Recently, there have been three important news stories in the world.
The first piece of news is:
The Global Times reported that when Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that the Ukrainian army had "taken" the key defense line in the Donetsk region - Fevjayvka, he said that the Ministry of Defense, including Shoigu, had reported the military development of the city with Putin three times the day before yesterday, and finally confirmed that this key base had been "completely controlled", and Putin celebrated its "great success". Avdeyevka is known as the largest "military fortress" in Ukraine, along with **Mutter and Mariupol. The loss of the fortress not only dealt a blow to the will of the Russian army, but also to the entire Western countries.
Zelensky issued a thunderous threat: "If the U.S. Congress does not pass the bill to aid Ukraine, the United States will lose its strategic cooperative relationship with Ukraine!" This statement not only attacked the United States, but also provoked Russia. The cries from the Ukrainian side, filled with a depressing flavor, deeply stung the Western world. However, it remains to be seen whether this cry of despair can touch the sensitive nerves of the international community.
The fall of Avdeyevka indicates that Ukrainian forces are stuck in a difficult and vulnerable area. The fact that the Ukrainian army began to retreat out of control before the fall of Avdeyevka shows that Ukraine lacks sufficient army equipment and manpower. Although Ukrainian Zelensky tried his best to explain that the withdrawal was due to the safety of the soldiers, this move still showed the difficult situation that Ukraine is in in the war.
In particular, the day before the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdeyevka, both Germany and France signed a security agreement with Ukraine. According to the agreement, Germany will provide Ukraine with a total of more than 7 billion euros in military aid in 2024, and Germany will support Ukraine throughout the agreement. France will also provide more than 3 billion euros in additional military aid to Ukraine in 2024, as well as assistance in defense industry cooperation, information and training.
It can be seen that the Russian-Ukrainian dispute is essentially a strategic game between Russia and the United States, so it is unrealistic for Western countries to completely abandon Ukraine.
The second piece of news is:
American television, citing official US statements, confirmed that an unmanned MQ-9 "Reaper" of the US military was hit by the Houthis in Yemen. This is the second time since November last year that the Houthis have destroyed an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft of this type.
The report quoted the U.S. Air Force as saying that the MQ-9 Reaper drone's primary mission was to gather intelligence, which amounted to $50 million.
Yahya Sareya, a spokeswoman for Yemen's Houthi group, said on the 22nd that the Houthi group shot down a U.S. MQ-9 unmanned aircraft (MQ-9) in the Red Sea town of Khotada area on the same day. On Tuesday, the Houthi militia revealed that its insiders had used "domestically produced anti-aircraft missiles" to destroy the drone.
The MQ-9 Reaper, a specialized unmanned fighter developed by the United States in the late 1990s and introduced to the U.S. Air Force in 2007, can conduct ground reconnaissance, ground, anti-air defense, and maritime surveillance operations. The MQ-9 Reaper is a modification of the American unmanned aircraft "Predator", the main function of which is to carry out reporting, surveillance and reconnaissance while maintaining a ground attack. This unmanned aircraft was developed by the United States General Atomics Flight System and has participated in many US military activities.
Since the beginning of Yemen's civil war in 2015, the United States has been using the anti-ISIS as an excuse to carry out a drone attack on Yemen, resulting in two Reaper being destroyed by the Houthis in 2017 and 2019.
It can be seen from this that the destruction of American drones by the Houthis is not a thing worth paying attention to, and the "Reaper" is also well-known in the Middle East, but at most it is used to deal with those terrorists who do not have a defense system, as well as some militias, and the drones themselves are stronger than none, and if the other side has enough defense systems, then it is not too difficult to knock them down.
In addition, the Houthis attacked the British freighter "Ruby", causing serious damage to the ship. This is an oil tanker loaded with ** and chemical raw materials, which sailed from the port of Yangbu in Saudi Arabia to the Suez Canal in Egypt. The British Maritime Association said it had received reports of sailors abandoning their vessels.
A spokeswoman for the Houthis said through social media that they were responsible for both attacks. They used rockets to knock down the drones because they had a "hostile mission," and the attack on the cargo planes was both a response to U.S. support for Israel and a threat to U.S. operations in the Red Sea region.
The third important news:
China News *** Reuters reported that Russia's ** Putin said in an interview that he prefers the United States ** Biden than his predecessor Trump in the United States, but no matter which American is elected, he will "cooperate" with him. According to reports, this is the first time Putin has spoken about the election in the United States. Asked which one is "better" for Russia, Putin said, "Biden is more experienced, more far-sighted, an old politician." He added, "Some people think Biden is incompetent, but I haven't seen that." Mr. Putin said Mr. Trump was an "unconventional politician" who he thought the United States should do well with its allies.
Now, Donald, the former American **, is gaining more and more support in the Republican Party. Trump himself won Democratic caucuses in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Now it seems that while Trump is still Trump's running target, Trump is clearly no match for him, as Trump has identified his Democratic nominee almost a long time ago.
Since the founding of the United States, there has never been a time when the last ** launched one provocation after another against those in office during the election process. So, the 2024** election in the United States is a historic day for the United States.
There is no doubt that Putin is also aware that Biden is "more experienced" than the "political amateur" Trump, but judging by Putin's entire speech, he obviously feels that Biden is "better to deal with" than Trump, and Moscow's competitors are also "weaker and better", which is why he said that Biden's victory is more beneficial to Russia.
In Putin's view, the U.S. foreign policy may change, but for Russia, the most important thing is to keep pace with the times and be flexible enough. In response to Trump's latest comments, he said there was "a certain logic" in Trump's statement. Such a rational approach is amazing for Putin's political wisdom.
But at the same time, Putin has made it clear that he is dissatisfied with US policy. He dismissed past U.S. policy as "dangerous and wrong" and questioned U.S. dependence on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He believed that the United States only played a role in American foreign policy, and that the United States had the right to "leave its own affairs to it."