Feb 22: On Tuesday after signing a decree to recognise Ukraine’s rebel regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered more troops to perform “peacekeeping functions” in the conflict-hit eastern region, which rose fears of soon cross the border into Kiev. The very moment Putin gave a straight message to the world along with the Super Power) of escalating war situation Donbas, the Eastern Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, also told in the national media, that The Minsk agreements were dead and buried years ago, not by Russia but by Kiev, on Tuesday.
With such blatant declarations by Russia, the United Nations Security Council has chaired an emergency meeting on Ukraine at the request of Kyiv, the United States, 5 European nations, Mexico. The Ukrainian delegations said to hold consultations with Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Zbigniew Rau, and the Normandy Four countries on the further format of negotiations for the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sought to project calm, telling the country: “We are not afraid of anyone or anything. We don’t owe anyone anything. And we won’t give anything to anyone.”
Earlier on Monday also, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced great concern over Russia’s decision to recognise Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent, saying Moscow’s decision is a violation” of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and inconsistent with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
The Russia-Ukraine crisis over Donbas, the western region of Ukraine has kept the whole World and the European Nations in apprehensions of ever-probable war predicaments.
Just around a month before when the whirlwind week of European diplomatic talks was over, all the nation diplomatic heads might have very well understood, by the statement of Sergei A. Ryabkov “this is what we call a dead end,”.
Sergei A. Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, said after a series of meetings where American and European diplomats tried to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now, Russia’s next move is anyone’s guess— but it is likely to be violent ! Time will answer it the apt.
This is, as we all heard, marks the “return of Super Power conflict”. If so, it will be a real life and catastrophic war game among World’s Powerful Nations.
Years of surging nationalism and isolationism have reshaped global politics, and now Russia is testing the waters. In response, a previously floundering NATO, has banded together to thwart the threat of expanded Russian influence.
In meetings in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna, Russia demanded that NATO, an alliance founded to contain Soviet power, drastically scale back its presence near Russia’s borders in Eastern Europe. The United States refused to concede, upholding the principle that nations cannot redraw international borders by force.
“We have been very clear with Russia on the costs and consequences of further military action or destabilization,” Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, told reporters in Washington, adding that the United States was “ready” should Russia choose to escalate its aggression.
Moscow says it has no intention of invading, but 100, 000 or more than this huge Russian troops are amassed on three sides of Ukraine shows the contradictions. Though the world is waiting to see whether Russia will invade Ukraine, the prognosis looks dire.
For months, the threat of confrontation has been growing in a stretch of Europe from the Baltic Sea to Black sea. As the Russian military builds its presence near Ukraine, Western nations, worsens the situation.
Europe is a huge customer of Russia’s fossil fuels. The rising tensions in Ukraine are driving fears of a midwinter cut-off. With a “youth army” and initiatives promoting patriotism, the Russian government is pushing the idea that a “war” might be a mighty.
“They’re going to invade,” Barry Pavel, a director at the Atlantic Council, said, this as a premonition, echoing consensus among his geo-political expert circle.
