated reasons: First, Russia is not an ordinary country, but a nuclear power. Therefore, in order to avoid stimulating Russia to use nuclear weapons, the West has Ukrainian military aid can only be escalated gradually. Second, because Putin recently made a major mistake and told the truth, which made Europe feel more deeply threatened, so it must make a strong counterattack.

How did Putin make a mistake? June 9 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great in Russian history. At the commemoration, Putin compared his military operations in Ukraine to Peter the Great’s conquest of the Baltic coast during his war with Sweden in the early 18th century.

“You would feel that by fighting Sweden, he was grabbing something. He wasn’t grabbing anything, he was grabbing back,” Putin said.

He also admitted that when Peter the Great established St. Petersburg on land “recaptured” from Sweden and declared it the capital of Tsarist Russia, “no country in Europe recognized this territory as belonging to Russia.” “Everyone thinks it’s part of Sweden, but the Slavs have lived there along with the Finno-Ugric people since time immemorial.”

“It seems that this responsibility for taking back and rising has also fallen on us.” Putin also smiled when he said this, which was considered to be alluding to Ukraine and his purpose in this war.

It is conceivable what kind of tsunami-like results this speech will bring. First, Putin overturned the reasons he said during the previous invasion, such as denazification and other high-sounding reasons, and publicly praised the invasion of other countries’ territories. Second, he admits that aggression is “taking back” territory, which is already a blatant threat to the former Soviet Union and other countries in Eastern Europe, and will also shudder for countries that have historically had territorial disputes with Russia!

The Baltic states reacted strongly to Putin’s remarks, with the Estonian foreign ministry summoning the Russian ambassador to condemn Putin’s remarks. Finnish President Niinisto, who was on an emergency visit to the Åland Islands (the Finnish homeland where Swedes live), canceled a dinner with the Swedish king and flew home by helicopter. In addition, Sweden’s King and Queen Silvia, who had planned to stop in the Åland Islands and attend an evening concert to celebrate the centenary of the island’s autonomy, also left halfway.

The British “Daily Mail” said that Putin’s “bragging about reclaiming land in Sweden” poses a chilling new threat to European security.

On June 15, Zelensky issued a warning in his speech to the Czech Parliament that the reason why Russia invaded Ukraine was the first step to conquer other European countries, “Russia is not only interested in our Mariupo. Berlin, Severodnetsk, Kharkov and Kyiv are interested, and their ambition is a vast area stretching from Warsaw to Sofia”. He said bluntly: “People who want to take everything will never take only what they want.” He also reiterated his call for the EU to actively consider a plan for Ukraine to join and impose more sanctions on Russia.

Obviously, Putin’s previous speech has solemnly endorsed Zelensky’s speech. And this sense of crisis, in turn, contributed to the unprecedented unity of Europe!

Therefore, we are now seeing that Western countries have further adopted a strategy of cracking down on Russia. Friends who have fished know that when a small fish is hooked, you can catch it with a flick of the rod and put it in the bucket, but when you are catching a big fish, you have to take it easy and rewind the line slowly, and it may be smooth. Run with the strength of the big fish for a while, and slowly consume its strength. When it is exhausted, it will completely retract the line or drop the net to bring the big fish up.

Unfortunately, Putin, who used to be quite conservative in the past, decided to form an alliance with the CCP to fight against the free world and invaded Ukraine.

Of course, during this process, we also saw that Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s political younger brother, former Russian president, and now the deputy head of the National Security Council, said on June 14 that Ukraine would be threatened with freedom from the crisis within two years. disappeared from the map.

Such a speech may be beneficial to Russia’s internal propaganda, and perhaps Putin likes to listen to it, but after Putin’s ambitious speech, it can only increase the world‘s disgust, and it is not good for Russia at all.

Xi’s Mandarin was betrayed by Russia and the United States warned: Don’t stand on the wrong side of history

On June 15, the birthday of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, he and Putin had their second phone call since the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to the Xinhua News Agency, the CCP media reported that the two heads of state exchanged views on the Ukraine issue. It seems to be stable and easy to handle, however, the Kremlin’s speech has sold Xi Jinping.

“The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in energy, finance, industry, transport and other fields, taking into account the more complicated global economic situation due to illegal Western sanctions,” the Kremlin said in a statement, adding that the two The leaders also discussed “developing military relations”.

Xi Jinping is widely believed to have reiterated his support for Moscow’s security concerns, a move that means the Chinese authorities have no intention of ending the close relationship between China and Russia.

Therefore, the United States publicly issued a warning. On June 15, a State Department spokesperson pointed out in a statement: “China claims to be neutral, but China’s own behavior shows that China is still investing in its close relationship with Russia.” The statement added: “Countries that support Putin will inevitably Find yourself on the wrong side of history…”

So why is Russia betraying Xi Jinping? What small nine nines did the two sides fight?

For Russia, when it formed an alliance with the CCP, Putin definitely did not want to act as Xi Jinping’s horse boy, but more wanted to use the CCP’s wealth and self-will and leverage the CCP’s international influence to strengthen itself. However, it backfired. The invasion of Ukraine left Russia mired in war and international relations, and the CCP’s promised “uncapped” support was not publicly and economically carried out on a large scale for fear of international sanctions (perhaps with a small amount of private help). ), Russia must be very dissatisfied with the CCP. So, now there is a kind of mentality: I am not good, and I can’t let you feel at ease.

Now publicizing the true content of Xi Jinping’s speech can be described as killing two birds with one stone: not only will it make it difficult for the CCP to deny it publicly, and it will only continue to support Russia politically, but it will also make the CCP a target, and in turn, it will have to look to Russia for warmth.

So, the Kremlin disclosed the above. It even revealed Xi Jinping’s support for the Russian invasion: “Vladimir Putin expounded his general assessment of the situation in Ukraine and the task of the special military operation. The Chinese president pointed out the security challenges that Russia has created for external forces. face the legitimacy of actions taken to safeguard the fundamental interests of the country.”

Of course, as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping made these remarks at this time with a small calculation: the CCP is worried that after Russia is severely weakened, it will be further besieged by the free world, so it wants to take advantage of Russia’s beating and still fighting back. Sending warmth to Putin when he is in power, which will also be exchanged for Russia’s return, in exchange for loyalty or military support.

It’s just that this trick of risking the world and taking chestnuts out of fire was seen through and exposed by the Kremlin, making the CCP even more the public enemy of the world. Who said that in this way, Xi Jinping’s original intention to extend the life of the CCP did not further accelerate the crisis of the CCP?

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