Ukraine** Zelensky has just returned from a visit to the United States, and at the critical juncture of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, he chose to strengthen ties with the United States, and he has also reaped some results. For example, the United States again supplied Ukraine with 18$500 million in military aid, which also includes the Patriot air defense system, which Ukraine has been craving. He not only met with Biden, but also sent a signed flag and delivered a speech in the US Congress, which may affect the vote of US lawmakers on the "$45 billion aid bill for Ukraine", because it is related to the survival of Ukraine next year.
Zelensky looked excited after getting the American "patriot", but Russia doesn't seem to care. Recently, Putin ** expressed his opinion on this. According to Globo, Putin responded at a press conference to the United States about the supply of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, "Our adversaries think this is a defensive **, then let them deploy, but it will not be better than our S-300, this is just an outdated air defense system, we will break it".
Putin's words show that the reason why Russia issued many warnings before the United States provided Ukraine with the "Patriot" air defense system may not be because it is afraid of how strong this equipment is, but because it is worried that the United States "continues to improve the performance of aiding Ukraine", which may lead to an escalation of the conflict.
The data shows that the interception range of the "Patriot" missile is only 75 km, and it is equipment that the United States has been using since the last century, no wonder Putin wants to say that it is an "old system", compared with the Russian S-300, the "Patriot" has no advantages, not to mention the Russian S-400, S-500. However, it is worth noting that as a defense **, the radar detection range of the Patriot "reaches 400 km, and if it can detect and lock on targets in Russia, and then provide navigation for other attack systems, it will be very scary.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the United States, the "Patriots" are only defensive ** and will not disgust Russia too much;Moreover, it is also a relatively old air defense ** and does not pose much of a threat to Russia. Therefore, the United States insisted on including it in the "aid list", believing that it would not cause an escalation of the scale of the conflict.
However, Kyiv has also asked the United States for missiles with a range of 800 kilometers and "cluster bombs" that are regarded as "mass destruction**" by many countries, but the United States has not explicitly refused, and if it is also provided to Kyiv in the future, it is likely to trigger Russia's "red line".
Earlier, Gurulyov, a deputy to the Russian Federal Duma, once again put forward the idea of "bombing London", believing that Russia's "red line" has been trampled on many times, and now it is necessary to take preemptive measures to issue a final warning to Washington. It seems that Russia's judgment on "aiding Ukraine" is not as "optimistic" as the United States, and the United States may become a "direct participant" if it is not careful.
Ukraine doesn't care about this, during his visit to the United States, Zelensky also said in the US Congress, "We have artillery, thank you, but are these enough, far from enough." For Ukraine, the more military aid and equipment from the United States, the better, and the more advanced the better, because Kyiv believes that the current battlefield situation is favorable to it and hopes to win a greater victory in one fell swoop. Zelensky even openly said that he "wants to go to Crimea to see the sea."
However, while the United States and the United Kingdom provided assistance, the EU countries, represented by Germany and France, were "bored" with the war and made it clear that they were "unable to provide military aid to Ukraine". After calling for "security guarantees to Russia", Macron recently said that the EU's security still depends on itself and reduces its dependence on the United States. At present, EU countries prefer Kyiv to accept negotiations and use diplomatic means to achieve a ceasefire.
In fact, Russia also has this meaning, and at present, the United States, Britain and Ukraine still want to continue the war. Perhaps, Russia does not want the war to drag on for too long, and will make big moves this winter, so that Kyiv will have to sit down at the negotiating table.