Former US President Donald Trump. File photoWASHINGTON, May 29.Former US President Donald Trump expressed fears that the conflict in Ukraine, due to the current rhetoric and actions of various parties, could end in the complete destruction of this country, the death of millions of people and the Third World War, in his opinion, all efforts should now be directed to negotiations. Since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the United States and Western countries have been providing it with military assistance and have introduced several packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation. In May, US President Joe Biden signed into law $40 billion in military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev previously stated that Russia's arsenal of weapons «cools the ambitions of those who are ready to unleash the Third World War with their own and others' hands, we will not allow such a situation.» According to Trump, Ukraine is now being «destroyed», and the reason for this is «the stupidity of what we say and do.» «You will end up with millions of (lost) lives. You may even end up with World War III. By the way, you could end up with World War III because of the stupidity of what we say, what we do» , he said, speaking at a rally in Wyoming. The ex-US president said that Ukraine was being «exploded to pieces,» and «none of us had ever seen such a number of deaths in the conflict.» «It's a horror and you won't have any winners… They have to get back to the [negotiation] table,» Trump added, noting that the alternative would be «you end up with nothing.» img src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/0342507f665de30c1d8f264ad66abcf3.jpg» />Trump threatened NATO allies not to help them in the event of a conflict with Russia. In his opinion, China is watching what is happening in Ukraine, and what he sees keeps him from attacking Taiwan. The former US president claims that he had conversations with the leaders of China and Russia, whom he allegedly warned against aggressive actions. «I said that we would hit you very hard if you did this. Both of them answered me:» What, really? If they believed 5%, that was enough,» Trump said. He took credit for being the only US president in the 21st century under which Russia did not enter into armed conflicts, while under George W. Bush » they lost Georgia,” under Barack Obama, Crimea, and under Joe Biden, “they lost everything.” 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 bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
