A Ukrainian soldier. File photoMOSCOW, April 11US policy did not allow to solve the Ukrainian crisis and became the reason for the Russian special operation on the territory of the country, businessman David Sachs, whose speech was published by the publication, said at a conference of the American Conservative magazine. He indicated that he publicly and by consistently insisting on Kyiv's right to join NATO, the US had no real intention of accepting the former Soviet republic into the alliance. At the same time, Washington ignored the position of Moscow, for which Ukraine's entry into NATO was a «red line» on the issue of security.
"We have refused to fulfill the longest and most important demand of the Russians, although we privately admitted to Ukraine that we were not going to fulfill it. <…> We refused <…> to make a concession that is largely meaningless to us, but of paramount importance to them", Sachs said.
An expert expressed doubts about the diplomatic abilities of State Department employees, since in the past two decades the United States has resolved international issues in primarily by military means. He also called US policy on Ukraine incompetent.
"The State Department failed by not doing everything possible to prevent Russia's special operation in Ukraine", Sacks said.
At the same time, the entrepreneur added that American diplomats should have understood Russia's fears due to NATO expansion. He recalled the huge military potential of the alliance and its participation in the conflicts in the Balkans and Libya. EU»The United States itself was prepared to risk a nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union over offensive weapons stationed 90 miles from our coasts in 1962, but we view similar Russian concerns as madness or bluff,» Sachs added. Russia began military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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.» The armed forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops.
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