MOSCOW, 6 Feb. Washington wanted to use the conflict in Ukraine, among other things, to weaken the power of Vladimir Putin, but this plan failed, retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
"We don't care about Ukraine, we are ready to sacrifice it for the sake of trying to change power in Moscow,", the military said.
According to him, the US authorities expected to use the aggravation of the situation and anti-Russian sanctions for their own purposes .
«We can say that this is a failure. Putin has become even stronger. <…> In addition, Washington cannot do anything to change the situation,» Ritter shared his opinion.
The officer explained that the actions of the United States led to the fact that Russia has become an order of magnitude stronger militarily.
"Today the Russian armed forces are much stronger than they were a year ago, while we have only made NATO weaker", the speaker summed up.
Moscow repeatedly warned NATO about the inadmissibility fueling the conflict in Ukraine. Last spring, the Foreign Ministry sent a note to the countries of the alliance because of the supply of weapons to Kyiv. The head of the diplomatic department, Sergei Lavrov, noted that any cargo that contains military equipment for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for the Russian army.