An editorial in the print version of the Chinese newspaper Global Times says that the United States wants to fully benefit from the conflict, including making Europe more dependent on them.BEIJING, October 11.
/tass/. The United States is watching the escalation of the situation in Ukraine, the development of the crisis depends on whether the United States needs the continuation of this conflict. This is stated in an editorial published on Tuesday in the print version of the Chinese newspaper Global Times.
According to the newspaper, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has become "increasingly unpredictable" over the past few days. An explosion occurred on the Crimean Bridge on October 8, Russia called it an act of terrorism by Ukraine, and on October 10 it struck back, the newspaper writes. The authors of the article note that "the conflict itself seems to have turned from a powder keg into a nuclear reactor due to certain forces fanning the flames of war, including the radical rhetoric of US President Joe Biden about the so-called threat of armageddon."
Biden said last week that the risk of "nuclear armageddon" is the highest in the last 60 years, according to the material. It is noted that later the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby, denied Biden's words, saying that a possible "armageddon" is not an immediate threat and that the United States has no signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons. The newspaper emphasizes that this is the second time that the White House is trying to cool concerns about comments about "Armageddon": White House press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre made similar comments.
Observers argue about whether Biden was confused, whether his statements were reckless or deliberate, the authors of the article note. Many are inclined to believe that the American president simply stated his thoughts - intentionally or not, it is indicated in the material. His comments can be seen as "a preemptive strike in public opinion towards Russia or as a test balloon to test the turning point for tolerance of the Russian Federation in the face of provocations," the newspaper writes. As noted, this is what the United States is used to doing - "to provoke to the limit, and then hold the other side responsible for whether the tension will escalate into a crisis."
"The United States is happy to watch the escalation of the war. The development of the conflict does not depend at all on whether Ukraine really aims to fight to the last Ukrainian, but on whether the United States needs the war to continue," the article says. It is indicated that "otherwise it could have been a completely different story if the United States had made efforts to advance negotiations between the two sides."
However, the newspaper writes, the United States has its own calculations - to fully benefit from the conflict, including making Europe more dependent on them both from the point of view of energy and from the point of view of security. Washington intends to exhaust Russia's forces until Moscow can no longer strive for its former glory, as well as drive a wedge even further between the Russian Federation and the international community, drawing even more countries into the American anti-Russian camp, the editorial says.
