“Of course, this statement is true.
This is a long-standing American geopolitical project ... It is clear that the West will not so easily give up such a strategic asset in order to have this hotbed of tension near the borders with Russia.
It is obvious that the West, without such an officialdom, without a signature on the documents, that is, without Ukraine's integration into NATO, achieves its goals and objectives.
And it does it gradually, step by step, slowly, increasing its influence on Ukraine.
It is this kind of creeping influence ... Either a training center was built, then the supply of weapons, then exercises ... And all this has such a cumulative effect, "Blokhin said.
Earlier Grushko said that NATO countries are using Ukraine as a springboard for projecting force against Russia.
According to him, the existing conflict is becoming the ideological basis for NATO's turn to the east, as well as a reason for creating tension in order to gain military superiority in the region.