The world is undergoing a major geopolitical shift from a unipolar world to a multi-polar world.
The Unipolar Rules-based World Order centered on global US hegemony and its orbit of vassal countries is under threat by the rise of multipolarism as represented by BRICS+ and its growing economic might.
The February 24, 2022, Russian Special Military Operation against NATO expansion into Ukraine represents a major confrontation between unipolar and multi-polar forces.
Russia through a sustained war of attrition has worn down the Ukrainian Proxy forces in terms of combat capability and by extension reduced significantly the military supply capability of Ukraine's Western handlers.
The recent fall of Avdeevka, a Ukrainian stronghold dating back to the 2014 Maidan coup, represents a turning point in this Proxy War in Russia's favour.
NATO and by extension US neocons neoliberals are in panic mode.
The panic is displayed by French President Macron saying NATO troop deployments in Ukraine are on the table, and Germany has deceptively been aiding Ukraine in the destruction of Russian infrastructure and arms depots, and the US Secretary of Defense Austin warns of a NATO direct confrontation with Russia.
Putin responded by warning that a NATO Russian direct military confrontation in Ukraine will increase the risk for a global nuclear war.
Added to these developments, France and Canada have committed allegedly non-combat troops to Ukraine, thus adding to the escalation and potential for direct conflict. (It should be noted Western military personnel have been operating in Ukraine since at least 2014, and the CIA and MI6 have been working with the Ukraine Security Service on a campaign of terrorism and assassination, including targeted assassination of Russian journalists and attacks on the Kerch Bridge. Recently, the New York Times revealed that the CIA has 12 bases along the Ukrainian Russian border.
NATO, a military arm of the unipolar order, is apparently banking on that the Russian military will not attack NATO troops in Ukraine. According to these military analysts, NATO is making a grave error: Russia will "obliterate" any NATO troops:
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The French and Canadian authorities are actively recruiting with new advertisement campaigns. (See attached documents.) France is even calling the situation a "new cold war".
The reality is that Ukrainian soldiers have been used as canon fodder in this geopolitical proxy war. The same fate seems destined for any NATO troops.
The response of NATO and by extension the US neocons neoliberals to attacks by Russia on NATO troops in Ukraine will determine whether or not a Nuclear War occurs.