TIGHTENING THE KNOT
What is NATO's
objective for the Kursk incursion and what will be the consequences? The
gallows that will hang Atlanticist ambitions
By Sidney Hey
The 6 August Ukrainian
incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast was more than just a plan by Zelensky's
neo-Nazi junta. Leaving aside the ministerial failures and responsibilities
that are still being investigated in Moscow, it served to expose the undeniable
interference of the US, its British and French colleagues in the violation of
Russian sovereignty.
The Atlanticist
cooperation in this raid represents a strong political gamble, no longer to
prop up a devalued Volodymyr Zelensky in de facto power, but to enhance the
Biden administration's position with a view to raising the electoral hopes of
its Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, in the run-up to the November
elections.
It is clear that it is
neither the senile Joe Biden nor his deputy Kamala Harris who have signed up to
commit American men and resources to this suicidal adventure. This is clearly a
desperate move by the US Establishment, which is determined not to let go of
its ambitions to corner Russia in its plan to conquer the Heartland and, once it
has done so, to go after China (encircling it from the Indo-Pacific).
But despite the
spectacular way in which the media in the West presented this action in the
first few hours and the euphoria of the neo-Nazi junta in Kiev in the first few
days, suddenly and as if it did not matter, all the reports from the ground
were silenced.
First of all, there is
no doubt that this is another Atlanticist provocation to involve Russia in a
regional escalation to complicate Moscow's rule and no doubt Vladimir Putin has
taken note of that. It is definitely the US that is leading these plans and
Brussels is only pushing its vassals in the EU to see them through. From this
perspective, Washington plans to hold the Kursk nuclear plants and pipelines
hostage as a bargaining chip for an immediate ceasefire.
On the military side, the incursion from Sumy of some 12,000 men and a few hundred combat vehicles of all classes (including ‘aussie’ Bushmasters) supported by artillery fire from multiple systems, may have been like plunging a hot knife into butter in the first few hours, but as the days went by they stalled. The explanation for this is still unfolding and corresponds to a response by Russian forces already degrading the invading forces in their vanguard and closing off rear exits.
In this sense, it can
be said that the ground forces are already doing their job. But there is a very
important problem to solve and it has been detected as a central objective of
Kiev, namely to try to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant and cause a
catastrophe on a scale not seen since Chernobyl in 1986 or Fukushima, Japan in
2011. Drone strikes and the positioning of US HIMARS and M270-MLRS artillery
systems targeting that sector could be one of the causes of the Anglo-American
media silence.
It is known that for
the precise launching of these projectiles, their operators are guided by
satellite information provided by the Americans, i.e. NATO, which means that the
presence of NATO personnel on the ground is undeniable.
So far, according to
information from the Russian Defence Ministry, tactical missile strikes against
these US systems have been successful. But while the intruders in Kursk are
being fought, the Ukrainians and their NATO advisers are positioning long-range
weapons systems on the border with Sumy, including British Storm Shadow
missiles, opening up the possibility of a similar attack.
At the same time,
Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporiya nuclear power plant continue, endangering not
only nuclear safety but also the electricity supply to much of Europe.
These situations were
denounced on Saturday 17 August by the Kremlin's foreign affairs spokeswoman
Maria Zakharova, urging international bodies such as the UN and the IAEA to
take action, even though we know of their disgusting bias.
This is also exposing
the lack of scruples and desperation in Washington DC, given that the neo-Nazi
military junta won't lift a finger without their consent and approval. It
appears that the November election is a high stakes Establishment election and
as much as we know that Donald Trump is as much of a phony as any of the
candidates for the presidency, he is too fickle to obey the guidelines that
this underbelly of American politics wants.
There is no doubt that
the reasoning and considerations of those in Washington DC and in particular of
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken are based on a question of geographical
distances and that we could assume that some advisor questioned the
consequences of allowing an attack on nuclear facilities, saying ‘What problem
would the explosion of nuclear power plants in Eurasia represent for us, if we
are very far away from there?
Stupid, isn't it, but
very real.