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2022年2月28日 星期一
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拜登稱美國歐盟不出兵將俄直逼到懸崖死角
俄羅斯雖然在近期的能源價格上漲和與鄰國簽署能源合同獲益近5千億美元,但疫情最嚴重時國際油價是負數,對俄羅斯能源出口打擊很大,現在無非就是平均價格而已。俄羅斯是疫情最嚴重的國家已經失控,加之經濟衰退在國際上長期被打壓,反對派的勢力不斷增強,普京所謂20年還你一個強大的俄羅斯的承諾早已破產,雖然終身執政沒有問題,但是對於國內外的局面難於應付。只要疫情持續俄羅斯的經濟就會持續每況愈下,俄國民眾早就普京執政不滿,經濟下行民生難以為繼必然成為,推翻普京統治的最後導火索,因此挑動民族情緒發動戰爭刺激能源價格就成了唯一選擇。不但有經濟利益而且還能在外交上取得突破,並且可以轉移國內對疫情和經濟不滿的壓力。
應該說歐美忙於應付疫情,近年與“競爭對手”的消耗,挽救本國惡化的經濟,還有惡性通脹上升等因素下自顧不暇。美國又匆忙從中亞撤軍並且將軍力重心,從中東轉到壓太地區,歐洲的軍事力量有所削弱,如此給於普京可趁之機。普京遂發動軍事威脅逼迫歐美簽下不讓烏克蘭加入北約的城下之盟,而且他也料定對方不會出兵直接預。只要軍事威脅持續油價就不可能降下來,不但對能源出口有利而且會使得歐美通脹惡化。如此他就有了與歐美討價還價的籌碼,至少多年的外交突破可以達成。問題是他現在採取軍事行動主動進攻烏克蘭下,北約現在表達不會出兵的情況下,普京成了破壞世界和平的戰爭發動者。他的敵人只有軟弱不堪的烏克蘭,歐美根本就沒有參與,如此就成了獨角戲,威脅烏克蘭可以得到政經利益,但真打了反而威脅解除,無非是斯拉夫人自己的事情。
接下來才是各種麻煩的開始,歐美必定對其採取經濟制裁,能源出口,盧布衝擊,國營企業,金融寡頭,政府高層,科技產品,海外資產等等,各種制裁陸續有來持續不斷,並且毫無疑問會長期化,在國際上更為孤立被邊緣化。況且還要負擔整個烏克蘭惡化的經濟為其買單,在能源出口必定受到限制的情況下難於維繫。俄羅斯對於歐洲無非就是能源出口一張牌而已,並且以遠低於市場的價格出售,但現在的問題是美國可以供應葉岩油,歐洲無非是購買高價油而已,這也是美國多年來夢寐以求的,實際上並不存在能源問題,只是需要一些時間消化罷了。歐洲國家中法國依賴核能,英國可以自給自足,最多就是德國的依賴程度較大,但已經宣佈只要不發生極端惡劣天氣的情況下,該國的儲備能源可以自給相當時間。其他國家的能源供應也可以靠美國解決,而且俄羅斯也不可能單方面中斷歐洲的供應。
接下來是烏克蘭打下來後怎麼辦,再找歐美談判對方未必理睬,戰爭發動者普京“反人類罪”是跑不掉的,此與實際的傷亡人數無關。即便再強調是民族矛盾但畢竟烏克蘭是主權獨立的國家,侵略他國在對方並未主動威脅的情況下後果嚴重。即便打下該國也不要忘記阿富汗的教訓,消耗十年後在歐美支持下最後還是失敗收場。而且阿富汗遊擊隊當時還受到沙特,巴基斯坦和中國的援助,歐美就更不用說了從金錢到武器。普京依靠5千億美元發動中小規模的短期戰爭,非但不能解決問題反而將冷戰後鬆散的北約重啟,現在新冷戰在普京出兵的一刻已經開打,無非是再全方位消耗俄羅斯幾十年。但要知道普京的軍事實力不到前蘇聯的1/20,經濟實力不到鄰國的一個省,甚至比不上小國韓國。除了能源和有限的武器出口一無是處。現在能源被斷掉武器出口受到經濟下滑大幅減少,試問普總如何維持國內的經濟民生。而且盧布被衝擊支持普京的金融寡頭和國營企業被打壓,雖然據稱普京其實是全世界最有錢的領導人,個人身價百千億美金計算但很快會被清算。雖然是聯合國常任理事國有否決權,但歐美的制裁不受影響,即便有鄰國的支持但也受制於經濟衰退,全面為俄國經濟能源買單根本不可能。
侵略烏克蘭對於普京來講既是深思熟路也是一時衝動,歐美稱其16日進攻烏克蘭是欲加之罪,以俄國人的性格索性打了再說是過激行動。俄羅斯傳統上就無視長期戰略利益而自求短期效用,本次侵略烏克蘭亦是如此。打的目的最後還是為了談,現在真打了反而失去談的基礎。現在烏克蘭成了新冷戰的最前線,冷戰後的和平環境被打破,俄羅斯再次成為眾矢之的,不過前東歐盟友都成了其敵人。北約東擴到烏克蘭是到了家門口,但現在烏克蘭人作為敵人就在身邊。普京清除了烏克蘭的親歐盟勢力和軍事實力,很快就會收兵偃旗息鼓然後尋求和談。不過作為侵略者反人類罪犯,估計他今後在國際上日子不會好過,俄羅斯將被世界進一步孤立,內外針對普京的勢力將驟然加劇打壓。普京這次真是失算了,想不到拜登一句美國不出兵,歐盟置之不理俄羅斯失去了真正的敵人。至於烏克蘭即便重回俄羅斯的統治,對於全世界來講也談不上有多大損失!
