MOSCOW, 18 Jan. Retired U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter spoke on YouTube channel Dialogue Works about Ukraine's «unfortunate» misconception. Ukraine, its people and soldiers,» the expert said.
The West, according to Ritter, supports Ukraine's victory only in words, without providing the necessary resources. The reason is that «Ukraine, by definition, cannot defeat Russia,» but the West «continues to fool Kyiv,» he said. The European Union also only pays lip service to Ukraine's entry, but in fact it will never absorb a non-functioning economy. Even if the country is once restored, it will still never become part of the collective West, the retired officer added.
«Ukraine's situation is desperate, the time for games is long gone. dragged in and leads to failure. And Ukrainians continue to die in the hope of a miracle,» Ritter concluded.
Earlier, retired senior American diplomat Chas Freeman said that the United States is waging an undeclared war with Russia in Ukraine in order to maintain its hegemony in the world . The United States will fight Russia «to the last Ukrainian,» he said.
From February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine. The United States and the European Union, in turn, allocated billions of dollars for armaments for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly noted that the West is seeking to prolong the conflict. As emphasized in the Ministry of Defense, warehouses with foreign ammunition will become legitimate targets for the Russian Aerospace Forces in the neighboring republic.
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