Not long ago, because the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army announced that Syrsky had abandoned the city of Avdeyevka, which the Ukrainian army had held for nearly 3 months, the Russian army took this important strategic node. And the importance of Avdeyevka City, I believe that netizens who pay attention to the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield are well aware of it. Interestingly, after the Russian army won a big victory, in addition to Ukraine, Germany was also in a hurry.
According to the Observer, German Defense Minister Pistorius said during his participation in the Munich Security Conference that he would urge NATO members to prepare for the "worst" because he ** Russia "or in the next 5-8 years" to attack NATO. Frankly speaking, we cannot predict whether Russia will attack the NATO bloc "in the next 5-8 years", but what is certain is that Germany is in a hurry.
For a long time, there has been a more or less "Russophobia" mentality in European countries, and the closer to Russia the country is, the more obvious it is. Under the influence of "Russophobia", some countries have begun to increase military spending as a percentage of GDP, especially Germany. A few days ago, at a meeting, German Defense Minister Pistorius stressed that Germany is likely to increase military spending to 3 percent of GDP5%, how to get it depends on the situation.
In addition, some European countries, such as Finland and Sweden, have begun to break the principle of neutrality and hope to obtain security guarantees by joining the NATO bloc, which is a manifestation of "Russophobia". Then again, the direct manifestation of the "Russophobia" of European countries is not an increase in military spending, but an increase in economic and military assistance to Ukraine.
Not long ago, Ukraine's Zelensky signed a 10-year security agreement with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France's Macron, according to the content of the agreement, Germany and France promised to provide long-term military support to Ukraine to ensure the establishment of a sustainable force capable of "defending Ukraine". The signing of these two agreements means that Germany and France will need to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine for the next 10 years.
As for other European countries, they also have money to contribute, and there are ** out**, for example, Danish Prime Minister Rezeriksen said at the Munich Security Conference that because of Ukraine's lack of ammunition and artillery, Denmark will transfer all its artillery to Ukraine. It is worth noting that while Germany is ramping up aid, it is also urging the United States, such as Pistorius, who has issued a warning.
He stressed that if the United States continues to delay its assistance to Ukraine, Russia may weaken Europe on a larger scale, thereby undermining US-EU relations and security cooperation. From these incidents, we can see that the real reaction of some European countries, the "fear" of these countries about Russia may have gone deep into the bone marrow, and this "fear" is useless even if Russia Putin repeatedly clarifies.
In an interview, Putin stressed that Russia "has no interest in invading other countries" unless one country is the first to attack Russia. This is Putin's positive response to "whether Russia will attack NATO", and the implication is that as long as NATO does not want to attack Russia, Russia will not do it. But it is useless to say so clearly, whether these countries should be "Russophobic" or "Russophobic", and judging by the approach, Europe has become more and more nervous.