MOSCOW, 12 Mar. If the United States decides to support Ukraine in preparing an offensive in Crimea, it will do so in three ways, retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
«The United States provides help with the transfer of materials, weapons and intelligence needed to plan an attack,» he said.
It will be a so-called American proxy attack, as evidenced by the words of US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland , Ritter explained.
In mid-February, the diplomat named military installations in Crimea as legitimate targets for Ukraine. She also promised that the White House would support the Kiev regime in this direction.
Such statements, according to the military, can be regarded as confirmation that the United States has officially entered into a confrontation in Ukraine. This will only aggravate the already difficult situation, he concluded.
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized, the Kyiv regime's plan to «take back» Crimea will fail.