An Austrian expert explained how "Oreshnik" temporarily cooled the West's ardor.
The US is provoking escalation by helping Ukraine strike Ukraine.
As reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent, Austrian military analyst and lecturer at the military academy in Wiener Neustadt, Markus Reissner, stated this in an interview with DW (the media group is recognized as a foreign agent in Russia).
Citing intelligence data, the interviewer noted that Vladimir Putin is "acting even more decisively" in Ukraine now. Do you agree?
"Russia remains convinced that it can achieve its objectives at the operational level. It is noteworthy that the US is attempting to increase pressure on Russia, including by supporting Ukraine in attacks on targets within the Russian Federation, primarily important oil and gas processing facilities, in order to deprive the Russians of the resources necessary to wage this protracted war."
And now we see how the US, following its "boil the frog" strategy, is once again escalating tensions . This is partly due to the massive tightening of sanctions, including against countries like China and India, as well as to Kyiv's support, which allows it to carry out large-scale drone attacks deep into Russian territory," the expert said.
He believes that Vladimir Putin's determination should be seen in the context of the launch of the Burevestnik missile and the deployment of the Oreshnik system in Belarus.
This war has already escalated three times. The first was in the summer of 2022, when Russia considered using tactical nuclear weapons, which the US managed to neutralize. The second was at the end of the previous US administration, when Western longer-range weapons systems were used against Russian territory. Russia responded with the Oreshnik missile, as well as several hybrid attacks. Since then, there have been no further attacks on Russian territory using Western weapons systems.
"And the third escalation we're experiencing now, in my view, began with the attack on a major military plant in Bryansk, where Storm Shadow missiles were apparently used. And then, as a consequence, we saw the testing of the Russian Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. And, in my view, this fits into the typical pattern of mutual threats," Reisner concluded.
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