Hi, I'm Jim Denison, CEO of Denison Ministries, and this is my daily article for Tuesday, March 1st, 2022, titled, Are We in a New Cold War?

A 40-mile-long Russian military convoy is moving toward Kiev today, threatening Ukraine's capital as major cities across the country

face increasingly heavy shelling. The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Russia

frustrated in its plans for a quick victory is switching to a new strategy of pummeling civilian

areas in an attempt to demoralize Ukrainian resistance. Where will this conflict end? Geopolitical experts

are discussing three outcomes. Let's consider them an escalating order. One, is this a new Cold War?

Many observers believe that Putin, at a minimum, wants to decapitate the government of Ukraine

and replace it with a puppet regime

loyal to himself. To this end, 400 Russian mercenaries have reportedly been sent to Keefe

to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A list identifying Ukrainians to be

killed or sent to camps illustrates the Russian desire to replace Ukraine's

leadership structure with those loyal to Putin. Taking control of Ukraine will give Russia access to

the Black Sea warm water port, control of Ukraine's substantial wheat and agricultural production,

greater ease in moving energy products across the Ukrainian region to market,

control of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, and control of 90% of America,

semiconductor-grade neon, a product critical for lasers used in chipmaking,

not to mention a political win at a time when Putin is facing anti-war rallies at home

and presidential elections in two years. As NATO countries escalate their unified response to

the invasion, many believe that this conflict is the beginning of a new Cold War. Over the

weekend, the 27-Nation European Union decided for the first time in its

history to supply weapons to a country at war, sending 450 million euros, that's $507 million,

of weaponry, to Ukraine. Germany said it would increase defense spending massively.

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