President Trump has stated that he will end the war in Ukraine through negotiations as soon as he takes office. Hopefully, nothing drastic will change in the next month and a half. However, that may be a vain hope.
On November 23, Breitbart reported:
Moscow’s ambassador to Britain asserted that the United Kingdom is now “directly involved” in the war in Ukraine after Kyiv used British-made Storm Shadow long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.
In the wake of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden’s reported decision to allow Ukraine to use American long-range ballistic missiles to attack the Russian interior, London was seemingly quick to follow suit, with reports this week that Kyiv used UK-made Storm Shadows to hit targets in the Kursk region of Russia, where Ukrainian forces waged a surprise counter-invasion over the summer.
…Meanwhile, Russia unveiled what it is describing as a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) dubbed Oreshnik, striking Ukrainian targets in Dnipro on Thursday.
Mr Putin claimed that the use of the weapon was justified following Ukraine’s deployment of British Storm Shadows and U.S. ATACMS long-range missiles to strike within Russia, saying: “The regional conflict in Ukraine has acquired elements of a global character.”
According to Russian state media, the Oreshnik is designed to travel at Mach 10 (7,600 miles/12,200km per hour) or around ten times the speed of sound. Kyiv has claimed that the missile that struck Dnipro actually hit speeds of Mach 11.
Russia has asserted that the IRBM is difficult to intercept because of its hypersonic capability, with Putin claiming: “There are no means of counteracting Oreshnik-type complexes in the world.”
We need a skilled negotiator to come in and end this war before it goes nuclear. President Trump understands financial leverage (the Biden administration does not seem to grasp that concept) and knows how to use it. If American floods the world oil market, Russia can no longer afford to fight the war in Ukraine and Iran can no longer afford to fund terrorism. That is the joy of ‘drill, baby, drill.’ It will not only help America with its budget deficit, it will lower the cost of fuel for Americans and bring down inflation. The sunrise begins on January 20, 2025. Our long winter will be ending.