US President Joe Biden arrives for the EU-US Summit in Brussels, BelgiumMOSCOW, Feb 19 >U.S. President Joe Biden's statements about an unsubstantiated Russian threat, as well as provoking Kiev, are fueling tensions in Europe and could «end in an unnecessary war,» writes military expert Jordan Prescott in The American Conservative. «The Crimean War has gone down in history as one of the most senseless wars. 
The French were horrified after Biden's new words about UkraineAccording to Prescott, the 19th-century war between Turkey, the West and Russia could have been ended diplomatically, without leading to mortal battles in Crimea. Western allies failed to establish cooperation and find common interests, he said. The war claimed the lives of a huge number of people, but did not bring victory to either Turkey or Europe. According to the analyst, the modern Western alliance may not be able to withstand the escalation of the conflict with Russia and split, as many European capitals link business cooperation with Moscow. In his latest video message, the American the president said that Russia allegedly «will try to attack Ukraine in the coming days», but did not provide any evidence of such intentions.The West counts Russia's defeat due to non-appearance for the warThe Crimean War of 1853-1856, or the Eastern War — a war between the Russian Empire on the one hand and a coalition of the British, French, Ottoman Empires and the Kingdom of Sardinia — on the other. This week the situation on the line Contact in Donbass has seriously escalated — Kiev ignores the agreements reached earlier, has concentrated most of the army on the border with the DPR and LPR, and regularly fires at the militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment. Because of this, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republics began the evacuation of women, children and the elderly to the Rostov region, and also announced a general mobilization. The conflict in eastern Ukraine has been going on for eight years, during which time, according to the UN, more than 13 thousand people have become its victims, about 44,000 more were affected. De-escalation is being discussed at a contact group meeting in the Belarusian capital. The Minsk agreements are taken as a basis, which provide for a constitutional reform, a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Tensions in the Donbass are being fueled by the United States and other NATO countries, which are pumping weapons into Ukraine and sending military instructors there. Moscow has repeatedly called for a halt in the supply of weapons, as this could provoke Kiev into military adventures. Ivannikov
