“Russia correctly believes that the United States is behind everything ... In fact, it is Washington that sets the pace in the West.
Washington is behind Zelensky.
Washington tells Zelensky to continue fighting, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying in an interview with the Judging Freedom channel on YouTube.
McGregor added that the US administration is disrupting the possibility of a diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
Earlier, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that US President Joe Biden could influence Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky with one call, threatening to stop military assistance to Kyiv.