"Is Russia facing NATO? "The worst-case scenario that will bring war clouds to World War III" [Y Record]

■ Host: Park Seok-won Anchor
■ Starring: Jeong Dae-jin, Professor of Wonju Halla University

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◇Anchor> President Zelenskyy analyzed that he may have become impatient after President-elect Trump's election, and Trump claimed that the war could be ended within 24 hours of taking office. What kind of end-of-war scenario does Trump have in his head now?

◆ Jeong Dae-jin> If you look at the previous scenario, there are two things. One is to unilaterally stop supporting and withdraw. Discontinue all support from Ukraine. It actually has the same effect as withdrawal. If that happens, the problem now is not only Ukraine and Russia's relationship, but also the relationship between the U.S. and Europe and the Atlantic. So NATO and its EU allies are going to have to face Russia without the support of the United States. So what Russia and NATO face is actually a very disturbing situation in terms of the world order. Maybe it's the worst-case scenario that can bring about even World War III's war clouds, and there's a scenario for such a one-sided withdrawal, and it's possible during the campaign period to say that we'll finish it within 24 hours or within 48 hours. But he said he'd finish it quickly. In that sense, perhaps we should press for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Then, Russia occupies about 20 percent of Ukraine's territory, and it's likely that it's going to be a way to ask President Zelensky to accept it. So it's not about restoring territory, but about acknowledging the current situation and giving additional support to Ukraine, so we're going to have a ceasefire at this point, and Russia is happy with this 20% occupation and they're going to have a ceasefire, and there's a strong possibility that it's going to be this way anyway.

◇Anchor> Wouldn't there be a situation where the fighting becomes even more intense if someone intervenes and tells them to stop here about the end of the war?

◆Jung Dae-jin > That's right. And if we end up with what we call the phenomenon, which is that the occupation of territory up to this day is the actual territory in the armistice agreement, we're going to have a much more intense battle. During the Korean War, we also went up a lot north toward the East Sea Front. Wasn't there a fierce battle during the ceasefire negotiations? That's actually what's happening in the Kursk region.



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: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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