On May 2, 2022 [[Japan]]ese mercenaries were reported to have been recruited by Ukraine to kill for money.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/9sZCBYPFowOC/</ref>
On May 2, 2022 [[Japan]]ese mercenaries were reported to have been recruited by Ukraine to kill for money.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/9sZCBYPFowOC/</ref>
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===Defeat in Ukraine===
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After undermining European strategic stability by gradually moving its forces closer to Russia's borders, [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] exerted decisive influence over [[Ukraine]] following a [[coup d'état]] in 2014. The aim was to bring the country into the Euro-Atlantic orbit by accelerating its militarization, in defiance of [[Moscow]]'s repeated red lines.
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After Russia launched its '[[special military operation]]' in February 2022, the [[United States]] responded by providing massive [[military]], [[financial]] and [[political]] support to [[Kiev]]. This [[strategy]] was accompanied by the most severe international sanctions ever imposed, mobilizing the [[G7]] in an attempt to destabilize the world's third largest [[geopolitical]] power.
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Despite the scale of these measures, the [[war of attrition]] between Russia and NATO, with Ukraine caught in the middle, inexorably turned to Moscow's advantage, due to its superiority in human, logistical and industrial resources.
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The United States went so far as to [[sabotage]] major [[energy]] [[infrastructure]] linking Russia to [[Germany]] — the [[Nord Stream pipeline]]. This is the largest [[terrorist]] act on [[Europe]]an soil since [[World War II]]. These pipelines belonged to both the Russian state and European partners, i.e. NATO members. The act undermined trust within the alliance.