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End the war: On Russia-Ukraine conflict

Russia has the primary responsibility (ज़िम्मेदारी) to push for a peaceful settlement with Ukraine

The battle for Severodonetsk, the easternmost part of the Donbas where the Ukrainian forces still have defensive positions, has entered the final phase with Russian troops (बड़ी संख्या में स्थानांतरित करना) destroying all bridges over the Donets river linking the city with its sister city, Lysychansk. The Russians now have more than 80% control of the industrial city, with the remaining Ukrainian troops trapped without supplies. If Russia takes control of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, the entire Luhansk Oblast will be in its hands, allowing it to march towards Kramatorsk, the last industrial city in the Donbas still with Ukraine. In recent weeks, Ukrainian troops have taken heavy losses with Russian forces blasting (विस्फोट, धमाका) their way into Severodonetsk using artillery (तोपखाना) fire. Officials in Kyiv have said that up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed every day and troops are running out of shells and ammunition. While these public statements have been in part to push western allies to ramp up weapons supplies, they also draw a bleak (निराशाजनक, सूना) picture of the situation in the east. Despite (विरोध) their brave resistance (प्रतिरोध) in the north and northeast, which forced Russia to retreat (वापसी, आश्रय, शरण, निर्जन स्थान) from around Kyiv and Kharkiv, the Ukrainians never stood a chance to push the Russians back in the Donbas.

The West’s strategy has been two-fold. It has sent money and weapons to Ukraine to help it resist Russian aggression and slapped biting sanctions (प्रतिबंध) on Moscow to make the war economically painful. While arming Ukraine has certainly slowed down Russia’s advances (with heavy losses across the battlefronts (युद्ध-भूमि)), it has failed to stop the Russian war machine. Russia has taken most of the key cities in the east and south, including Mariupol, Berdyansk and Kherson, and Severodonetsk could be the next. The economic sanctions have had a mixed result. Sanctions have hit Russia hard and its economy is expected to contract by 8.5% this year. But, at the same time, it has continued to reap a windfall (अप्रत्याशित, छप्पर-फाड़-आय) from high oil and gas prices, while, on the other side, soaring (बढ़ना, बहुत वृद्धि होना ) inflation has hit the global economy. And Ukraine’s economy, needless to say, faces collapse. As the ‘weapons and sanctions’ approach has been unsuccessful in its objectives, other options should also be explored to end the war. Between the maximalist (अधिकतमवादी, महिष्टवादी, अपनी सर्वोच्च माँग पर डटा रहनेवाला व्यक्ति) positions taken by Russia and the U.S., France, Germany and Turkey have maintained some lines of communication with Moscow and Kyiv. These countries should push both sides for talks and try to revive new proposals where all sides get something and lose something in return for peace. Ending the conflict (To come into the disagreement) is an imperative (अनिवार्य, आदेशात्मक, आत्यावश्यक, आज्ञार्थक) not just for Ukraine but also for the world that has been battered (Subjected to physical violence persistently by a close relative living on the same premises) by high prices of everything, from food to fuel. Russia, whose invasion (आक्रमण, हमला, चढ़ाई, धावा) has pushed the world to the brink of a devastating security and economic crisis (A situation that has reached a critical phase), has the primary responsibility to end this war through a political settlement.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Responsibility (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - ज़िम्मेदारी
English Meaning - The state of being responsible.

2.Troop (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - बड़ी संख्या में स्थानांतरित करना
English Meaning - To move in large numbers.

3.Blast (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - विस्फोट, धमाका
English Meaning - A loud sudden noise.

4.Artillery (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - तोपखाना
English Meaning - The branch of an army concerned with the use of weapons.

5.Sanction (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिबंध
English Meaning - Authoritative permission for action.

6.Bleak (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - निराशाजनक, सूना
English Meaning - Of ann area of land - lacking vegetation and exposed to elements.

7.Despite (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - विरोध
English Meaning - The feeling of despising someone or insulting.

8.Retreat (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - वापसी, आश्रय, शरण, निर्जन स्थान
English Meaning - The forced withdrawal of an army before an enemy.

9.Resistance (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिरोध
English Meaning - The opposition offered by one thing to another.

10.Battlefronts (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - युद्ध-भूमि
English Meaning - The area of a battlefield where troops fight.

11.Windfall (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - अप्रत्याशित, छप्पर-फाड़-आय
English Meaning - An unexpected gain.

12.Soar (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - बढ़ना, बहुत वृद्धि होना
English Meaning - To rise or increase in value or price.

13.Invasion (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - आक्रमण, हमला, चढ़ाई, धावा
English Meaning - An instance of the entrance to take possession.

14.Maximalist (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - अधिकतमवादी, महिष्टवादी, अपनी सर्वोच्च माँग पर डटा रहनेवाला व्यक्ति
English Meaning - A person who favours a radical or immediate and direct approach to achieve the completion of a program.

15.Imperative (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अनिवार्य, आदेशात्मक, आत्यावश्यक, आज्ञार्थक
English Meaning - Absolutely Unavoidable avoided.

16.Ally (Verb)

English Meaning - combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

17.Conflict (Verb)

English Meaning - To come into the disagreement.

18.Battered (Adjective)

English Meaning - Subjected to physical violence persistently by a close relative living on the same premises.

19.Crisis (Noun)

English Meaning - A situation that has reached a critical phase.