The 14-nation joint statement involved Ukraine without the United States, reflecting subtle but important differences in the strategic considerations of all parties on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

According to CCTV reports, a joint statement on the Ukraine issue was released on the 25th. The statement was jointly issued by Ukraine, 14 Western countries including Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy, and 17 parties including the European Union and the Council of Europe.

The US persecutes Russia.

It is worth noting that the joint statement emphasizes "always adhere to the principle that international borders cannot be changed by force". A week ago, Trump said that Russia and UkraineDonbass"Just maintain the status quo". He said at the time: "I think the land in Donbass has been divided, and 78% of the land has been controlled by Russia. Let it remain as it is."

Residential building attacked in Donbass Source: GJ

Wen Shaobiao, an assistant researcher at the Middle East Institute of Shanghai Foreign Studies University, believes that Canada and other 14 countries emphasize the importance of respecting international borders, showing the anxiety of many western countries towards the United States. "The United States wants to trade with Russia alone, without its Western partners. The 14-nation statement focused on Trump's demarcation statement, intended to accelerate a new round of US sanctions against Russia and urge the US to force Russia."

According to Gou Liwu, a young researcher at the Russian Studies Center of East China Normal University, the 14-country joint statement involved Ukraine without the United States, reflecting subtle but important differences in the strategic considerations of all parties on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "Some European countries need to highlight the threat of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to the EU to boost domestic public support while balancing the influence of right-wing parties. Trump is critical of continued assistance to Ukraine and also claims to be committed to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, especially After the US-Russia Alaska Summit, we will continue to plan the next round of summits. Non-governmental diplomacy between the two countries has also been promoted. During the Alaska Summit, Trump handed over a letter of condolence written by his wife to Putin to children in war zones. It can be seen that US-Russia relations do not rule out the possibility of softening. In the face of the uncertainty of the Trump administration, the EU is also seeking strategic autonomy. The joint voice of EU countries and Ukraine and Canada will help demonstrate Europe's ability and independence in dealing with crises around itself. "

Map of Putin and Trump.

Political Declaration asks.

Gou Liwu observed that although the statement stated that the international border was unshakable, it also proposed using the "existing contact line" as the starting point for ceasefire negotiations. "For the first time, so many Western countries jointly expressed the statement, and Ukraine also participated in the statement, providing a possible political solution to the stalemate in the war. For Zelensky, taking the initiative to negotiate at the expense of losing territory is politically unacceptable. Previously, the United States proposed the Donbas boundary demarcation proposal, and now Ukraine's main ally, Europe, has proposed a similar plan. It is indeed tempting to imagine."

As a substitute condition, 14 countries proposed to use the EU¡¯s frozen Russian assets as a ¡°left¡±. In fact, in dealing with Russian assets, the EU is more cautious than the United States and cares more about its international reputation. In the absence of U.S. participation, 14 countries have declared closer to a political declaration, with a sense of stone questioning.

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At a delicate moment, Russia took the initiative to inform the United States that the test launch was successful! Can hit targets on U.S. soil

Putin announced that Russia has successfully tested its new nuclear-powered cruise missile "Haiyan"

On October 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has successfully tested its new nuclear-powered cruise missile "Haiyan" and will start deployment work.

The test time was delicate, coinciding with the announcement of the US-Russian summit and the White House sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies.

Unique is

On the 26th, Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov said that the test launch was carried out on October 21. The Haiyan missile continued to fly in the air for about 15 hours, with a flying distance of about 14,000 kilometers (not the limit), demonstrating "superb anti-missile and air defense evasion capabilities."

In a video conference, Putin said the "Haiyan" was a "unique weapon in the world" and had completed a "decisive test" and instructed the military to improve the infrastructure and prepare for the weapons to be put into use.

The "Haiyan" project was first made public in 2018. It uses nuclear-powered and portable nuclear warheads. It flies at an altitude of only 50 to 100 meters, far lower than conventional cruise missiles, and is extremely difficult for radar to detect.

Putin has referred to the ¡°Haiyan¡± range as ¡°almost unlimited¡± and ¡°the West has no means to defend such weapons.¡±

The United States has always been highly alert to "Haiyan".

According to the report of the Nuclear Threat Initiative of the United States, Haiyan can hover in the air for several days, evade the missile defense system and drop one (or more) nuclear warheads to unpredictable locations.

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Haiyan roadbed has a range of up to 20,000 kilometers and can strike U.S. targets from any location in Russia.

The U.S. Air Force's National Aerospace Intelligence Center believes that if the "Haiyan" missile is put into service, it will bring to Russia "unique weapons with intercontinental range capabilities".

However, some people in the West still question the performance of the "Haiyan" and believe that its research and development process problems are frequent and the design is faulty. For example, the body size is larger (more than 12 meters), the subsonic flight and the radioactivity of the tail gas can be detected. Therefore, even the deployment does not necessarily change the nuclear balance.

Russian military experts pointed out that the "Haiyan" was used to destroy enemy commandos, military bases, power plants and other "residual targets" after the launch of intercontinental missiles by the Russian side, which could allow the aggressor country to "return back to the Stone Age".

Notify the United States

On the same day, Russian Presidential Special Representative Dmitriyev, who was visiting the United States, confirmed that he had informed the Trump administration of the details of the successful test launch of Haiyan and the latest battlefield situation.

Dmitryev, the president of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the special representative of the president, was invited to visit the United States on the 24th.

The purpose of the visit includes discussing how to advance bilateral dialogue with the U.S. side and promote the U.S. respect for Russian interests and Putin¡¯s relevant positions.

On the 24th, he said that the parties were "very close" to the diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian issue, and the Russian side was open to the future Ukraine's third-party "security guarantees".

However, Russia has always opposed NATO countries to deploy troops inside Ukraine.

Dmitryev also noted that some European countries deliberately disrupted the direct dialogue between Putin and Trump, but the two still ¡°may meet later.¡±

In the near future, members of the Russian State Duma will meet with members of the U.S. Congress.

Time is delicate.

The Russian test launch of the "Haiyan" time is impressive.

Sources said that Russia originally planned to test the missile before the summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska on August 15th, but it later seemed to be postponed.

On the 22nd, Putin had just hosted a "planned" strategic nuclear forces exercise. The Kremlin said all goals had been achieved.

Meanwhile, US-Russian relations are experiencing a breakdown.

On the 22nd, Trump announced the cancellation of the plan for the recent meeting of US-Russian leaders on the grounds that "the current meeting will not yield results".

On the same day, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Russia's two largest oil companies. This is one of the most specific sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Russia so far.

The next day, the EU approved the 19th round of sanctions against Russia, adding 69 separate sanctions and multiple economic restrictions, mainly targeting Russia's energy, finance and military industries.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov responded on the 26th that the recent actions taken by the United States are "extremely unfriendly" and have damaged the prospects for the recovery of Russia-US relations, but Russia will not give up its dialogue efforts.

He stressed that Putin values Trump¡¯s sincere desire to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but that this process cannot be ¡°finished overnight.¡±

Some analysts believe that the Russian president's special envoy to the United States "Haiyan" test missile delivered a clear message to Western countries: Moscow is willing to dialogue, but if the pressure of the West continues, Moscow has the ability to counteract.