Recently, there has been good news and bad news from the Russian side. First of all, Trump's victory in the internal Republican primaries is gaining momentum, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Zelensky. So, will the Russia-Ukraine conflict change as a result? And on the other hand, what's the bad news?
According to reports, in the internal primary of the Republican Party in New Hampshire, Trump won 54With 9% of the vote, he beat Haley, who only got 432% support. This means that Trump has won again. You know, Trump has already won a landslide victory in Iowa, and now he has won again in the New Hampshire primary.
Trump's victories in Iowa and then New Hampshire have heightened the conviction that he will be the Republican Party's Nominee and likely to end up facing off against Biden. Moreover, Trump's approval rating is now 6 percentage points higher than Biden's, indicating that Trump's return to the White House is very likely.
In fact, Trump has repeatedly said that if elected as the United States, he will quickly resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and stop military aid to Ukraine. And not so long ago, he stressed this again and said that he has a very good relationship with Putin. Well, this suggests that the Russia-Ukraine war will change significantly once Trump succeeds in his job.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has been going on for almost two years, and Russia has paid huge resource and human costs in the conflict. Although it may not be obvious on the surface, there is no doubt that Putin and Russia's top politicians want Russia to emerge from this conflict with dignity.
Therefore, Trump's two consecutive victories are extremely important good news for Mozambique Russia. It's just that when Zelensky heard the news, he was probably grieving in the corner. At the same time, Russia has received a worrying piece of news. It was reported that a Russian military Il-76 transport plane crashed on its way to Belgorod Oblast.
And on this plane, 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 3 escorts and 6 crew members were on board. At that time, the plane was on a mission to conduct a prisoner of war exchange with Ukraine. In this regard, Russia accused the Ukrainian military of shooting down the transport plane, claiming that the Ukrainian side is familiar with the route of the Ukrainian prisoners and the prisoner exchange plan.
In the face of Russia's accusations, Zelensky quickly denied this statement, and issued a statement in the evening of the same day, saying that the accident occurred in Russia, and the Ukrainian side could not control the development of the situation.
However, this series of accidents has also exposed that Russia needs to strengthen its protection, and we need to pay close attention to whether Russia will take greater action. If it is confirmed that the Ukrainian army shot down a Russian transport plane, it indicates that Ukraine has realized that it is impossible to defeat the Russian army on the frontal battlefield and is therefore trying to extend the fighting into Russian territory. In this case, Russia urgently needs to strengthen its defenses so that it does not suffer a similar attack again.