Seymour Hersh, a well-known American investigative journalist, recently predicted that Ukraine's defeat may lead to a direct military conflict between the United States and Russia, which is consistent with Hersh's accurate predictions in the past, such as the My Lai village incident in Vietnam and the "Nord Stream" pipeline incident.
Now, Hersh has once again warned that if Ukraine loses the conflict, the United States and NATO may directly enter the war, pushing the world to the crossroads of a major war.
The recent actions of the United States and NATO have clearly demonstrated the intensity and scope of their actual war preparations. For example, the B-52 bomber more than once conducted nuclear assault exercises in St. Petersburg and made ultra-low-altitude flights on the Day of Celebration in Estonia.
Recently, the B-52 demonstrated its powerful conventional and nuclear strike capabilities by flying at a high profile just 140 kilometers from the Russian borders. In addition, the B-52, which took off on the territory of Poland, flew directly to Gogland Island, just 200 km from St. Petersburg, simulating various nuclear strikes.
Now, flight operations in Romania and elsewhere indicate that the US strategic air strike capabilities have been intensively deployed in the surrounding areas.
Through NATO's northward expansion and military deployments in Eastern Europe, the United States has reached unprecedented military superiority, surpassing its superiority over the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and even surpassing its superiority over Russia.
Currently, the United States and NATO are actively preparing. NATO believes that by triggering a conflict between Russia and Europe, it can weaken Russia's national and military strength, especially in terms of high-end ** inventory, combat personnel and operational information.
Even in a place like Ukraine, which is at war with NATO countries, Russia's enormous military pressure in the surrounding region can be felt.
Suppose that in the future, at a frontal range of thousands of kilometers, the United States and NATO will intervene in the war at the same time. On the vast land battlefield, coupled with a joint attack in the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, Russia's combat strength in response to the United States and NATO will face a dilemma of serious dispersion.
Due to the limited number of combat units of the Russian army, it will be extremely difficult to withstand the collective attack of 30 countries in such a vast frontal range.
Judging from the current situation, if Russia takes a large-scale, high-intensity, and comprehensive attack operation, the battlefield it faces will be much larger than the current combat operation in Ukraine.
To form a strong counterattack, it will be very difficult, if not impossible. In addition, in the event of an engagement on the Western Front, the United States and Japan will not let their guard down and will conduct various military actions in the Far East.
Therefore, we can roughly judge that the United States and NATO are looking for an optimal moment. As for when Ukraine will be defeated, there is no clear say, but it will likely be a long process.
If prolonged attrition leads to a simultaneous decline in Russia's forward and in-depth combat capabilities, then it will experience a serious decline in its integrated combat indicators. This is the moment that the United States and NATO are waiting.
The Russian army's advance on the front line has been blocked, the rear support and combat system have been affected, and how to complete the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has become a big problem. If Russia is exhausted, Western countries may see the entry into the war as an excellent opportunity to put pressure on Russia by using the exercises in the Black Sea, St. Petersburg and northern directions.
The deployment in the border areas and in depth shows that the West and NATO countries are ready for both.
First, Eastern European countries have been strengthened in terms of conventional combat capabilities, which has led other countries to follow suit and introduce American-style main combat equipment, while second-tier NATO countries have also provided more frequent assistance to the front line.
This change is such that the front-line defense force is being transformed into an offensive force. Second, the United States and NATO have achieved nuclear sharing in Europe, and a new type of nuclear strategic deterrence capability is being planned.
In the event of conflicts and contradictions, the support of a huge coalition and combat operations from different angles can be carried out in a subversive manner. In the event of significant attrition on Russia in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, even at the cost of Ukraine's defeat, the United States and the West will have the best opportunity to fight.
We should attach great importance to this statement of an American investigative journalist, because what he said in history has been proven to be accurate.