Recently, NATO is holding a military exercise called "Steadfast Defender 2024". It is understood that this is NATO's largest military exercise in decades, with about 90,000 military personnel from 31 member countries and NATO candidate country, including Sweden, participating in the exercise. Against this background, there are also actions on the part of the Russian side, ** Putin's sudden visit to "sensitive areas".
Recently, Putin went to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast for an inspection. In this regard, Putin's press spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that Putin's trip to Kaliningrad Oblast does not hint at NATO countries, but is a planned work. It is worth noting that just one day before Putin's trip to the Kaliningrad region, NATO has just officially launched relevant exercises.
Based on this, in this case, Peskov stressed that there is no hint of Putin's trip, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, and some ** have begun to think that Putin's approach is a tough statement against NATO. Okay, now that the news is out of the way, let's talk about some personal opinions.
Since the defeat of Ukraine in the second half of last year, discerning people have seen that the general trend of Ukraine has gone, and the United States has been unable to support Ukraine because of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and this war is basically no longer suspenseful. In this case, if Ukraine is to be preserved, the NATO bloc must step up and launch a military deterrent against Russia. Thus, the military exercise, which is known as "NATO's largest since the Cold War," began.
Against this background, Putin's approach this time is a bit of a-for-tat. Although Putin's itinerary was arranged in advance, NATO's military exercises were also arranged in advance, and the Russian side could completely see the seams and adjust Putin's itinerary according to NATO's exercises. The purpose of this is also very direct, that is, to warn the NATO bloc in the air, do not act rashly, Russia is not easy to provoke.
In addition, judging from the practices of NATO and Putin, in the next "post-Russia-Ukraine conflict era", I am afraid that the friction between NATO and Russia will intensify. Therefore, after Ukraine has shown a significant decline, if you want to keep Ukraine, conventional military aid alone is no longer enough, and NATO needs to further intervene in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in order to help Ukraine recover its decline and not lose too badly.
It should be emphasized that I am not referring to NATO's war with Russia, but a combination of intelligence, funding, ** and personnel support. Before, these things were more of a big deal for the United States, but now the United States is trapped in the Middle East and is powerless, so it is necessary for the European countries in the NATO bloc to stand up and take more responsibility to make up for the shortcomings caused by the United States.
Then again, this state of high-pressure confrontation will most likely not last long, and the end time should be over in the United States**. For Biden, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is a "political performance card" in his hand, if Ukraine has been defeated and sued for peace before the results are announced, this will be a serious blow to Biden's approval rating, so before the results come out, Ukraine cannot lose.
For a number of European countries, they do not want to see Trump and the Republican Party return to power, which is very likely to damage European interests, so they will show their support for Biden and the Democratic Party and continue to help Ukraine drag on for a while. Therefore, according to this logic, it can be concluded that NATO and Ukraine will not fight, but will continue to exert pressure until the results of the United States are released.