The Russian army raided energy facilities, and at the last moment, the US military gave Putin a special Christmas gift.
So much has happened lately, everything is going in favor of Russia, and Ukraine and NATO are in a mess.
Recently, the Russian army began to focus on destroying Ukraine's energy infrastructure, according to the American "Newsweek" report, the Russian army destroyed Ukraine's thermal power plants through shelling, and 408 power ** were cut off, making Ukraine's domestic chaos into a pot of porridge. As you know, winter is coming, the north is extremely cold, and the Russian-Ukrainian front line is even colder, and the energy ** is cut off, so the Ukrainians will inevitably be frozen. So at the first time, Zelensky called out to the Ukrainians and asked residents to save some electricity. This is only the first round of shelling by the Russian army, according to Western analysis, the Russian army has a huge amount of artillery shells in reserve before the onset of winter, the purpose is to hit Ukrainian energy facilities, and the Ukrainians will definitely not have a good time this winter.
Compared with the problems in energy, the "cut off" of NATO military aid is obviously a headache for Zelensky. NATO's 1 million rounds of 155-mm artillery shells are hopeless, and they can't even take out half of them, Zelensky has already aimed at the United States, intending to block the door of the United States to "ask for food". According to the report of "Ukrainska Pravda", Ukraine has put forward a list of military requirements for the United States, including F-16, F-18 fighter jets, C-17 large transport aircraft, "Apache" attack *** Abrams "main battle tanks, 155 mm caliber artillery, "army tactical missile systems" and drones and other advanced equipment. Some netizens commented that Zelensky is a lion's big mouth, and he has to pay five insurances and one housing fund if he wants food. However, Zelensky's behavior of asking for food has a certain reason, because the United States should indeed fund him. British Foreign Secretary Cameron pointed out that military aid to Ukraine is a "good investment" to strengthen NATO security, and the United States must provide military aid to Ukraine, otherwise, the Ukrainian army will suffer defeat, which will be a Christmas gift from the US Congress to Russia.
NATO is also in a panic right now. The inventory of European countries has bottomed out, and everyone hopes that the United States will be more generous, Ukraine has lost, and all the previous NATO efforts have been wasted, and it is likely to face the threat of Russia. Aiding Ukraine is indeed a "good investment", because for NATO, the threat is only Russia, NATO countries only need to take the defense budget to Ukraine, artillery shells are on Ukrainian soil, various facilities and sites are destroyed in Ukraine, it is Ukrainians who die, and it is Ukrainian land that is occupied, and this can weaken Russia's power and even disintegrate Russia's threat, while NATO will "maintain peace and stability for a long time" in the rear of the war. No matter how you calculate it, it is a sure deal.
But NATO did not expect that even if Ukraine sucked up the blood of Europe, it failed to weaken Russia, and the worst thing is that Russia has used the "shift system" to let the Russian army take turns to go to the front line to "brush up experience", and the military power has become stronger, and the economic situation is also very good. What's worse is that NATO still has the ability to vigorously assist Ukraine, and only the United States is left. If Ukraine does not receive assistance from the United States in the near future, Russia will not directly threaten the security of the three Baltic states.
What is disappointing is that the US House of Representatives does not support aid to Ukraine, even if Biden threatens that as soon as Ukraine loses, it will be the turn of the United States to confront Russia, Putin must not win, and the House of Representatives does not support military aid. Once the US military aid is lost, the Ukrainian army on the front line will not be able to survive this winter, and the day when Russia will take Ukraine and directly face NATO will come in the near future.