MOSCOW, 24 Jan. The world should be grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his adequate response to the provocations of the West, said Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter in an interview with the Youtube channel Finian Cunningham.
"World should be grateful that Russia has a mature leader in the person of Vladimir Putin, who adequately responds to these disgusting provocations from the West,» Ritter said.
According to him, Russia's strategy is to respond to the actions of the United States and its allies. America, according to the intelligence officer, in the place of Russia «would have long ago begun bombing the transport hubs of Germany and Poland.»
He also noted that the West will lose one way or another, as it acts extremely «irresponsibly and direct war with Russia. In this conflict, the former intelligence officer said, «Ukraine provides blood, NATO provides equipment.»
Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine since February 24. 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.