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一 |     Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, offers his views on the West's motivation to provide continued financial and military assistance to Ukraine, the reasons why the US and EU are choosing to fuel the hostilities instead of encouraging Kiev to negotiate, and reflects on how long Ukraine's beneficiaries in the West will be able to afford such expenses.,Sputnik: The European Union on Wednesday moved to pour additional 500 million euros into Ukraine's military. In a statement on Twitter, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that EU states remain "focused and steadfast" in their support of Kiev. What goals are the US and EU pursuing by pouring more money into the Ukrainian military?,Scott Ritter: The hope is to transform the conflict that is ongoing in Ukraine as a result of the Russian special military operation into a protracted conflict that can lead to a stalemate that would result in significant Russian costs, both in terms of manpower and military equipment, but also financial costs, and thereby weaken Russia. Ultimately what they are visualizing would be a Ukraine strong enough to evict Russia from its borders.,It's not possible, this is fantasy in the extreme, but it's politically inspired fantasy, meaning that the United States and its European allies have invested so much political capital into propping up the Ukrainian military and the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian economy that even though most sound analysts understand that not only is Ukraine losing the conflict, but they can never win the conflict. Politically, Western politicians cannot divorce themselves from these policies. So in order to maintain a public perception at home of the chance of a Ukrainian victory, they will continue to squander the wealth of their respective nations.,Sputnik: Why are Western states prolonging the hostilities despite the growing discontent of their populations with economic problems?,Scott Ritter: There's an old saying in the United States that I believe translates into most politics: “when you're explaining, you're losing.” And right now, these politicians would have to explain to their constituents why they were wrong about Ukraine, why they were wrong about Russia. And especially here in the United States, we're dealing with the lead-up to very critical midterm elections. No politician wants to be explaining anything to anybody. They want to be shaping perceptions that build upon past performances. This is all about domestic politics. This has nothing to do with reality.,Sputnik: How dangerous is the decision to provide Ukraine with fighter jets?,Scott Ritter: This is just a fantasy. The people coming up with this apparently are not pilots. They've watched, perhaps, one too many Top Gun movies, and they think that you could just take a pilot, put him or her into any airframe, and have that airframe perform viably in combat situations. Any effort to take a Ukrainian pilot and put that Ukrainian pilot into an American or European fighter with minimal training and then have that fighter employed in combat operations in Ukraine against the Russian Air Force would 100% of the time end up with the Western fighter jet being shot down.,I don't mean to be rude here, but this is a very stupid idea. But we're talking about politics, not sound policy. So it sounds good for a politician to be telling his or her constituents that we are providing the Ukrainians with the best equipment possible to include the top of the line fighter aircraft. What they really should be saying is we are guaranteeing that every Ukrainian pilot we train will die at the hands of the Russian Air Force, because that's what the ultimate outcome will be.,Russia's Special Operation in UkraineUS, Allies Weigh Possibility of Training Ukrainian Pilots20 July, 16:55 GMT,The thing about, especially American, generals is that they are political animals. They didn't get that fourth star necessarily because of their military competence. They got it because they impressed a politician with their political acumen. And so what we have is a general playing politics, a general who is saying what the politicians want to hear. And that's not what his role is. His role is to provide sound military assessment, military advice to the politicians.,But if an American military officer did that today, they couldn't agree with anything that the Biden administration or the US Congress was seeking to do in Ukraine, and therefore they would never get promoted. They would never get a good job. I don't like to denigrate serving military officers, but this is a political decision, not a military decision, even though the man making it wears a military uniform.,Sputnik: Can the West collectively really afford such spending now, at a time of harsh polarization and soaring prices?,Scott Ritter: No, they can't afford it. And we have some nations that are starting to realize this. The German defense minister, who is very hawkish against Russia, has acknowledged that Germany simply has no more weapons to give and they're not in a position to build new weapons. They're worrying about other economic realities. The same holds true with the United States.,US, UK Want to Turn Russia Against Europe by Supplying Ukraine With Weapons, Lavrov Tells Sputnik20 July, 08:51 GMT,At some point time in time, we are going to run out of materiel to give to Ukraine. I read somewhere that with all the HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems we're providing to Ukraine, we're also providing Ukraine with one third of the ammunition stockpiles for the HIMARS, meaning that we, the United States, only have two thirds of our ammunition stores available if we had to go to war, which means we will run out of ammunition.,This is insane, literally insane to be sacrificing the national security of the United States or of a European nation so that politicians can look and sound good for the next couple of weeks. But it will not change the equation on the battlefield in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Army is in an impossible situation. They literally cannot recover from the debacle that has befallen them.,Russia's Special Operation in UkraineScoop: NATO Doesn’t Trust Ukraine With HIMARS, Operating Advanced Artillery Themselves, Source Says21 July, 10:07 GMT,The sad thing is that Ukrainian leaders are buying into the fiction provided by the West of if they just get more weapons, they can successfully defend against Russia. This means that more Ukrainian soldiers are going to die, more Russian soldiers are going to die, and tragically, more Ukrainian civilians are going to suffer.,Sputnik: Leaders of the Group of Seven recently pledged to stand with Ukraine "for as long as it takes." How feasible is this pledge?,Scott Ritter: When the Group of Seven made that, one of the leaders was a guy named Boris Johnson. He's not the leader anymore. The other guy was a gentleman whose last name was Draghi. He's not the leader anymore. I think as the summer and the winter come along, more and more of these leaders are going to be removed from office because it's an unsustainable policy. Politicians have a proclivity for saying things that have no basis in reality. It's very inexpensive for a politician to say "we are going to support you forever.",WorldG7 States Pledge to Provide Ukraine With Military, Diplomatic Aid for as Long as Needed28 June, 11:25 GMT,Forever in what sense? Boris Johnson is not supporting them forever – he's out of power. Draghi is not supporting them forever – he's out of power. And just about everybody who was on that stage at the G7 meeting will be out of power. Suddenly, we have a whole new definition of what "forever" means. It means “not now, not anymore.”。

