William Molinié, edited by Solène Leroux
On the 62nd day of the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is toughening its stance against countries supporting Ukraine. Faced with the determination of the countries that support Ukraine, Moscow is even more threatening. The head of Russian diplomacy warned against “the real danger of a third world war”. Why is Russia raising its voice?
The United States is meeting this Tuesday in Germany forty allied countries. Objective: to once again strengthen military aid to Ukraine in the face of Russian attacks. Faced with the determination of the countries that support Ukraine, Moscow is even more threatening. The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, warned against “the real danger of a third world war”. Why is Russia raising its voice now? It is the policy of threat, a direct reaction to the military-diplomatic sequence opened by Washington.
On Monday, US defense and foreign affairs officials made a whirlwind, near-clandestine visit to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelensky with a new $700 million package, bringing aid to $3.4 billion. American military.
No clear win on the pitch for the Russians
Another element perceived as a threat by Moscow, the meeting in Germany, on the American base of Ramstein, of forty allied countries. Objective: to find agreements and funding to further arm the Ukrainians. And this is a major turning point in Germany’s hitherto cautious policy, as Berlin announced the delivery of Cheetah-type tanks, heavy war material.
Finally, the Kremlin hardens the tone because on the ground, no clear military victory emerges for the moment. The Russian army attempted a breakthrough towards Zaporizhia, in the south of the country, but it was repelled. A situation that makes the Americans say that kyiv is even able to win the war if, and only if, the Ukrainian army is well equipped, especially with long-range weapons.