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Ukraine should take the initiative to "beat the Russian"
CNN pointed out that Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously said that the conflict in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine is characterized as "genocide". Article 356, a criminal investigation into the Ukrainian military's "shelling of civilians" in the Donbas region since 2014, claims that Ukraine "has an apparent intention to wipe out the population of Donbas". In August 2008, Russia also announced that the Georgian government had carried out genocide on the civilians of South Ossetia, and then launched a large-scale military intervention, which made Europe and the United States worried that it would "repeated the old tricks" as a reason to send troops to Ukraine.
The United States said that Russia planned to attack
Ukraine on the 16th. In the end, Putin took the initiative to withdraw troops
and claimed that no military action would be taken, and accused Ukraine of
causing trouble in the conflict area. Even if Ukraine fires some mortar shells,
it is in the domestic area and the number is limited. The purpose of Putin's
voluntary withdrawal is from a military point of view, since the attack plan
has been found to have lost its suddenness, it is natural to withdraw the
troops and re-select the timing. If Russia were to launch an offensive against
Ukraine, there would be no military problem at all.
There are only a few limited ways to attack Ukraine. Occupy the entire territory to support the pro-Russian government; quickly conquer the capital, Kiev, and negotiate with Europe and the United States. Although it cannot be ruled out that Putin’s voluntary withdrawal of troops this time is a secret deal to some extent between Europe and the United States, at most it is to agree to the extension of Ukraine’s original plan to join NATO. Putin's withdrawal of troops now is very beneficial, because the troops can be mobilized to threaten Ukraine at any time. As long as the military pressure is maintained, at least the international oil price remains high, which will benefit Russia's energy exports a lot. The United States is suffering from inflation and rising prices. Oil prices are under great pressure, not to mention the mid-term elections and the worsening of the epidemic.
The negotiations between Putin and Europe and the United States are actually meaningless. At that time, Russia and Germany signed an agreement on non-aggression. In the end, the alliance under the military threat could be torn up at any time. Europe and the United States deal with Russia nothing more than economic sanctions, and Putin is most concerned about the impact on energy exports and the ruble. If military means are really used, a quick solution has already been made, so it is still economical to delay it until now. Threatening Ukraine certainly has political and diplomatic interests, and it is now completely under Putin's control. Ukraine is caught between Europe, the United States and Russia, and it is actually the party whose interests suffer the most. If you join forcefully, you will be invaded. If you don’t join, you will lose the opportunity. If Russia adopts the same method in the future, it will be a long way to go to join EU and NATO.
Objectively speaking, if NATO is directly involved in the military, Russia will not have the ability to fully resist, and NATO must use air superiority to strike. Russia's old ground armored forces and tanks and heavy artillery armored vehicles are also vulnerable. Even if NATO sends a small number of troops directly to Ukraine, Putin will not dare use military means to confront the entire NATO for a long time. South Ossetia, Crimea, etc. are not comparable to Ukraine, because she has larger territory and strategic position are important. If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, NATO’s eastward expansion will be completely stopped. On the contrary, Russia can take the opportunity to directly threaten Poland, which has already begun to deploy strategies Missile defense system, and then other Eastern European ex-Warsaw Pact countries, so the new Cold War has started in full swing. Directly facing Russia and USA’s new "competitors" in recent years, the situation is passive under pressure from both sides.
Europe and the United States now neither want Putin to succeed, nor do they want direct war, and there is no time to mobilize troops. Therefore, it must be a secret compromise to stabilize Putin, and then buy time to strengthen Ukraine's military power. Objectively speaking, a full-scale attack on Russia's military strength cannot afford the long-term military consumption of NATO. The worst position right now is Ukraine. If Europe and the United States continue to compromise under Putin's military threats, Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO will not be possible for a long time, at least during Putin's reign.
Moreover, if NATO agrees to Putin's conditions, it is tantamount to giving up Ukraine and allowing the Russian threat to succeed. Now Ukraine is completely at the mercy of others. If Ukraine thinks about its own destiny, it is better to take military risks to force two sides have a direct conflict. Under the long-term military, political, economic and energy consumption, Putin will be defeated certainly.
