Russian senator declares US intentions to inflict political defeat on Moscow: Politics: Russia: Lenta.ru
Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov assesses the statement that the United States is escalating the situation in Ukraine “out of stupidity” and because it misjudges the intentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s plans. He noted in his Telegram-channel that Washington has completely different motives.
According to the Senator, the United States wants to force Russia to retreat from Donbass, and then Crimea, and inflict tangible political defeat on it, as well as provide martial law in the Black Sea and on the country’s territory as a pretext for protecting Ukraine.
“So we are not talking about stupidity, but about the military-political strategy of the United States aimed at increasing pressure on Russia, its further distance from Europe and the actual inclusion of Ukraine in NATO and the military systems of the US alliances. The “stupidity” thesis contradicts the history of all recent American aggression, “Pushkov admits.
As an example, he cited Iraq, which Washington accused of having weapons of mass destruction in order to start a war. And they tried to overthrow the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad not “out of stupidity”, but to replace him with a controlled figure, the senator added.
Pushkov explained that the motives of the US propaganda campaigns are not rooted in a poor understanding of the situation, they have quite clear goals. “Like its strategic bombers, the United States is not at all sent to the borders of Russia out of stupidity, but as an unequivocal demonstration of force,” he concluded.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov called the US approach one-sided, since Washington discusses with Moscow only in the sphere of its interests. America’s attitude has not changed, he said, and Russia is still seen as complementary.