{"id":15862,"date":"2022-06-12T07:03:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T07:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/drawing-red-lines-on-ukraine"},"modified":"2022-06-12T08:13:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:13:45","slug":"drawing-red-lines-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/drawing-red-lines-on-ukraine","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Red Lines on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>How is Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine going to end? Will Ukraine win, and how do we define a Ukrainian victory? Will Russia prevail, and if so, what will it have gained? Is there any hope for a negotiated settlement?<\/p>\n

In June 2021 just prior to the NATO summit, President Putin said the West will not be allowed to cross Russia\u2019s \u201cred lines\u201d\u2014and if it does, Russia will respond \u201charshly, quickly and asymmetrically.<\/p>\n

\u201d But what red lines? Essentially, that Ukraine must not be allowed a path to NATO membership. The US and European NATO countries ignored this declaration of Putin\u2019s red lines.<\/p>\n

They repeated the mantra that application for membership in NATO is a decision for each country to make and for all NATO members to agree. In November 2021, Putin warned NATO against deploying its troops and weapons to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Once more, he said this was a red line for Russia and would trigger a strong response. Putin complained that NATO\u2019s expansion to the east threatens Russia\u2019s core security interests.<\/p>\n

And he lamented that NATO missiles deployed from Ukrainian territory could reach Moscow in five minutes. \u201cThe emergence of such threats represents a red line for us,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that it will not get to that and common sense and responsibility for their own countries and the global community will eventually prevail.<\/p>\n

\u201d Repeating his frequent brags, he said that Russia\u2019s development of new hypersonic weapons was a response to these growing threats.<\/p>\n

As Russia\u2019s buildup of troops along the Ukrainian border presaged an invasion, President Biden threatened that Russia would face swift and severe costs if it invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n

As we know, Biden had two conversations with Putin during which he threatened the imposition of severe sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine and that he also stated publicly that a \u201cminor incursion\u201d would not invite such sanctions and that the US would not send its troops into Ukraine or engage Russia\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n

These were more highlights with a yellow marker than red lines drawn by a President. Now, it is four and one-half months into Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, and we are back to talking about red lines.<\/p>\n

About ten days ago, the anchor on a Russian TV channel known to broadcast the Kremlin\u2019s propaganda, warned that if the US were to supply Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) \u201cthey will clearly be crossing a red line and we would have witnessed an attempt to provoke a very harsh response from Russia.<\/p>\n

Putting aside either a case of poor translation from Russian to English, and also putting aside Russian paranoia about President Biden\u2019s intentions, it is clear that Biden has striven to avoid confrontation with Putin.<\/p>\n

But perhaps therein lies the problem. As President Zelensky calls for more offensive weapons to defend his country, Putin escalates the bombing and shelling. The US and NATO, while professing support for Ukraine, play the reluctant savior. Meanwhile, Ukraine is being pummeled and destroyed, bit by bit.<\/p>\n

President Biden says that the United States does not plan to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles for potential damage to Russian territory: \u201cI will not send anything that can be used to shell Russia,\u201d Biden said when asked if he planned to send long-range missiles to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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