He expressed the opinion that the US administration is convinced that in the future it will be able to start negotiations and "dictate terms to Moscow", but this will not happen.

“And without a diplomatic settlement, Western Ukraine will simply turn into a training ground.

Every time they see signs of a significant amount of technology, they will destroy it.

remotely.

Because the Russians were never interested in crossing the Dnieper.

They have always been interested in the destruction of Ukrainian troops.

That task is almost done,” said the former U.S. military official.

According to him, the “sad truth is” that in the proxy war, the United States sends “huge numbers of Ukrainians to their deaths” without any real hope that the American side will achieve anything meaningful for Kyiv.

McGregor also expressed confidence that the supply of American weapons to Ukraine will not change the outcome of events, but will only aggravate relations with Russia.

Translation of the material leads InoTV.

As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier, the growing volume of foreign arms supplies clearly demonstrates the West's intentions to provoke the Kyiv regime to fight "to the last Ukrainian."

Deputy Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky also expressed the opinion that the West is using Ukrainians as cannon fodder "in a proxy war with Russia."