{"id":4649,"date":"2022-02-23T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T05:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2024-12-27T16:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:56:24","slug":"latest-on-ukraine-russia-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2022\/02\/23\/latest-on-ukraine-russia-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"236: Latest on Ukraine-Russia Conflict (23 Feb 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Over the past few months, Russia has stationed a large number of troops at the border between itself and Ukraine. This has raised concerns about invasion. Events have escalated in the past 24 hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Muscle flexing for strategic coercion)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Reports suggest a witness saw tanks and other military hardware moving through the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Testing the waters and gradual escalation)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Russia\u2019s President, Vladimir Putin, has said that he plans to sign a decree recognising two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as an independent. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a move that would provide legitimacy for putting Russian boots in two regions of Ukraine).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UNSC assembles<\/span>. In light of Putin\u2019s announcement, the United Nations Security Council convened rapidly at the request of the United States, Britain, and France. Member nations have appealed and pleaded with Russia and asked Putin to step back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(Multilateralism is still alive)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">\u200b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sanctions galore<\/span>. During the UNSC meeting, multiple nations announced plans to sanction Russia, with Britain\u2019s representative saying there would be \u201cfar-reaching economic consequences if Russia doesn\u2019t withdraw.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(Have sanctions deterred in the past?)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Britain. \u201cRussia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine has already begun, so Britain will impose sanctions on Russia,\u201d a senior British minister said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(Quick on the draw, US announcement on sanctions is still awaited)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><u>Bottom Line<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Humans can not stay in peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Multilateralism is still live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333399; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><u>Question<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333399; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Will Russia invade Ukraine?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">What will be China&#8217;s stand?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><u>Suggestions and value additions are most welcome<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For regular updates, please register here<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FLOnRFjnGe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Subscribe&#8221; &#8212; Air Marshal&#039;s Perspective\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/embed\/#?secret=QjqyNqHFme#?secret=FLOnRFjnGe\" data-secret=\"FLOnRFjnGe\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">References and credits<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To all the online news channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Over the past few months, Russia has stationed a large number of troops at the border between itself and Ukraine. This has raised concerns about invasion. Events have escalated in the past 24 hours. 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