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At the time of the tough confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, the tone of the two sides changed abruptly, Ukraine invited Putin to participate in the second "peace summit", and the Russian foreign minister also shouted that he was ready to negotiate, will the Russian-Ukrainian conflict usher in the finale?
At this critical juncture, what impact will the United States and Russia have on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine if they have another fierce confrontation in the Security Council, and the 99 countries have forced Putin to withdraw their troops?
Zelensky's attitude softened
Not long ago, Hungary, which has just taken over the rotating presidency of the European Union, went to Ukraine to continue its visit, hoping to make efforts to mediate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
But Orban's good intentions do not seem to be recognized by Ukraine, and Zelensky even alluded to Hungary's inability to play the role of mediator.
In and out of his words, Zelensky had no intention of stopping the war, but in less than a few days, his attitude suddenly changed.
On July 15, Zelensky publicly shouted at a press conference that he hoped that Russia would attend the second "peace summit".
The first summit was held in June, but Russia did not participate at that time, and the response from the Russian side to this invitation is also intriguing.
The Russian side said that the content of the first peace summit was not peace, so for this second invitation, Russia needs to first understand the true purpose of Ukraine.
So why did Zelensky, who has always been tough, suddenly soften?
Some analysts believe that there may be the following reasons, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has lasted for more than two years, during which the Ukrainian army has been passive most of the time, except for a short highlight moment.
Especially after entering 2024, the Russian army has more and more initiative on the battlefield, and it is still launching a continuous offensive, and even Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, is in crisis.
According to the realistic situation, the Ukrainian army will be defeated in the end, and peace talks are the best choice, but at present, the United States and Western countries are still insisting on letting Ukraine fight to the last man.
As Trump's deputy Vance said, they never cared what would become of Ukraine.
And although the West continues to aid Ukraine, Ukraine can only barely defend and does not gain any advantages.
On the other hand, the change in Zelensky's attitude may also be due to the impact of the United States election, with Biden's current low approval rating and Trump widely considered to have locked in victory after the shooting.
However, this is not a good thing for Ukraine, given Trump's attitude to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine can only prepare a retreat in advance, and not long ago, the Ukrainian military top brass also heard the voice of surrender.
However, in the face of Zelensky's invitation, the Russian side did not give a good face, because the Russia peace summit completely ignored Russia's conditions and just wanted to put pressure on Russia.
But just a few days later, Russia's attitude suddenly changed, and it took the initiative to say that it was ready to negotiate.
Why did Russia suddenly change?
On July 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said they were ready to negotiate with Ukraine and Europe.
Although the Russian army is currently dominant, and Trump, who has a great probability of being elected, intends to stop the war, for Russia, at least Biden is still the United States president this year.
As the saying goes, there are still 3,000 nails in a broken ship, and even if Biden may step down, he can still put pressure on Russia now.
On July 11, for example, the United Nations overwhelmingly voted 99 in favor and passed a resolution calling for Russia to withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
You must know that this nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe, much larger than Chernobyl, and after the Russian army captured here, Ukraine continued to fiercely counterattack, which also caused concern in the international community.
After all, the original Chernobyl nuclear leak was big enough, not to mention that if something went wrong in Zaporozhye, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In addition to pressure from the international community, Russia is also facing pressure from the United States and Western countries to aid Ukraine, according to Blinken, the F16 fighters that NATO has assisted Ukraine have now begun to ship.
In addition, since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia's losses are not small, not only suffering heavy economic losses, but also destroying a total of 28 ships.
Putin is not a war maniac, so he also hopes to stop the war as soon as possible and resume development.
However, judging from the current relations between the United States and Russia, there may still be a difficult way to go in the armistice negotiations.
The Security Council of the United States and Russia has a fierce confrontation
On July 16, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a debate at the United Nations, and it was at this debate that the United States and Russia once again engaged in fierce confrontation, during which Lavrov mercilessly accused United States of hegemonism.
He also said that because of the actions of United States, the entire international situation has become turbulent, and there is a tendency to bring the whole world into war.
In Lavrov's 20-minute speech, he spent 15 minutes attacking United States, which shows what kind of attitude Russia has towards United States now.
Of course, United States is not vegetarian, perhaps it has long expected that Russia will point the finger at itself, and long before the debate began, the United States united more than 50 countries in a joint statement, trumpeting that the debate held by Russia is a sign of hypocrisy.
After being bombarded by the Russian foreign minister, the US representative also defended, but in terms of rhetoric, the United States was more like a quibble, because the United States representative said that United States' policy is actually aimed at helping other countries develop.
The United States representative also stressed that the premise of development is that other countries need to abide by the "rules and order." What the US representative said was nothing more than covering his ears and stealing the bell.
Even the mainland's representative to the United Nations immediately stressed that there is only one kind of world order based on international law.
However, judging from the opposing attitude of the United States and Russia, it may not be easy to stop the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is more embarrassing for Ukraine, and it cannot be fought and stopped, and it may even face the situation of being abandoned in the future.
Previously, Zelensky also put down his rhetoric, claiming to end the war by the end of this year, but at present, the right to end the war is not in the hands of Ukraine.
Information sources:
2024-07-18 07:25· Global Network Russia-US Security Council Fierce Confrontation: Russian Foreign Minister Sharply Criticized United States' hegemonic policy, and US representatives argued that it was not to suppress other countries
2024-07-18 12:40· Shangguan News Russian Foreign Minister: "We are ready for negotiations"
2024-07-17 06:27· Global Network Zelensky proposed that Russia should attend the second "peace summit", and Russia and the United States responded
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