Since Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the War in Ukraine has lasted over two years now.
It has caused hundreds of thousand casualties and over 8 million Ukrainians
displaced from their homes. As the war is escalating with more advanced weapons from NATO coming to Ukraine, Russian President Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons against
NATO if NATO countries join the war. The world is much closer than ever to a global
nuclear catastrophe.
Now, it's time for people to find a peaceful solution to end this
war in Ukraine before it escalates into a nuclear war.
I. The War in Ukraine
and the Consequence of Nuclear War
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded
Ukraine from North, East and South of Ukraine in the name of "Special
Military Operation" to support the Russian-backed militants in the
breakaway republic of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbas region of Eastern
Ukraine. Its initial goal was to take over Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in a
few weeks and then annex Ukraine into Russia like it was in the Soviet Union
period.
However, Russia did not expect the stiff
resistance from Ukrainians and the strong support from NATO countries. In April
2022, Russian troops retreated from the northern front in Ukraine and focused
its offensive on the southeastern front. Russia captured Kherson in March and Mariupol in May after a destructive siege.
In late 2022, Ukraine launched successful counter-offensives in the south and east.
Russia announced the annexation of four partly-occupied
regions in Southeastern Ukraine. In November, Ukraine retook parts of Kherson Oblast, including Kherson city.
Then both sides went into winter stalemate lasting until the summer 2023.
As of May 2024, Russia took over the
Southeastern part of Ukraine (Red region) while Ukraine took back some formerly
occupied areas by Russia (Blue region). On May 10, 2024, Russian troops began
their new offensive on the Kharkiv region in the northern Ukraine just 30 miles
south of Russia's border. At the same time, the United States has announced $6
billion in military aid for Ukraine
and the US and its NATO allies allowed Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons
to strike Russia across the border.
In the last two years, the US and its
NATO allies did not allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to strike
Russia across the border as they were concerned that would lead Russian President
Putin to escalate the conflict even further. But after Russia launched the new
offensive on Kharkiv with the highly destructive glide bombs firing from inside
Russia, multiple NATO countries have now either partially or completely lifted
their restrictions on their weapons used to strike the military targets inside
Russia.
Russia was furious about this change in
NATO policy and threatened to strike some NATO countries with "a wider European war and potential nuclear catastrophe."
The US and its NATO allies are also preparing to strike back if Russia uses nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine
or NATO countries.
With over 10,000 nuclear warheads existing in the world, mostly in the United States and Russia, a nuclear war could destroy the earth beyond recovery.
If Russia starts nuclear attacks on the major cities in the western world, like New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, etc. it will face
an unprecedented
counter-strike from the United States and its NATO allies. Those major cities of Russia like Moscow and Saint
Petersburg will also be annihilated by the western power. All those splendid Russian cultures
as well as human civilization will be destroyed in the coming nuclear war.
Therefore, it’s time for Russian President Putin and his generals to cool down and think clearly whether it is worthwhile for Russia to sacrifice all its major cities along with the splendid Russian culture and heritage for a measly four eastern states in Ukraine.
As far as we can observe, the earth is the only planet in the universe that has abundant
lives and beautiful natural environment. All the rest of the planets we could observe are all barren land like
the Moon and Mars. The earth is truly a “paradise” in this universe compared to all other barren planets. If the conventional war escalates into nuclear war, the earth could be totally destroyed beyond recovery. Then all the human civilization will be vaporized and all the ambition and greediness for wealth and territories will be meaningless.
Now, it is God’s will to preserve the earth, the masterpiece of God’s creation and the paradise for all children of
God, and the Peace Messiah for the New Millennium will reveal the Divine
Revelation on the peaceful solution to end the war in Ukraine. Anyone who wants to destroy
the earth with nuclear weapons will face eternal condemnation from God even after this life ends.
Now, it's time for people to look back
at the history and causes of this war and find the peaceful solution to end this
war in Ukraine.
