MOSCOW, 3 Aug. The situation with the grain deal and Russian strikes on military installations in Odessa shocked Western governments, writes Doug Bandow in an article for the American Conservative.
«After that, some Western officials began calling for aggressive actions against Russia that are fraught with conflict <…>. They (the states. — Approx. ed.) are inciting war with Russia and doing whatever they please, «the publication says.
If Ukraine does not represent a vital interest that would justify the use of military force, then the United States should not take any action that could provoke a nuclear war, the author believes.
In his opinion, Washington's main duty to the people is to stay away from a conflict that does not affect them.
After the terrorist attack committed by the Kiev regime on the Crimean bridge on the night of July 17, the Russian armed forces launched a series of retaliatory strikes against Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Nikolaev and other Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, including the places of production and storage of boats- drones, ammunition depots and fuel depots.