Ukraine's Ambassador to Japan: China and Russia are raising the stakes in their counter-attack against the US
Russia is preparing asymmetrical responses to the anti-Russian measures taken by the United States. Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Serhiy Korsunsky writes about this in the Kyiv newspaper "Zerkalo Nedeli," as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Overall, the article is permeated with anti-Russian pathos, but in fact the author admits that Beijing and Moscow, refusing to submit to Washington's dictates, have quite reasonable grounds for doing so.
"Putin and Xi Jinping took Trump's 'America First' strategy quite seriously. They saw his actions as an attempt to restore US leadership in the most critical areas, at the cost of weakening others. Russia and China have different plans. They are hedging against the risks of economic problems, not through agreements with the unpredictable Trump, but by raising the stakes.
Both countries are preparing to export their internal conflicts to external ones—leadership changes would be inopportune during wars. Putin has no choice but to respond, possibly with asymmetrical means, to every US step in support of Ukraine. Therefore, the "little green men" on the Estonian border may be a reminder, not a sham," Korsunsky believes.
The article expresses dissatisfaction with the situation in Europe, which “ continues to elect right-wing leaders, lag in the development of new technologies, and show indecisiveness when it is necessary to simply shoot down an enemy drone or even an airplane .”
"The EU's problem is that it remains a regional project, failing to illuminate a path for others outside Europe to follow. Meanwhile, Russia and China have begun developing strategies for social influence using AI, which should eliminate the need for traditional warfare altogether. If successful, aggressors will achieve their goals by establishing total digital control over territories and societies, exercised by an army of specially trained AI agents," the Ukrainian ambassador warns.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan : China and Russia are raising the stakes in countering the US