American intelligence officer described the scenario of the war between Russia and the United States

US Army M1A1 Abrams tanks at the Pabrade training ground, LithuaniaMOSCOW, 6 Feb. Participation in the war against Russia for the sake of Ukraine would be suicidal for the American army, Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, said in an article for RT. Russia. The intelligence officer explained that the bloc would be forced to take the post-Soviet republic under its «umbrella»: deploy air defense forces, combat groups, aviation there. «As soon as this umbrella is created, Ukraine will feel the courage to start a hybrid conflict against what it calls Russian occupation Crimea,” wrote Ritter. In this case, Russia will be forced to respond, which will lead to an armed conflict in which Ukraine will drag the alliance, the officer continued. In support of these words, he cited the recent decision of US President Joe Biden to send about three thousand troops to Eastern Europe against the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis. He also recalled the words of Bob Wark, US Deputy Secretary of Defense under Barack Obama. In 2015, the military stated that NATO would protect the territorial integrity of all members.»As someone who was once trained to fight the Soviet Army, I can testify that a war with Russia will be unlike anything the US military has ever faced.» he continued. The intelligence officer explained that the US army is not organized, the military is poorly trained and not prepared for a hypothetical war with Russia. In addition, American doctrine does not involve participation in a large-scale armed conflict. A conventional war with Russia would lead to an unprecedented defeat for the American army, the officer warned. «In short, it will be a rout,» he stressed. the campaign against Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq has left the US military unable to defeat an equal opponent. The document noted that in addition to poor organization and insufficient equipment, the US military is overly dependent on satellite communications, which, in a collision with Russian electronic warfare, would lead to the destruction of the US military. jpg» />The United States proposed to «surrender» Ukraine and the Baltic states in order to «not anger Russia» «Even if the American armed forces can withstand the Russian enemy (which they cannot), they simply do not have enough numbers to survive in any long battle or campaign,» — Ritter continued. He explained that the sluggish military campaign in the Middle East has accustomed the US military to hothouse conditions, when helicopters fly out to help the wounded, and a hospital is set up near the battlefield. In the event of a large-scale conflict, all this will not happen, the intelligence officer emphasized. In addition, the US Air Force, accustomed to easily achievable air supremacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, is also waiting for defeat. This is impossible in a conflict with Russia, given its air defense forces and combat aircraft. Thus, the US ground forces will be without air support, Ritter warned. «In any war with Russia, US troops will be destroyed in large numbers,» he wrote. />In the United States, the true reason for refusing to go to war with Russia over Ukraine was revealed The officer explained that in the war with the USSR, the Americans could take in numbers, but now this is impossible: Russian artillery will simply not allow the enemy to approach their positions. Even if the Americans can win the battle against the infantry, they will have nothing to oppose the Russian tank formations. will happen if the US and NATO try to tie the “sacred obligation” of Article 5 of the NATO Charter to Ukraine. In short, this is suicide,” Ritter summed up. pure water»: in Poland they were afraid of a war with Russia In Russia, such allegations have been refuted more than once. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out, the armed forces are moving within the territory of the state — this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Moscow stressed that statements about «Russian aggression» are being used as a pretext for building up NATO contingents in the border regions. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin called the stuff about the «invasion» malicious propaganda of the US State Department. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, stressed that Russia has never threatened the Ukrainian people.