Why are Russia and Ukraine escalating their war?

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00:00Ever since outgoing and lame-duck POTUS Joe Biden gave Ukraine the green light to fire

00:05U.S.-made long-range missiles deep into Russia territory, a livid Vladimir Putin has ordered

00:11and bragged about his new nuclear Able missiles launched against Ukraine.

00:17And he has warned the United States and NATO alliance about the rehashed Russian nuclear

00:22doctrine, calling for the inclusion of the U.S. in Western nations, siding with Ukraine

00:28as fair game for nuclear weapon strikes.

00:31VOA's Richard Markina gleaned and wrote this report that Elizabeth Chernev narrates.

00:40Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement to the world in November that Russia had fired

00:45a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile at Ukraine raised further questions on why the escalation

00:51is happening only weeks away from the transfer of power in Washington.

00:56General Sergei Karakayev, chief of Russia's strategic missile forces, emphasized the

01:01destructive capabilities of his new missile.

01:04Based on the task set and the range of this weapon, it can reach targets across the entirety

01:09of Europe.

01:10Putin said the Russian missile firing was a response to the outgoing Biden administration's

01:15permission for Ukraine to fire American-supplied missiles deep inside Russia.

01:20He said it was meant to show Russia can strike far into NATO territory if it wants to.

01:25Observers say the missile attacks are part of both Russia and Ukraine's strategy to show

01:30strength and arrive at negotiations on the strongest possible footing.

01:34The Kremlin accuses outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden of sabotaging President-elect Donald

01:40Trump's efforts to broker a quick end to the war, as Trump promised to do during his campaign.

01:46It is an accusation that Russia has made before.

01:51Of course, in 2016, Trump's first weeks in the White House, in terms of his plans for

01:57a normal dialogue with the Russian Federation, were undermined to a large extent.

02:01I don't rule out that this desire to foul up the situation is what we're seeing now.

02:08But some in Washington say Russia is not interested in stopping the war, with or without Donald

02:14Trump in the White House.

02:18This war has already become the new normal for the Russian elite, who want it to continue

02:23because it generates economic growth.

02:27And if it stops, what will happen?

02:29Where will the people who are now in charge go?

02:32In the meantime, a new poll by the Yuri Levada Analytical Center in Moscow suggests Russian

02:38public opinion appears to be shifting in favor of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

02:44Across Russia's border in Ukraine, a recent Gallup poll finds that an average of 52 percent

02:50of Ukrainians surveyed would like to see their country negotiate an end to the conflict as

02:54soon as possible.

02:56If these opinions hold, the field may be open for Trump to push through his plan and get

03:01both sides to negotiate a truce, despite the current escalation.

03:06For Ricardo Marquina, Elizabeth Cherneff, VOA News.

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