Zelensky went to the United States for a visit, but did not get the Tomahawk cruise missile he wanted. Despite the call of US President Trump, the war should be ended on the current front, and then each declare victory. However, it is obvious that this is not the result Russia wants.
The reason is simple. Russia has already tried the bottom line of the United States and NATO. As long as the NATO military does not send troops to intervene in the Ukrainian war, the Russian military will be able to achieve the ultimate goal of special military operations.
After Trump announced that he would assist Ukraine with the Tomahawk cruise missile, Russia made it clear that it was impossible for the Ukrainian army to use the missile system alone. The implication was that once the Tomahawk cruise missile was used on the Ukrainian battlefield, it must be operated by the US military himself and will evolve into a head-on battle between the US military and the Russian military.
Russia has spoken very straightforwardly that this move will lead to an escalation of the war situation.Now, Trump has made it clear that he will not provide Ukraine with long-range missiles for the time being, proving that Russia’s warnings have worked.
Now that the United States and the West dare not personally go to the battlefield to help Ukraine fight, Russia has to fight with freedom.
According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russian military launched massive missile and air bombing operations against Ukraine.
According to the news, the Russian military fired at least 268 air bombs in 24 hours and fired hundreds of Su-34 fighters in a single day, hitting almost all military targets in Ukraine, from Kharkov to the Nikolayev front.
According to the disclosure of the General Staff of Ukraine, this was the heaviest loss suffered by Ukraine from Russian air bomb bombings. The Ukraine military discovered that for the first time, the Russian army also dispatched a new type of extended-range gliding bomb to attack military targets in Nikolayev Oblast of Ukraine.
The new add-on flying bomb flew 140 kilometers, eventually successfully hit the target. The Ukrainian battlefield became a new weapons test site of the Russian military, and it is that after the adoption of add-on technology, the Russian air bomb's strike distance was increased by 50% compared to the traditional model, allowing the Russian military to cover 150 kilometers when bombing the Ukrainian target.
The Russian military launched the Su-34 combat bomber operation, can realize the defense zone outside the strike, the Ukrainian air defense forces are completely uninterruptible, the Ukrainian air defense missile system has not yet detected the Russian military combat bomber, the Russian military pilots have dropped the air bombs and have returned safely.
In the course of the day, the Russian military not only carried out 268 air bombing strikes, but also launched 5,000 artillery strikes throughout the Ukrainian front.
Lots of losses have been on several Ukrainian fronts, a large number of works at the Ukrainian front positions have been damaged, and even Ukrainian infrastructure has been hit.
The winter of 2025 is destined to have a hard time for Ukrainians. Two years before the war, Russia was also carrying out strikes against in-depth targets in Ukraine, but the Russian army has been cautious in attacking Ukrainian infrastructure. However, after the Ukrainian army indiscriminately attacked Russia's local energy facilities, the Russian army no longer showed mercy.
Since the entry in October, the frequency of Russian military attacks on infrastructure such as the Ukrainian power system has begun to increase, the Russian move has released an important signal that the back of Ukraine is no longer stable, but also to completely weaken Ukraine's war capabilities.
According to Russian Sputnik News Agency, in the past week, Russian long-range missile forces have launched seven large-scale precision strikes. Dagger hypersonic missiles, Iskander ballistic missiles, and various types of cruise missiles were dispatched to strike, and drones launched by the Russian army repeatedly hit new highs.
Russia wants to completely "bleed" Ukraine. The strike forces of the Russian navy, army and air force jointly dispatched to carry out bombings, targeting the military industry chain, energy facilities, transportation hubs and ammunition depots, Ukrainian army assembly points, artillery positions, missile launch bases and foreign mercenary stations throughout Ukraine. Precision strikes were carried out on targets such as military stations.
Whether or not Russia will escalate the scale of the war depends mainly on the attitude of NATO and Ukraine. To speak, Ukraine and the Western countries behind it will have to express their sincerity, if they just want to use Ukraine to implement consumption against Russia, then Russia will be quick to cut off.
Facts have proved that Russia does not want to end the fighting quickly, but uses war to anti-attrition against the West. As long as the country shows any signs of escalating the war situation, Russia will counterattack strongly.