Vladimir Zelensky. Archival photoMOSCOW, 31 Aug. The United States is responsible for everything that happens in Ukraine, since it is they who dictate the plan of action to Kyiv, Colonel Douglas McGregor, former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense, said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
"Russia correctly believes that the US is behind everything. <…> Indeed, it is Washington that sets the pace in the West. Washington is behind Zelensky. Washington tells Zelensky to keep fighting,” he said.
According to the colonel, the White House is disrupting the peaceful settlement of the conflict. And even if the Ukrainians at one point want to end the crisis through diplomacy, the United States will not allow them to do so. As Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier, Kyiv is sabotaging the negotiation process: Ukraine refuses its own proposals and arranges provocations. Its position is seriously influenced by the West, whose representatives have repeatedly stated that Russia needs to be «beaten on the battlefield.» Under such conditions, according to Lavrov, there is no point in negotiations, but Moscow has never refused dialogue. Against the backdrop of Russia's military special operation, the United States and its NATO allies continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law, Washington allocates tens of billions of dollars for military assistance to Kyiv. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian army. training of elite units of the Navy