二 |     　　8月21日电 据中国人民银行网站消息，为打击非法买卖人民币的活动，维护人民币信誉，保护消费者合法权益，促进货币文化活动健康发展，根据《中华人民共和国人民币管理条例》及《国务院办公厅关于禁止非法买卖人民币的通知》(国办发明电〔1997〕28号)，中国人民银行、市场监管总局联合发布公告。公告具体内容如下：　　一、禁止任何单位和个人买卖人民币，以下情形除外：　　(一)经中国人民银行公告停止流通的人民币，自停止流通之日起可以买卖。

三 | 　　(二)纪念币可以买卖。纪念币包括普通纪念币和贵金属纪念币，普通纪念币包括纪念硬币和纪念钞。普通纪念币在面向公众兑换前不得以任何方式进行买卖。　　(三)中国人民银行规定的其他情形。　　二、买卖纪念币、停止流通的人民币，应当遵守市场监督管理和人民币管理相关法律法规，遵循诚实、守信、自愿、公平原则，销售信息必须真实、准确，不得进行虚假宣传，不得夸大收益、对未来收益作出保证性承诺、明示或者暗示保收益无风险等，不得通过买卖人民币从事洗钱活动、开展非法集资等非法金融活动，或为其提供便利。　　三、装帧纪念币、停止流通的人民币，应当标注装帧单位名称。未经中国人民银行授权，不得在生产、销售中使用中国人民银行行名、标识、行长签名等。

四 | 　　四、制作纪念章、纪念券、纪念金等工艺品，不得使用中国人民银行行名和货币单位，不得在销售过程中误导消费者认为此类商品是人民币或者销售方为中国人民银行，不得使用中国人民银行及其工作人员等名义进行宣传。　　五、非法买卖流通人民币，由市场监督管理部门和其他有关行政执法部门依照《中华人民共和国人民币管理条例》第四十三条等规定给予处罚。

五 | 非法买卖人民币涉嫌欺诈、诈骗的，依情节轻重由相关部门依法追究法律责任。　　六、中国人民银行分支机构会同当地市场监督管理部门按《国务院办公厅关于禁止非法买卖人民币的通知》和本公告要求，对当地买卖人民币活动进行清理整顿。

六 | 对网络交易平台内买卖人民币活动的清理整顿，按照市场监督管理部门关于网络交易平台违法行为管辖权的有关规定，由平台内经营者实际经营地或平台经营者住所地中国人民银行分支机构及县级以上市场监督管理部门负责。　　七、银行业金融机构及其从业人员违反国家法律、法规，利用职务工作之便支持、参与人民币的非法买卖活动的，依法依规予以处理。

七 | 　　八、买卖外国货币和港、澳、台等地区货币，涉嫌违法违规的，按照外汇管理规定给予处理。

八 | 　　九、本公告由中国人民银行会同国家市场监督管理总局负责解释。　　十、本公告自2026年9月1日起施行。中国人民银行、国家工商行政管理局《关于贯彻落实〈国务院办公厅关于禁止非法买卖人民币的通知〉的通知》(银发〔1997〕399号)和《中国人民银行 国家工商行政管理总局公告》(〔2016〕第14号)同时废止。

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