MOSCOW, 19 Jan. Faith in Ukraine's ability to defeat Russia and «reclaim» Crimea will result in the collapse of this «rudimentary state,» said Brandon Weichert, a researcher at the Eurasian Research and Analysis Institute, in an article for American Greatness.
“Despite what hardliners in Kyiv and Washington say about the need to return Crimea and completely expel Russians from eastern Ukraine, in fact this is a deep delusion that will lead to the death of many innocent people and will probably end in the complete collapse of the “rudimentary democratic «Ukrainian state centered in Kyiv,» he wrote.
NATO, Weichert stated, does not allow Kyiv to even consider a truce with Moscow, while at the same time denying Ukraine the tanks it claims it badly needs.
«Instead of dragging the Ukrainians along to escalation, why not help the West to end the fighting while there is still some Ukraine left?» he asked.
At the same time, the author of the article warned that if Ukraine were defeated, the existence of NATO would be called into question, and Europe would be split. «Moreover, the United States will be completely ousted from Europe and suffer another humiliating defeat on the world stage,» Weichert concluded.
Earlier, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes said that the defeat of Ukraine would lead to global economic and geopolitical consequences for the West. Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter, in turn, noted that the West supports the victory of Ukraine 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.»
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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