Ukrainian militaryMOSCOW, 7 Mar. While China is calling for a reduction in tensions and a peaceful resolution of the crisis over Ukraine, the United States continues to «add fuel to the fire and distribute knives,» Liu Jun, head of the Shanghai Scientific Society for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said in an article for the Global Times. “It was the United States, with the expansion of NATO to the east and increasing pressure on Russia, that most of all contributed to the aggravation of the Ukrainian crisis to such an extent,” the political scientist noted. The situation began to worsen after Joe Biden came to power with intentions to rally the transatlantic bloc and the alliance, the expert drew attention. also accused the US and NATO of using Ukraine's desire to join their ranks to support its confrontation with Russia.What they fought for: sanctions will leave Europe without a harvest. In addition, according to Liu Jun, Western media often refer to certain intelligence officers and informed sources in order to disseminate unverified information «with a serious face», passing it off as exclusives, he explained.According to the analyst, people who provide such information pursue political goals and fabricate fakes in order to influence public opinion in countries with different values and ideologies. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response, the West imposed new anti-Russian sanctions. In particular, several of the largest banks, including Sberbank and VTB, fell under them. The European Union, the USA, Canada and a number of other countries have closed the skies for Russian aircraft. A number of state-owned companies found it difficult to attract foreign capital. Sanctions have been imposed on the supply of high-tech products to Russia.
