World peace is people’s eternal wish. No one wants to ignite smoke, and no one wants to shed blood and sacrifice. However, netizens on the Internet generally do not sympathize with Ukraine in this battle between Russia and Ukraine. It supports Russia on the grounds that Ukraine is overestimating its capabilities and does not deserve sympathy.

The relationship between Ukraine and Russia is very special. The two major Soviet Union countries were originally as close as brothers. Even after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, after the two countries became independent, they were like two brothers separated. Fenqing maintains a friendly relationship.

But all this changed completely after the color revolution broke out in Ukraine at the end of 2013. After the chaos, the Ukrainian pro-Russian government stepped down and was replaced by the pro-American opposition.

According to the past experience of small countries sandwiched between two major countries or two major power groups, no matter who is in charge of Ukraine at this time, whether it is pro-American or pro-Russian, it should adopt a relatively neutral attitude, at least not too obvious. A policy that favors one party can avoid offending the other party. After all, no party can afford to offend it, but Ukraine does not.

In order to express its sincerity to NATO led by the United States, Ukraine has adopted a radical pro-American and anti-Russian stance, and has fully turned against Russia in the fields of diplomacy, economy, military, etc., and has begun to attack the eastern Russia-Ukraine border and other areas. The pressure exerted by pro-Russian regions led to a fierce confrontation between Russia and Ukraine in order to maintain the last strategic buffer. Finally, in 2014, a fierce conflict broke out between the Ukrainian army and the militias in the eastern region.

The outcome of the conflict was shocking. The Ukrainian army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. The autonomous Crimean Republic in the east broke away from Ukraine and joined Russia. Subsequently, the two sides continued to fight in eastern Ukraine until Now that the Ukrainian army has regained its strength, and with the support of the United States and other NATO countries, it has once again assembled a large army and rushed to the eastern region. This time Russia and Ukraine are fighting again, and it is still unclear who will win.

Putin wants to use strength to reconstruct the European order

If we say that the "Iron Curtain" constructed by the Yalta system in Europe after World War II is from Szczecin on the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea Trist, then NATO's eastward expansion after the disintegration of the Soviet Union actually pushed the European Iron Curtain eastward, and now it has been forced to Russia's doorstep. Therefore, Putin couldn't bear it anymore. Even if he couldn't bring the Iron Curtain back to its original position, he was bound to tear apart a corner of the Iron Curtain.

Putin said: “For eight long years, we have tried our best to mediate the situation through peaceful political means, but all to no avail. For the United States and its allies, this is the so-called policy of containing Russia. It is an undisputed geopolitical dividend, and for our country, this is ultimately a matter of life and death.”

In Putin’s view, peace may be the priority to defend national interests, but strength is always international. A passport to political order. He chose Ukraine as the breakthrough point for reshaping the European order.

As early as 2008, Putin declared to then US President George W. Bush: "You have to understand, George, Ukraine is not even a country." And Putin's two recent speeches have given him In his eyes, Ukraine has written its "epitaph" for having "become a colony with a puppet regime." In Putin's view, only by completing the demilitarization of Ukraine can Ukraine be qualified to sit down and talk with Russia.

The international order respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. At the same time, the Ukrainian issue has complex and special historical merits. The European security mechanism is supposed to be "balanced, effective and sustainable". Putin wants to seize the opportunity, fight back, and rewrite the ineffective, unreasonable, and unsustainable European order imposed on Russia by the United States and the West.