The success of Ukrainian forces in reclaiming swaths of their country brought jubilation, followed by concern over how Vladimir Putin — humiliated, pressured and running out of options — would retaliate. The answer became clearer on Wednesday: the Russian president will mobilise 300,000 reservists to support what he depicts as an existential struggle against the west, and indicated that Russia would try to annex parts of Ukraine through sham referendums. He explicitly raised the prospect of nuclear conflict.
乌克兰军队成功收复了他们国家的大片领土,这让人们欢欣鼓舞,随之而来的是人们对弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)将如何报复的担忧——他受到了羞辱,受到了压力,别无选择。答案在周三变得更加明朗:这位俄罗斯总统将动员30万预备役军人,支持他所描述的与西方的生存斗争,并暗示俄罗斯将试图通过虚假公投吞并乌克兰的部分地区。他明确提出了发生核冲突的可能性。