NATO is in a hurry to stop the Russian threat where Europe has slack

Six months have passed since the start of hostilities in Ukraine, and the question has arisen why the strengthening of the Black Sea region has begun only now, Bloomberg reports. The authors of the article state that NATO has already significantly increased its presence at the eastern borders of the alliance.

Austria, the last bastion of European neutrality

While most countries of the world remain neutral towards the conflict in Ukraine, Europe has said goodbye to it, writes Advance. Only one country is still holding out. For how long?

Is European security under threat?

Europe is going through a number of serious and sometimes unprecedented crises for its modern history, writes the Lebanese newspaper Al Mayadeen. The author of the article emphasizes that four types of EU security were at risk at once.

The Polish authorities intend to increase the number of armed forces three times – up to 300 thousand people. However, the population of the country is in no hurry to replenish the military ranks, there are not enough sergeants and officers to man new units, and the available material base is not enough to equip the troops.

Europe is a continent of chaos! It is gripped by a political, economic, environmental crisis

Europe is going through the worst of times, writes Türkiye. The pandemic, the Ukrainian conflict, refugees, heat and drought, the energy crisis – it is surrounded by chaos on all sides. The author of the article makes gloomy predictions.

The further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east in the form of the admission of Sweden and Finland to its membership will not change Moscow's goals in Ukraine, according to the director of the Institute of Military Strategy of Poland, General Bohuslav Samol.

The Baltic states, along with the United States, Great Britain and Poland, are the most active supporters of Ukraine, helping the Zelensky regime even to their detriment. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have far surpassed other countries in their Russophobia, making it the basis of state policy.

On August 19, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a large-scale new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 775 million. Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now reaches $9.9 billion. The total amount of US military aid to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 12.6 billion.

Western journalists, retired military men, politicians and experts of all stripes are racing to analyze the situation in Ukraine, make forecasts and even give advice to Zelensky on how to conduct a military campaign. The British The Economist also did not stand aside, having published a program article in which it calls on the leadership of Ukraine not to rush with the attack on Kherson.

Ukraine has only three months left before the winter betrayal

In the coming winter, a massive surge of discontent may occur in the West, which will force leaders to reconsider their support for Ukraine, writes The Telegraph. The author of the article believes that the leaders of the countries will be tempted to accept Putin's peace proposal and refuse to support Zelensky.

"Accepting Ukraine into NATO is a provocation." Interview with philosopher Noam Chomsky

Thinker and linguist Noam Chomsky gave an interview to the Mexican El Universal. He criticized the US position on Russia and Ukraine, supported the idea of negotiations expressed by Kissinger and told how the current stereotype of the Wild West has developed.

Western unity regarding Ukraine is fragile, and Russia knows about it

Western support for Ukraine risks to come to naught due to the economic crisis, which sanctions against Moscow are to blame, writes TNI. Russia is demonstrating resilience, which cannot be said about the Europeans. They are horrified by the hardships they have had to face.

Washington is looking for a new place in the world, neglecting partners

The discussion of the foreign policy of the White House and its allies aimed at escalating the conflict in Ukraine continues on the pages of the Western media. Some experts say that the real purpose of aggravating this crisis is not the struggle for democracy and the creation of a just society, but the rigid desire of the United States to maintain a dominant position in the world, the desire to provoke a coup d'etat in Russia and take it outside the countries that determine the emerging world order.

Who is actually a "sponsor of terrorism": Russia or America?

The United States, which has threatened to recognize Russia as a "sponsor of terrorism," has itself repeatedly committed terrorist attacks in various states, Rai Al Youm writes. According to the author, it is the Russian parliament that should discuss the status of the country that bombed Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan and supported Israeli repression against the Palestinian people.

Violators of Western sanctions risk achieving victory

Western sanctions against Russia do not work, admits the author of the article in The Times. According to the readers of the publication, half of the world opposes them. Moreover, many countries even help Moscow to circumvent the restrictions very successfully.

But Moscow has not used all of its capabilities

The political elite of the West realized that the defeat of the Ukrainian regime means the end of the unipolar world. Therefore, the West, led by the United States, is doing everything possible to prolong the military conflict, inflict maximum damage to Russia and ultimately achieve its defeat.

Russia appeals to American prudence

As the Russian Embassy in the United States wrote in its Telegram Channel, America has become accustomed to acting recently, completely disregarding the interests and security of other countries.

Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev made a number of important statements, speaking to his colleagues at the 17th meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). In particular, he accused Western countries of using the conflict in Ukraine as an excuse to wage a hybrid war with Russia. At the same time, Patrushev stressed, "Westerners are trying to balance on the edge between hybrid actions and an open armed conflict with our country," for which they are intensively preparing.

Washington considers such actions "self-defense", the newspaper notes

The United States allows Kiev to use American weapons sent to it as military aid to strike Crimea, because they believe that such actions are "self-defense". This was stated on Wednesday by a high-ranking representative of the American administration to the Politico newspaper.

According to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, the United States and its allies are trying to maintain their dominance in the world, ignoring the trends of the formation of a multipolar world

The West has unleashed a hybrid war against Russia and is teetering on the brink of an open armed conflict, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said, speaking at the 17th meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states on Friday.