MOSCOW, 19 Oct. Western countries, by increasing the volume of financial and military assistance to Kyiv, are driving themselves into a strategic impasse with indefinite obligations to Ukraine and the absence of a plan to end the crisis, Asia Times writes.According to the author of the article, NATO and the EU have not been able to harm Russia with economic sanctions “Given the fact that the ruble exchange rate after the start of hostilities, on the contrary, strengthened, and Europe’s dependence on Russia increases with the coming winter, Moscow cannot consider the West’s joint response tough,” the publication says. At the same time, as noted in the article , The West is trying to «mask» its failure as reliably as possible. The Germans called the condition for the end of the special operation in Ukraine «This misfire is masked by a series of visits by Western leaders to Kyiv to pay tribute to the courage of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The visits do not affect the course of the confrontation, but Ukraine is portrayed as a triumphant,» the publication stated. author, for Moscow, the reaction of NATO and the EU countries to the special operation and the constant expansion of the alliance to the East was a demonstration of the hostile attitude of the West and its historical unwillingness to recognize Russia's security interests. «It is necessary to reduce the degree of tension between Russia and Ukraine with the participation of China and the United States in order to create diplomatic space for dialogue,» the observer concluded. After the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. This has led to the fact that the population of European countries has already faced a significant rise in the price of food, fuel and electricity, and the authorities had to introduce savings measures. :00China is finishing off Europe
