Ukraine is now facing strong pressure, partly from the diplomatic level, partly from the military level.
The diplomatic pressure comes from Trump’s demands for a ceasefire on the ground, and even from Ukraine’s demands for all Donbass to be handed over to Russia. Military pressure comes from Russia’s fierce offensive in two places, one in Kupyansk and one in Pokrovsk.
We’ll see in detail what’s going on.Everyone has seen at the diplomatic level that Zelensky visits Washington and meets Trump and Trump at the White House.This time he didn’t even eat food like the last time, but he didn’t get the shell missiles he wanted and could say it was empty-handed.
Zelensky and Trump.
The key is that there is no good wine and no good banquet. During the discussion during the meal, both parties were actually extremely unhappy, which caused Zelensky a great setback.
Even Trump threw the map aside while talking. I had never been to Donbas or any place here. It probably meant that you should stop fighting, stop killing, stop attacking, and let the soldiers go home and achieve peace.
As for which one is big or which one is small in your palm-sized place, I care about you. This is Trump's point of view. What he wants is a ceasefire. What fairness, justice and inviolability of territorial sovereignty are beyond his consideration.
The British "Financial Times" also broke the news that Trump also swore at the banquet. As for whether it started with an F or something else, that's another story. In short, it was a swear word. This was inevitable. Zelensky had no bargaining chip against Trump. Not only did he not get the Tomahawk missile, but he also encountered this extremely uncomfortable scene.
Later, Trump also said whether he thought he had gone too far, and whether the Donbas region could be separated, but did not insist that Ukraine give it all to Russia. Trump said that 78% of it has already belonged to Russia, so he can stop wherever he is fighting now. Wouldn't that be enough? This is one of his views.
But in fact, Ukraine now holds the fortress area. If this place is given up and exchanged from other places according to Putin's proposal, it means that in Donbass, looking further into the mainland of Ukraine, it will be Ma Pingchuan with no danger to defend. In the future, Putin will attack if he wants and fight wherever he wants.
Picture of Putin.
At present, Ukraine is still defending against danger and has encountered strong pressure from Russia on both fronts. In the Donbas region, Russia launched its largest missile attack during negotiations between Zelensky and Trump, with 268 missiles roaring towards frontline positions, focusing on Ukraine soldiers and his basic defense facilities.
These are some recent changes in Russia, the number and precision of missiles in these years after the war has improved significantly.At the same time in terms of the use of drones, Russia is also slowly transformed from the previous disadvantages.
He created some new methods of using drones to combat Ukrainian soldiers, both in terms of quantity, quantity and Ukraine.
Well, in addition, street fighting broke out in the city, and I am talking about Kupyansk here. In Kupyansk, the two sides are fighting hand-to-hand. More than 80 Russian commandos have entered the city center, while the Ukraine side is holding on to Kupyansk. The fighting here is extremely fierce, and street battles against the city have been going on.
As for how soon Russia can capture all the city, it will take some time. But for the defense, it is now at risk. Of course, more important is Pokrovsk, also known as the Red Army City.
The Russian side has hit its suburbs from the northwest, but the data from the Ukrainian side show that they have taken back dozens of kilometers of terrain in the past month, which means that the two sides are in a sewing battle, crosses, each other loses, and each other wins.
Under such circumstances, if Ukraine is asked to put down the land and give it up directly, neither Ukrainian soldiers, civilians, nor even their senior personnel will agree. Trump's threat is that if you don't give up, Putin will destroy you. These are Putin's words to Trump, let him send the message.
Where he belongs to this city is extremely important to the morale of the Ukrainian army and whether it can persist in the next step. Of course, the Ukrainian army was fighting hard to resist, and the Russian army also suffered heavy casualties.
The picture shows the Russian army
U.S. think tank CSIS gives an up-to-date data, more than 1,300 days since the start of the war, Russian side losses, 250,000 dead and injured 950,000. This is the data given by the U.S. think tank, of course you can also say not permitted, can also say exaggerated.
But for Russia, the rotating of more people, and the continuous rise of vital forces, is one of the key points in achieving war victories.
To this end, they strengthened the recruitment of the reserves and began to allocate more subsidies.But in the battle center such as Pokrovsk, the Russian troops in the last few months of the summer offensive, here 14,000 people were killed.
As for the number of casualties of the Ukrainian army, there is currently no particularly clear data. If we look at the 1-2 or 1-3 casualties on the offensive and defensive sides, Ukraine is particularly serious now.
Of course, it is also a question of military sources, this is the situation facing Ukraine now, the diplomatic side is under pressure from Trump, huge pressure, and it is also difficult to stick to the military level.