Russia asserts that the course of the conflict in Ukraine has destroyed the myth of superweapons of the West

Russia asserts that the course of the conflict in Ukraine has destroyed the myth of superweapons of the West

2022-08-16 14:31:52 / National Radio News

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu asserted that his country’s operation in Ukraine has dispelled the myth about the “superweapons” that the West provides, which are supposed to be able to radically change the course of the conflict.

Shoigu noted that, at first, The United States and its European allies have supplied unique Javelin anti-tank missiles and drones, while recently touting the HIMARS missile launcher systems and long-range howitzers as penetrators.

however, These weapons were also destroyed in the fighting and did not have a significant impact on the battle front, according to Shoigu, who emphasized that Russia is aware that the actions of the government of Ukraine are under the control of common external powers, in a mixed war against Moscow. .

In this regard, Shoigu noted that Kyiv receives intelligence from all available NATO sources, which also increases the supply of weapons and equipment to the Ukrainian forces.

The commander-in-chief of the Russian army insisted that the operations of the Ukrainian armed forces are planned in the United States and the United Kingdom, while blaming countries that supply Kyiv with weapons for the deaths of civilians in the Donbass region.

On the other hand, in Russia is carefully analyzing Western weapons captured during the fighting in order to enhance the effectiveness of the Slavic state’s military equipment, according to Sergei Shoigu.

Similarly, Shoigú commented that No one in NATO doubted that the Russian forces would achieve the goals of the special operation created by Moscow, and rejected accusations of possible use of nuclear weapons by the Eurasian state on Ukrainian soil, calling them absurd.

On the geopolitical ramifications of the conflict, Shoigu stressed that the Russian military operation in Ukraine marked the end of a unipolar world, and that the dominance of the United States and its allies was now a thing of the past.

In addition, Shoigu criticized the world order created by the West, which divides the world into democratic partners, and authoritarian regimes, against which he uses any kind of measures.

In the opinion of the Russian Defense Minister, the West’s rejection of a multipolar world is clearly visible in the Asia-Pacific region, with the provocative visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan, in another one. A step towards destabilizing the situation in that region.

As Sergei Shoigu warned about it The AUKUS alliance between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia may become a politico-military bloc.

Shoigu suggested that Russia would have to review its defense approaches before Finland and Sweden joined NATO and the possibility of deploying offensive weapons in the Scandinavian countries.

For Shoigu, The expansion of the military bloc is not connected with the accession of Finland and Sweden to the Russian special operation in Ukraine, because the rapprochement between the Nordic countries and NATO has been going on for many years.

The Russian Defense Minister considered that the strengthening of NATO on the eastern flank of Europe confirms the deterioration of the mechanisms of confidence and arms control that were formed in the old continent during the Cold War.

The Russian Defense Minister considered that it is difficult under these circumstances to reach an agreement on limiting strategic offensive weapons.

In turn, President Vladimir Putin today denounced that EThe United States is trying to prolong the conflict in Ukraine, while fueling the possibility of conflict in other regions of the world, in order to maintain its hegemony.

To interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states, Washington and its allies use any means, according to Putin, who mentioned the provocations, coups and civil wars promoted by the superpower.

“Threats, blackmail and pressure are used to force independent states to submit to their will, to live by rules alien to them. And all this is done with one goal: to preserve their domain, the model that allows them to intrude the whole. The world, as it was centuries ago, and such a model cannot be maintained except by force,” Vladimir Putin, who reiterated that the military operation in Ukraine was launched to ensure the safety of Russia and its citizens, as well as to protect the residents of the Donbass region from genocide, said.

The Kremlin leader accused the West of preparing the people of Ukraine for the fate of cannon fodder, turning a blind eye to the spread of neo-Nazi ideology in that country.