Border tensions between Russia and Ukraine has lasted for months. Made a great contribution to central trains have been cut and Russian gas supplies, futures prices six to eight times, continue to rally was lit the energy crisis, the soldiers at the front... Russia and Ukraine tensions sparked a series of chain reaction, the security situation in the global energy increasingly into puzzle, political and economic pattern for a new crisis.

Hot | situation in Ukraine could affect the global energy supply pattern

The border conflict, the situation in Russia and Ukraine

Ukrainian crisis has its long-term problems left over by history, essence is between Russia and western countries represented by America's strategic interests. Conflict between Russia and Ukraine has upgraded, the main fuse is 2019 Ukraine to join NATO and the European union was determined by the amendments to the constitution, of course - according to NATO help system, any member be invaded, the rest all member states will automatically declared war on the aggressors; So if Ukraine to join NATO, will be the United States and the European Union's absolute military protection.

Ukraine in the heart of the Eurasian continent, the geographical position is very important, is that the eu and the cis countries, especially with Russia's geopolitical intersection, can think that it is Russia's "bottom line" strategic contraction and NATO's "strategic expansion of frontier". Founded in 1949, NATO, one of the core objective is to prevent the Soviet union westward, since the collapse of the Soviet union, now the NATO anti-missile system has been set up to Poland and the Baltic states, if Ukraine to join NATO, NATO's missile to Moscow, this is a direct challenge to Russia's bottom line, so the negotiations both sides in the short term it is difficult to reach an agreement, the situation in Ukraine to also fraught with uncertainty.