As the West increases its military support for Ukraine, concerns are growing in Russia. The „red lines” drawn by Putin have become less important.

MOSCOW – It wasn’t even that long ago Vladimir Putin It spoke of “red lines” after the outbreak of the Ukrainian war, threatened the West, and thus managed to undermine support for Ukraine – and with initial success. But those days are over. The West, especially the USA and Germany, are supplying the president’s war-torn country Zelensky Not only relief supplies and ammunition, but also weapons and tanks. The responses that Russia has long feared have so far remained primarily verbal.

Russia is concerned about the West’s aggression: „Do not wake sleeping dogs”

But while experts have not ruled out a tactical nuclear strike, part of the Western world has been speculating for some time that Putin knows neither negotiations nor appeasement, but only the word of the strongest matters to the 71-year-old. The truth is that the collective West has now understood this fact, which we also observe in Russia – with concern.

“While the finally awakened Western “eagles” are spreading their wings and sharpening their claws, our indigenous “hawks” are quickly turning into fearsome canaries. But the songs of peace they sing will no longer interest anyone. The terms for ending the war are determined only by the eagles. “It is not for nothing that they say: “Don’t wake sleeping dogs,” is how a popular Russian military blogger put it cable.

The fear of the “Awakening Eagle” comes at a time when the United States and its allies are allowing the Ukrainian army to use Western weapons against targets in Russia. At a time when Ukraine is about to receive its first F16 fighter aircraft.

Criticism of Russia’s behavior in the war – State television warns of Ukrainian attacks

However, the panic is spreading not only behind closed doors, such as on social media, but even on Russian state television. This is how publicist Olga Skabeeva reacted Russia -1„60 Minutes” responded to the reports by showing a map of the areas Ukraine could now attack with Western weapons. Focus: US ATACMS missiles, which are already causing a headache for Putin in Crimea, as well as US-made HIMARS artillery systems and the “Storm Shadow” and “Scalp” missiles jointly produced by France and Britain. An excerpt of the program is circulating on the X website.

But while Russian propaganda swears that the eventual victor of the war must now “raise the stakes,” Washington has so far only allowed Kiev to use weapons on Russian soil on a limited basis. A US government representative told The Guardian that this only applies to counter-strikes defending the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv German News Agency with. According to information received from Berlin, the use of German weapons is also affected by this regulation.

Because of this development, the Kremlin can no longer rely on the “frightened” Schulz, he wrote aloud. Bavarian Radio (BR) Well-known Kremlin visitor cable. One can even now notice a „touch of panic” in Putin’s government. Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz found clear words about rearmament: “Today we see more clearly than ever how important it is to have a European and German defense industry that can continuously produce all important types of weapons and ammunition needed,” the SPD said. Politician at the opening of the International Air Show (ILA) in Berlin. Politicians in Germany „gave the industry too wide a leeway in the past.” But that’s over now: „The Russian attack on Ukraine, which violates international law, has presented Germany with a new reality in the field of security policy.”

A Russian official comments on bleak expectations regarding Ukraine: The buffer zone plan is a “farce”

the R He also quotes a “Russian commentator” as follows: “Now they are afraid. No one wants to talk to them. It is not even about strategic stability, as Vladimir Putin recently said. This is despite all the nuclear threats, and the sole purpose of these threats is to start a normal dialogue with the West. Putin has illusions that the new West is “aggressive and assertive.”

There were also unusually frank words from officials. The former head of the Russian Space Agency and the current representative of the annexed regions of Ukraine, Dmitry Rogozin, criticized this matter. R About the „large quantities of obsolete weapons” supplied by the Russian defense industry. Now even those who deal with the Kremlin can do so Viktor OrbánThe Prime Minister of Hungary can no longer stop the „train with Brussels train drivers”.

Rogozin also spoke clearly about the aggressive Kharkov offensive launched by the Russians: “It should be noted that our offensive in the Kharkov region has already been stopped and the whole idea of ​​\u200b\u200bcreating a kind of buffer zone is turning into a farce.” With their new rules, the Ukrainians will soon begin creating “such a buffer zone” according to their own standards. (nack)