A senior official of the Russian military, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, expressed concern that the ongoing tensions in Ukraine could potentially lead to a full-blown European war. He stated that the chances of Russia being pulled into another conflict are growing remarkably.
As the head of the Military Academy of Russia’s General Staff, Zarudnitsky voiced these concerns in an article for the defence publication, “Military Thought”, according to the state-run RIA news agency’s report on Thursday.
He mentioned the potential amplification of the Ukraine crisis, with ‘proxy forces’ potentially transforming it into a large-scale European war, cannot be disregarded. According to him, the principal threat to Russia’s national security is derived from the anti-Russian policies pursued by the U.S and its partners, who are engaging in a novel form of hybrid warfare aimed at weakening Russia’s strength, undermining its sovereignty and shattering its territorial integrity.
Zarudnitsky’s views are shared at a time when Western nations are hustling to aid Ukraine with additional arms and funding in the face of Kyiv’s unsuccessful counterattack last summer and Russia reasserting control on the battlefield.
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Highlighting that the likelihood of a deliberate ploy to entangle Russia in fresh military conflicts is substantially rising, he further defended Putin’s deployment of troops into Ukraine in February 2022 as a unique military exercise aimed at protecting Russia against an ever-opposing U.S.-backed Ukrainian government. Conversely, Kyiv maintains it’s protecting itself against a colonial-war designed to obliterate its national identity.
Furthermore, Zarudnitsky recommended several changes in Russia’s military and security approach, including a greater focus on relying on allied nations for ensuring Russia’s security and unifying the Russian society around defence requirements.
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