THE CRITICAL SITUATION IN UKRAINE APPEARS TO BE APPROACHING ITS CLIMAX

It appears that the expected provocation from the Ukrainian military and associated militias may be occurring currently.

 

 If so then Russia has a very difficult decision to make regarding a response.

It is obvious that this trap has been in preparation for a long time now and the recent rhetoric about the predicted 'Russian Invasion' is an integral part of it.

The assault by Kiev if such it is being reported now is designed to draw Russian into making an incursion. The assault itself is planned to not be reported in the slightest. But Russia's response will be pounced on with mile high headlines about an unprovoked invasion.

Hopefully the current assault will prove to be a larger but not significantly larger one than experienced in recent times.

We can only wait and see.

Moscow must surely know this is the plan. The conundrum it faces is that it cannot merely stay aloof and watch as the republics are assaulted and mass deaths occur. But to act and make even the slightest incursion will unleash the attack dogs hungering across the western world in both political and media worlds to tear Russia apart for it.

The stakes involved are incredibly high on all sides.

The USA must engineer a situation whereby the NordStream 2 pipeline is cancelled. If it is allowed to go ahead and start a flow of natural gas to Europe a chain of actions detrimental to U.S power in Europe begins. Germany becomes free to act more as a sovereign nation once again free of the threat from America to close the pipeline down. Germany needs that gas, it is not feasible to gain the additional supply it needs from other sources. It needs all that gas in order to close its nuclear power stations and abandon its coal fields.

If Germany completes the process of certification of NordStream 2 the U.S loses leverage without imposing direct sanctions on Germany, something it is loath to do. Germany, with freedom of movement more intact can now put pressure on Ukraine to make good on its Minsk commitments signed up to in 2015. It is also free to acknowledge Russia’s red lines over NATO expansion and its requirement for a security guarantee as part of a new geopolitical security architecture for Europe.

The above all sidelines NATO making it increasingly irrelevant. In this process the USA likewise becomes less influential. The manufactured threat from Russia disappears and the USA no longer has the leverage of old regarding influence and power to sustain its interests in Europe and progressively across the entire globe.

So this time is of existential importance to the USA and UK in particular. Their long rein of empire is fast becoming eclipsed by the rising powers of Eurasia. NordStream 2 will be the first major blow that starts the rot, soon to be followed by others. This is why it is SO important and this is why a so-called ‘Russian Invasion’ must be provoked and reported at the loudest level with the largest headlines possible. In so doing absolutely enormous, unparalleled and irresistible pressure will be put on Germany to ensure NordStream 2 lies dormant forever and the USA can stave off the rise of Eurasia at least a little longer.