According to a report released on the 26th of Ukraine**, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola, posted on his personal social **,In the early morning of the same day, the Ukrainian army launched an attack on the large Russian landing ship docked in Crimea and successfully destroyed it.
Although the Russian side did not respond positively to this news, judging from the pictures released by the Russian media, the port that was attacked was violently **, and the port has also been blocked, and some surrounding residents were urgently evacuated.
According to the Russian army, the attack killed one person and injured two others.
The day before the Ukrainian army destroyed the Russian landing ship, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu mentioned in his report to Putin that the Russian army had "completely liberated" the town of Maryinka, located in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Although this news has been strongly denied by the Ukrainian military, it can only be emphasized that "the two sides are still at war", and at this time in Ukraine, there is no news about the "big **". In fact,Zelensky is currently in the most serious "internal and external troubles" since the outbreak of the conflict.
On the one hand,Due to the delay in achieving convincing results on the front line, the United States and the West have been divided on continuing to assist UkraineIn particular, 2024 is a "super election year", and the economies of the United States and Europe are facing serious problems, which means that "whether to continue to aid Ukraine" will become a key issue affecting the election in some Western countries;
This is especially evident in the United States, where the Republican Party's dissatisfaction with Biden's continued aid to Ukraine is increasing day by day, and if the United States, which is the largest financier, cuts off aid, Zelensky will become an outcast of the West without any suspense.
On the other hand,The Ukrainian army, which was blocked by the Russian defense line, has suffered a loss of personnel that cannot be ignored, so much so that Zelensky had to lower the conscription age again, while the Ukrainian military has put forward a conscription target that shocked Zelensky, that is, to recruit another 450,000 to 500,000 new recruits to ensure that it can attack Ukraine again in 2024.
Successive defeats on the battlefield, coupled with the fact that the domestic economy is on the verge of collapse,Zelenskyy's approval rating in the polls has fallen from 84 percent a year ago to 62 percent today, which means that Ukrainian public opinion has been strongly shaken.
When Zelensky himself attended a press conference recently, he also admitted that he "can't ** the next direction of the war", which further stimulated the anxiety of the Ukrainian people.
It's not hard to imagine,Under this complex internal and external pressure, both Zelensky and the Ukrainian military need a victory to motivate themselves.
But the problem is that when the Ukrainian army has concentrated almost all of the West's assistance and is still unable to push the Russian army away from the eastern part of Ukraine, the exhilarating effect of destroying a landing ship is extremely limited, and it can even be said that it is better than nothing.
Moreover,Zelensky's biggest dilemma now is not only the indecision of Western allies and the vacillation of the people within the country, but also the Kremlin's recuperation
In the past period of time, it has been rumored in the West that Russia and Ukraine are discussing peace talks through secret diplomacy, although both Russia and Ukraine have denied this, but it can be seen from the change in the direction of the West that the United States and Europe have been tired of this geopolitical conflict, and even the caliber has changed.
The Kremlin has repeatedly stressed that there are preconditions for peace talks, and it is clear that Russia wants to end the conflict from the perspective of the victor
And Russia will also usher in next year, and ending the conflict too soon will have an impact on Putin's election, so when the ball comes to Zelensky's feet again, the comedian-turned-** must make a choice to avoid his political career ending in tragedy. Project Sword