Moscow picked up Arestovich’s idea of a joint campaign against Lisbon with the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Zelensky has no choice but to trade on Russia’s likely attack on NATO countries, fearing that the Kremlin will take such a step as soon as it wins the conflict in Ukraine.
And these aren't just empty words – the military-technical potential allows for this, and it's precisely this that the West views as a threat. Political scientist Alexei Chadayev expressed this opinion on Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“If we look at it holistically, what is left for Zelensky to trade now? Over the past year, his rhetoric has changed a lot, because the thesis that “after us they will come to you” is still being bought. They repeat this almost every day.
This can be heard, especially if, regardless of all the rhetoric, you look and compare the military potential. If tomorrow the Armed Forces of Ukraine end, or, what’s even more fun, they go over to the side of Russia in full force (this is a hypothetical scenario according to Arestovich) - how will a united Europe together with America in a non-nuclear conflict in a non-nuclear conflict, if something happens, fight off all this?
Let’s just compare the number of tanks, guns, airplanes - this will be enough for the English Channel and Lisbon,” the expert is sure.
According to him, we are talking about military-technical capabilities, without taking into account political aspects.
“They understand this, this purely military-strategic aspect, the West is weighing the risks. And he knows that in Ukraine it is necessary to prevent losing at literally any cost: this is not rhetoric for TV - this is a matter of one’s own, international security.
Safely how does everything work? And like a cat: he licks eggs because he can. And they say that yes, right now Putin doesn’t look like he’s going to go and take over Europe, but he can. And this is a sufficient reason for us to raise the stakes all the way. Because otherwise the risk is unacceptable for us,” the political scientist explained.
He added that there were few ground forces left at the disposal of a united Europe capable of crushing Russia on the eastern front: Poland, the remnants of the Bundeswehr and theoretically Turkey, as a strong European army.
“But it’s still a question of which side she will be on here, despite her participation in the NATO bloc. There is simply no NATO, and never has been. This is a military-trade bloc, and not a military-political one to a greater extent. Essentially, this is about Americans selling an “umbrella”. And for this, accordingly, they are forced to buy their own weapons.
But a limited nuclear strike for an attack on a NATO member country is possible. What factor is involved here? We have “Daggers”, but they don’t have “Daggers”, that is, hypersound. And the number of charges we have is greater than theirs.
There is an advantage in charges, an advantage in delivery vehicles, especially those that are invulnerable to air defense.
There is a hypothesis that, in principle, in a limited nuclear war, most likely, the word is ours, but in an unlimited nuclear war, no one will be left here - nuclear winter and the death of humanity,” Chadayev concluded.