2022年2月18日 星期五
烏克蘭想入北约就要主動“狠打俄羅斯一家伙”
美國「有線電視新聞網」(CNN)指出,俄羅斯總統普京先前表示,將發生於烏克蘭東部頓巴斯(Donbass)的衝突定位為「種族滅絕」(genocide),俄羅斯還宣佈已根據其聯邦刑法第356條,針對烏克蘭軍方2014年以來於頓巴斯地區「炮擊平民」一事展開刑事調查,聲稱烏克蘭「明顯有意消滅頓巴斯居民」。俄羅斯在2008年8月時,也曾宣佈喬治亞政府對南奧賽提亞(South Ossetia)平民實施種族滅絕,接著便啟動大規模軍事介入,讓歐美擔心會「故技重施」作為對烏克蘭出兵的理由。
美國稱俄羅斯打算在16日進攻烏克蘭,最後普京主動撤軍聲稱不會採取軍事行動,並且指責烏克蘭在衝突地區製造事端。烏克蘭即便發射些迫擊炮彈,也是在國內地區況且數量有限。普京主動撤軍的目的從軍事上講,既然攻擊計畫已被發現失去突發性,自然是要撤兵重新選擇時機。如果俄羅斯要發動對烏克蘭的進攻,根本不存在軍事上的問題。
打烏克蘭也無非是有限的幾種方式,佔領全境扶持親俄政府;迅速打下首都基輔後與歐美展開談判,否則加大軍事力度可進可退;最後就是直接讓東部獨立。雖然不能排除本次普京主動撤軍是歐美與其達成了某種程度的暗中交易,最多就是答應烏克蘭原定2024年左右加入北約的計畫延期。普京現在撤軍非常有利,因為可以隨時再調動軍隊威脅烏克蘭,只要持續保持軍事壓力,最起碼國際油價居高不下,對俄羅斯能源出口得利很大。美國飽受通脹困物價上漲,石油價格不下來壓力很大,何況還將面對中期選舉和疫情惡化,無暇顧及下不希望發生戰爭。相反對俄羅斯來講如果烏克蘭加入北約,接下來必然是提出對克裡米亞的要求。
普京與歐美的談判其實毫無意義,當年俄德還簽署協議互不侵犯,最後還不是打到你死我活,軍事威脅下的城下之盟隨時可以撕毀。歐美對付俄羅斯的無非是經濟制裁,而普京最顧忌的也是影響能源出口和盧布受到衝擊。真採用軍事手段早就速戰速決了,所以拖到現在還是經濟利益。威脅烏克蘭當然在政治外交上的利益也不小,而且現在完全受普京掌控。烏克蘭處於歐美和俄國的夾縫之下,實際上是利益最受損的一方。強勢加入會被侵略,不加入喪失時機,以後俄羅斯採用同樣手段,則再加入北約遙遙無期了。
客觀上說如果北約直接軍事介入,俄羅斯並沒有能力全面抵抗,況且前者必定利用空中優勢進行打擊,俄國的地面老舊裝甲部隊,坦克重炮裝甲車也是不堪一擊。即便北約派遣少量部隊直接部署烏克蘭讓普京消滅,諒後者也不敢與整個北約長期對抗而採用軍事手段。南奧塞梯,克裡米亞之類並非烏克蘭可比,畢竟後者疆域更大戰略地位重要,如果失去烏克蘭普京得逞,則北約東擴徹底停止,相反俄羅斯可趁機直接威脅波蘭,後者已經開始部署戰略導彈防禦系統,進而就是其他東歐前華約國家,如此新冷戰全面開打了。直接面對俄羅斯和近年的“競爭對手”,兩面受壓下形勢被動。
歐美現在既不想讓普京得逞但也不想直接戰爭,況且在時間上也來不及調動部隊。所以必定是採取暗中妥協的手段穩住普京,然後爭取時間加強烏克蘭的軍事力量。客觀上說真的全面開打俄羅斯的軍事實力,完全不能負擔長期與北約的軍事消耗。現在最不利的就是烏克蘭,如果歐美一味在普京的軍事威脅下不斷妥協讓步,則烏克蘭加入歐盟北約在今後相當長的時期,至少是普京當政期間不可能實現,而且會引發俄羅斯不斷都對其採取強硬軍事手段。
況且北約如答應普京條件,如此等於放棄烏克蘭讓俄羅斯威脅得逞。現在烏克蘭完全是棋子任人擺佈,如果烏克蘭想自己掌握的命運的話,不如採取軍事冒險手段迫使美俄就範,只要採取一定的軍事手段主動攻擊俄軍,最後導致局勢惡化美俄自然會正式攤牌,只要刺激雙方發生軍事衝突,今後的事情可以不管了。
長期軍事政治經濟能源消耗下,俄羅斯普京必敗無疑,如此烏克蘭加入歐盟成,為北約成員國不過是時間問題。所以,現在對烏克蘭來講為徹底解決問題,要堅決採取冒險手段“狠打俄羅斯一傢夥”。