UKRAINE CONFLICT AN INTERNATIONAL FAILURE..

UKRAINE CONFLICT.. AN INTERNATIONAL FAILURE

DR k prabhakar Rao

   The way Russia has invaded it's neighbour without caring for world opinion speaks tonnes and tonnes. China which is a bully state and a bossom friend of RUSSIA   can always copy Russian actions. in the present Russian conflict world powers are not risking a major action by military intervention physically.They have supplied arms and ammunition to ukraine and washed hands.  Now, things are rather fait accompli. Same situation can be foreseen for expected Chinese action in taiwan and Indian areas that are being contested By china   in case china follows Russian path to settle it's disputes. Chinas  proxy wars and destabilising actions in Punjab , Nagaland  AND naxal movements in Indian states like telangana  AP, jharkhand and chattisgad, part of orissa and maharashtra   states can be a great threat  to india.  On the other hand  , there  are ample persons in India  who want India to disintegrate  we know that Nehru former  pm erred greatly believing china in fifties  and rubbed  shoulders with china saying hindi chini bhaii bhai. He had a clouded vision about chinese motives. in the present context ukraine is a weak country and has no nuclear  weapons. RUSSIA THUS BOLDLY STEPPED IN. corollary is that in present times  to ward off powerful enemies it is essential to have nuclear weapons. UKRAINE EARLIER GAVE UP ITS NUCLEAR  WEAPONS  expecting protection. It never came. War has already crossed 15 days and Russia is still struggling to conquer ukraine. ukraine reportedly

Is puttingnup stiff fight. 

in fact RUSSIA is much worked up with expansion ofNATO and it has been warning USA AGAINST IT. but west has been relentlessly pursuing it's expansion of NATO. Thus US WAR HEADS  have been getting close and closer to Russian soil. with ukraine getting into fold of NATO  the last line has been crossed and RUSSIA decided to strike as last resort. 

 Some one said  ..war is curse to  humanity and war should be avoided at all costs.This is a good sermon. No doubt. No one wants war that causes devastation of men and materials, economy and peace. But what happens when it is forced on you. Example is on going war between Russia  and ukraine. As stated by some, this  WAR is really between RUSSIA   and nato nations and ukraine   is a victim. Different versions  are being discussed all over. Fact  is that  war was forced on a far  less powerful  nation.  As per sermon, what can ukraine do in these circumstances. it has to display stiff spine. The expectations that nato countries wi

ll  involve with men and materials  did not materialise. Nato played safe. They supplied arms ammunition etc and washed  hands off. Of course they built up negative propaganda against Russia successfully.   

Now ukraine is resisting boldly.  Every one expected that ukraine will be a walk over for Russia. However situation appears to be different. Some critics have written that RUSSIA willingly is, delaying capture of ukraine  such that least damage is done to ukraines army equipment, men materials. Infrastructure   agricultural resources etc so that the captured nation will not be a liability  to them. Realities are not clear. in show  of power Russia is displaying nuclear power too. 

 Thus, we see that noble sermons to avoid  war  at all costs does not really become a feasibility. Many wars in past were fought  to protect honor and they went down in battle field to last man and did not surrender. These are  related to passions in human beings.. 

I must quote the war between bobbili kings army in AP state and armies of vjayaramaraja aided by gen bussey of French forces and hyder jung of hyderabad nizams army  in 1757.the war was forced on bobbili and fully knowing that bobbili army was too small, they fought  to last man in battle field  and they vanished into folklore, 

Sermons are good to  preach but almost impossible to practice  in reality. We in India fought four major  wars and a kargil war. We are also fighting war against  terrorism by Pakistan since 1989  with no end result. do we want to fight this war. Surely no. it is forced on us. 

it is high time the war is put to end and settle issues amicably and prevent human suffering. UNO and security Council have utterly failed in its duties and it is time to  find a new effective organization.