US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby. File photoWASHINGTON, May 20The United States does not want to see an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and takes these risks into account when providing Kyiv with new military assistance, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Friday. «No one wants to see that this war has gone on for at least one more day, and certainly no one wants to see it escalate… We do not believe that the escalation will benefit the interests of the Ukrainian people, the region and ours too,» Kirby said during a regular briefing.
Senator Paul: US will have to borrow money from China to help UkraineAccording to him, the US constantly monitors the risks of escalation of the Ukrainian conflict and takes them into account, including during the transfer Kyiv another tranche of assistance in the field of security. «It would be irresponsible on our part not to do this,» the Pentagon spokesman said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
