Go to media bankKyivMOSCOW, 24 Oct. The goals of Washington and Kyiv in the Ukrainian conflict are fundamentally different, such an opinion was expressed by former White House communications director, political observer Patrick Buchanan in an article for The American Conservative. For Vladimir Zelensky, the publication notes, Crimea and Donbass are sovereign territories, the return of which justifies the emerging conflict with Russia. However, the United States has never had a vital interest in those in power in Kiev. Throughout the 19th and almost the entire 20th century, Ukraine, Buchanan recalls, was part of the Russian Empire or the USSR and was ruled from Moscow. And this situation did not pose any problem for the United States, located eight thousand kilometers from Ukraine. For Washington, the main issue in the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation is not who will exercise control over Crimea and Donbass, but that the United States should not be embroiled in a war with Russia that could escalate into a worldwide nuclear Armageddon. 10/dab3af83372126a20f4ae12005d88082.jpg» />The Kyiv regime is preparing a provocation with a «dirty bomb» in Ukraine And although Kyiv is not a member of NATO, the United States turns out to be the main financier and «gunsmith» of Ukraine in its military conflict with Russia over Crimea and Donbass. Thus, Washington's vital interest is to prevent a US war with Russia, which possesses nuclear weapons, may soon come into conflict with the strategic military goals of Ukraine. The more the United States supports Ukraine, the more it moves away from achieving its own goals, Buchanan concludes. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. Against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine, the United States and its NATO allies are tirelessly pumping weapons into the Kyiv regime, allocating tens of billions of dollars for this. Moscow, in turn, 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.The West has ceased to be afraid of a nuclear apocalypse In September, President Vladimir Putin, in an address to the Russians, said that the West had crossed every line in its anti-Russian policy, as well as constant threats against Russia. According to him, the West used nuclear blackmail, the use of weapons of mass destruction against Moscow. He reminded the West that Russia is superior in a number of components to foreign military equipment, and warned those trying to blackmail with nuclear weapons that the wind rose could turn in their direction. Scenarios in which Russia could theoretically use nuclear weapons are set out in the Russian military doctrine and nuclear deterrence policy. According to the documents, this is possible in the event of aggression against Russia or its allies with the use of weapons of mass destruction or aggression with the use of conventional weapons, when the existence of the state itself is threatened. >
