“Our partners”, as the Russian president calls the countries of the West with a fair amount of sarcasm, have been and remain our geopolitical rivals and enemies.

And in this list, the United States, without a doubt, occupies the first place.

That is why any American personalities on the diplomatic front are of particular importance: they can be used to judge how Washington sees the prospects for relations with Moscow.

Judging by the candidacy of the new US ambassador to Ukraine, these relations will definitely not be cloudless.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the appointment of General Keith Dayton as Ambassador to Ukraine.

After the decision is approved by the upper house of the Congress, Dayton will be able to fly to Kiev.

Ukrainian politicians are already expressing enthusiasm for the new appointment, as the 71-year-old general is an expert on Russia.

There is no reason to believe that he has friendly feelings for our country.

Ruslan Bortnik, head of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics, says, “Keith Dayton is a major expert in modern electronic, military and political methods of confronting Russia.

Moscow should expect tougher work by the US structures in Ukraine in relation to Russian interests. "

The American has a wide network of contacts in Ukrainian politics, since hundreds of Ukrainian citizens have been trained in the American-German Marshall Center * he heads.

Many of them hold very important positions in the public administration system.

For a long time, Donald Trump neglected the Ukrainian direction, but recently, apparently, the American leadership has decided to strengthen its position in this area.

In September, American B-52 bombers, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, twice took to the skies over Ukraine under the cover of Ukrainian fighters.

“Such patrols will be regular.

The B-52 crews provide collective defense capabilities for the United States, NATO allies and partners, as well as strategic and operational capabilities to contain Russia, "the Ukrainian Armed Forces press release officially says.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress belongs to the first wave of offensive weapons.

The fact that these planes run near the borders of Russia, flying up to them from the territory of Ukraine, looks like a rehearsal of military aggression.

The Ukrainian “war party” enthusiastically welcomes the option of a possible Russian-American confrontation.

“Ukrainian skies welcomed rare and magnificent guests: three strategic bombers of the US Air Force Boeing B-52,” writes the KyivPos edition.

However, the probability of a military clash is zero, since we are talking about two nuclear powers, which in the event of war will have to use all the means at their disposal to fight the enemy.

Ukrainian nationalists should not rely on the fact that the ritual flight of bombers is the prologue of a war between America and Russia, in which case, by the way, Ukraine would face the most miserable fate.

Having opened its skies to aircraft of very respectable age, which have more than once dropped nuclear charges both in other countries and in its own, Kiev risks being the next territory on which a nuclear charge will accidentally fall.

Ruslan Bortnik believes that Dayton's appointment is connected with the upcoming US presidential elections in November.

Against the backdrop of incessant accusations of sympathy that Donald Trump has for the Russian leader, the US president needed to show voters that he takes a firm stand towards Russia and does not surrender American interests to it.

Dayton is clearly a hawk, as his track record eloquently testifies.

For 40 years he served in the US Army, was a military attaché in Russia.

The Russian Institute (USARI), which he graduated from, was created in 1947 to counter the USSR in the Cold War.

And finally, his position as Director of Operations for the US Defense Intelligence Agency deserves special interest.

This is a complete analogue of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate.

It is not a fact that the appointment of such a character will lead to a toughening of American policy towards Russia.

Yes, Dayton's figure looks creepy, but so far Moscow and Washington have no apparent reason to cool down.

The new ambassador to Ukraine should convince Trump voters of the firmness of American positions, but there is definitely no question of deteriorating relations.

The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.