By Elizabeth Chukwuma
More facts have emerged why the North American country of the United States,US, and its allies are not yet ready to enter into the Ukraine and war, described as the biggest attack by Russia on a European state since after the WWII, which has entered its 10th day .
This is because Ukraine which had been targeted by the 30 –member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, in 2008, has not joined the Organisation like Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia Lithunia and Estonia, all former allies of the Russian Federation and to forestall a widespread of the war to other European countries.
Many believe that if Ukraine had joined the Organisation, in 2008, when it was invited, it would have given an opportunity for the US and its allies which could have cashed in on’’ the Collective Security binding members to deploy its missiles and offensive weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia’’. The Collective Security agreement had made it mandatory for all NATO countries‘’ to come to the defense of any member nation ’’if it finds itself under attack’’.
Jens Stoltenberg, an Army General and NATO Secretary General had said that they are aware of the sufferings of the people of Ukraine in hands of Russia Forces but will not’’ to move into Ukraine, neither are they on ground nor in the Ukrainian air space’’ to fight Russia.
The NATO Secretary General had made it clear to those that cares to listen that the only reason member-countries could enter into the Ukraine war will be’’ if a NATO Plane was shot down by Russia’’ . Even Biden, the US, President had said in his recent state of the nation’s address to Congress that the US forces which are going to Europe‘ to fight in Ukraine but ‘’to defend NATO countries including Poland, Romania, Latvia, Lithunia and Estonia in the event that Putin decides to keep moving west’’.
He may have confirmed the news making the rounds that ‘’the US and its allies are providing support to the Ukrainian s in their fight for Freedom, military assistance, economic and humanitarian going by his Statement. Given an insider information he had revealed that’’ the US has given more than a billion dollars direct assistance to Ukraine and will continue to do so’’. This may have informed why the Ukrainians are FIGHTING back with courage the Russian forces who are counting their loses.
Although, the NATO countries are not happy that Russia forces had bombed Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, noting that Putin is ‘’taking his reign of terror a step further’’ which was enough reason to enter the war but had failed to do so.
The Leadership of the UN, International Atomic Agency , IAEA, were said to have put their incident and Emergency Centre in full 24/7, response mode, ‘’ due to the serious situation ‘’ unfolding at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant site in Ukraine which had sent fears to the world Capitals.
Despite not being involved in the Ukrainian crisis, Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State stressed that NATO member countries will’’ do everything within their power to stop the war’’’. As a prlude to ending the war, the US and its allies have refused on Friday, March 4, 2022, ‘’to police a no-fly zone in Ukraine , warning that such a move could provoke widespread war in Europe with nuclear power, Russia. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukraine President did not find this funny.
Zelensky, who is not happy with NATO for refusing ‘’to impose no –fly zone over Ukraine, had said that that if the Organisation had taken the decision, it would have untied Russia’s hand as it escalates its attack from the air using ‘’ cluster bombs and other offensive weapons’’.
Biden had informed Americans that they have no cause to worry about the Ukraine war because in the coming few days, weeks and months, with the biting economic sanctions from the 27 member countries of the European Union, EU, including countries like UK, Canada, Japan Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and many more, the country’s $630 billion war funds will be worthless as it will be hard on them to fight. He had attributed it to the fact that that the west has chocking Russia’s access to technology that will sap the country’s economic strength and weaken its military for years to come’’ due to the Ukraine crisis.
The US President may have shocked Americans in his state of the nation address when he revealed that the Russian rubble had currently lost 30% of its value while the Russia stock market lost 40% , as trading remains suspended which was not good for the economy. According to him the’’ Russian economy is reeling and Putin alone is the one to blame’’.
The Russian President, appears to be making efforts to reconcile with neighboring countries, by telling that ‘’there are no hard intentions towards any one of them’’, urging the countries not ‘’to introduce any restrictions’’ to Russia. He was said to have assured the neighbouring countries who are sympathetic to Ukraine that Russia will ’’fulfill it obligations and will continue to fulfill them’’, stressing that the attacks on Ukraine was due to their unfriendly actions against the Russia Federations.
The Ukrainian Leadership may have known that Putin, the Russian President is not in hurry to end the war that he has taken the bold initiative to drag Russia to the International Court of Justice, ICJ., a United Nations, UN, Court, based in Hague, to seek emergency measures that will force Putin, to suspend the Special military operations in his country and embrace peace in order to end the sufferings of the people and prevent further loss of lives. President Zelenskyy of Ukraine may have taken the case to the ICJ, for an interpretation of a 1948 treaty on the prevention of genocide that was said to have been signed by Russia and Ukraine.
There are indications that Russia’s attack on Ukraine has created over one million refugees, confirming what Pastor Enock Adeboye , the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian of God, RCCG, had said on January 1, 2022, during the Church Holy Ghost service, in Nigeria, that there will be too many refuges in the world . He may not have had in mind that Russia will attack Ukraine which will create the refuge problem.
The inability of MANY countries to evacuate their citizens, who are mostly students from Ukraine due to the intense fighting in the countr , may have informed why Russian Representatives had informed the UN, Security Council, that the country is ready at the crossing points to go into the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Sumy ‘’to evacuate , at least some 500 India students and other foreign nationals who are stranded, amidst the raging conflict in the East European country. The Nigerian may not have been one of such countries that could not evacuate its citizens from the war-torn Ukraine.
Engaging he services of Air Peace, the Nigerian government had evacuated 183 evacuees, who were said to have landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Feral Capital Territory, FCT, on Friday, March 4, 2022, comprising of 180 adults and three children, on Friday, March 4, 2022. It was the second of such major evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine by the government. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sources had said that there are over 5,000 Nigerians mostly students, studying in Ukraine who had been trapped in the crisis. Note that the first batch of the Nigerian evacuees numbering 416, had arrived the country through Romania, one of the Ukraine neighbouring countries to Ukraines, on board Max Air.
While many countries are still making effort to evacuate their citizens from the war-torn Ukraine, Elon Musk , the US, multi-billionaire owner of Space X, who was said to have been under pressure from the Ukrainian government including the US and its allies ‘’to block Russian News sources’’. He may have been disappointed them as he had said that it could only be done at ‘’gunpoint’’ , meaning that he will not do it.
Describing himself as a ‘’free speech absolutist’’, who must not be seen as going contrary to his business philosophy, the US, software, business mogul fears that its Starlink could be targeted in Ukraine by Russia forces if he bows to pressure to block the country News sources.
Indeed, the refusal of the US multi-illionaire Space X owner to block Russia News sources may have encouraged the Ukrainian Authorities, to engage the services of its volunteer’’hacker ‘’corps’’ to hack into Russian website The volunteer workers , according to informed sources, use the ’’software tools that let Smartphones and Computer owners anywhere ‘’to participate in distributing denial-service attacks on official Russian websites, block information, let people report Russia troops Locations and offer instructions on assembling Molotov cocktails and First aid’’.
Many see the Ukrainian Leadership resorts to the use the services
of its hundreds of –strong hacker Corps to hack into Russia websites as another phase of the Ukrainian crisis which may lead to an unexpected end.
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