The two-year-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine is the largest military confrontation in Europe since World War II, and it has also changed the entire battlefield and changed the thinking of the soldiers. Recently, Bloomberg published a report on the contradictions between Russia and Ukraine, saying that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has changed the face of the war, from five perspectives.
First, in future wars, UAVs have gradually replaced fighters and tanks, and have played a role as a reference for future wars.
At the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, many people believed that Russia would rely on its own military strength to defeat Ukraine in a short period of time and realize its special operational plan against Ukraine. However, Ukraine relied on its own military disadvantage to forcibly drag this war with a huge disparity in power into a long-term war. Ukraine has been able to support until now, in addition to the continuous support from the Western world and Russia's "external strength and internal weakness", there is also the existence of drones in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
It is lighter, more agile and cheaper than conventional fighters and tanks. On the battlefield, this kind of ** can not only destroy the enemy army at a very low cost, but also fly to the rear of the enemy to deliver a devastating blow. Ukraine's use of unmanned aerial vehicles not only dealt a heavy blow to the ** Black Sea Fleet, but also flew to Russian territory to wreak havoc, and even the Russian capital Moscow was attacked.
Of course, Russia also attaches great importance to this, and they have also used it once, bringing huge losses to Ukraine, but because Russia and Ukraine are not major drone manufacturing powers, a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles have also appeared in the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has also intensified the competition in this industry and made this industry extremely hot. The industry predicts that by 2030, the worldwide drone market will reach $260 billion, almost ten times that before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Second, the Russia-Ukraine dispute has intensified the confrontation between the two countries. As soon as the war began, the globe quickly chose its own side, roughly divided into three factions: the first was the United States, which supported Ukraine; the second is Syria, North Korea, Iran, Belarus, the forces that support Russia; Third, China, as a "fair" party, advocates "objective neutrality". Of course, looking further down, major powers such as India and Turkey, which are attacked on both sides and repeatedly jump sideways, can be divided into two independent camps. Either way, however, the Russia-Ukraine contradiction has intensified the antagonism between two different factions, which has created a hostile relationship between those who imposed sanctions on Russia and those who did not participate in the fight against Russia.
Thirdly, Russia is not a panacea, because it will only bring more losses to itself. Although at first, Western countries imposed some restrictions on Russia, but when Russia recovered and came up with corresponding countermeasures, their methods did not work so well. What is even more unbearable is that Russia's economy has not collapsed because of the rise of Russia, which makes Putin have to praise how powerful Russia is the largest economy in Europe. Europe, on the other hand, is plagued by Russia's energy problems, forced to import energy from the United States, and reaped a fortune by the United States, coupled with the control of the United States, it is almost impossible to achieve its own independence.
Fourth, it is very critical to establish an autonomous ** chain. The conflict has left Ukraine and other European member states facing a serious problem, which is the lack of a separate ** chain. As the war continues, Ukraine's need for military resources is increasing, while Ukraine's own production capacity is limited, so it can only turn to the West for help. Although European countries want to help Ukraine, they themselves have no "surplus food", and they do not have their own industrial chains, and it is too difficult to make enough ** for Ukraine. In contrast, Russia's military resources, although scarce, are vast and almost self-sufficient, which is why Russia has established a complete industrial chain.
Fifth, the war in the Middle East has made Europeans panic and can no longer rest in peace. Recently, European Prime Minister Josep Borrell pointed out that the era of Western domination is completely over, and the future of the European Union will be bleak. Therefore, he called on European countries to wake up, avoid relying too much on US defense and security, and build up their own strength to cope with a worse situation in the future.
In addition, in the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, although the European Union is holding on to it on the surface, it is in fact a mess of sand, and it is difficult to reach consensus on some major issues. For example, Macron's recent threat of "Russia will undoubtedly lose" even said that he would not send NATO troops into Ukraine, but this statement was quickly slapped in the face by his allies, Germany, Poland, Spain and other European member states have said that they will not send troops to Ukraine, and they do not want to anger Russia and extend the war to other European member states, which not only puts Macron himself in a dilemma, but also leads to the European Union. In this regard, the French newspaper "Le Monde" said that not all European countries believe that Russia is the main danger factor, Europe cannot compete with Russia, and anti-Russia has led to internal divisions.