The United States cannot allow Russia to succeed in a special operation in Ukraine, and Washington has invested heavily to achieve this goal, US President Joe Biden said in an interview with MSNBC.
“We spend a lot of money to help Ukrainians.
But it's not just about the Ukrainians, it's about NATO, Western Europe, about making sure Putin doesn't succeed,” he stressed.
So Biden answered a journalist's question about his attitude to a possible reduction in military support for the Kyiv regime if the Republican Party wins the midterm congressional elections, which will be held on November 8.
Recall, on October 14, the US President approved the allocation of a new aid package to Kyiv in the amount of $725 million. It included tens of thousands of artillery shells, anti-tank systems, HIMARS MLRS ammunition, HARM anti-radar missiles and other weapons.
Then the Pentagon clarified that since the beginning of the NWO, the American side had already allocated about $17.6 billion to provide assistance to Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly warned that pumping Kyiv with weapons from the West increases the conflict potential of the situation.
This, in particular, was pointed out by the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov.
“We perceive the statements of the American leadership about their intention to support Zelensky with additional deliveries of military products (military products. -
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), including the latest models, as another confirmation of the fact that Washington is secured in the status of a participant in the conflict ... We call on the United States and its allies ... to stop pumping the regime with deadly weapons .
This will only lead to new casualties and destruction, further prolongation of the conflict,” the diplomat said.
Territory development
At the same time, shortly before the mentioned interview with Biden, CBS News published a material on the exercises that the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army is currently conducting in Romania "a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border."
The commanders of this unit told reporters that they were ready to enter the territory of Ukraine at any moment in case the situation escalated.
“The command staff has repeatedly told CBS News that they are always “ready to go into battle even today” and although they are there to protect NATO territory, if there is an escalation of hostilities or any attack on NATO, they are fully prepared to cross the Ukrainian border,” — emphasized in the material.
Soldiers of the US 101st Airborne Division in Romania
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The US Army's 101st Airborne Division, dubbed the "Screaming Eagles", is stationed at a Romanian military airbase.
In total, about 4.7 thousand fighters arrived from the United States to strengthen the eastern flank of the alliance.
CBS emphasizes that the transfer of this unit to Europe occurred for the first time in almost 80 years.
According to one of the commanders of the brigade, Colonel Edwin Matthaides, due to its vantage point, his unit “closely observes” Russian troops, “sets targets for training” and conducts exercises that “replicate exactly what happens in a real conflict.”
In turn, the division's deputy commander, Brigadier General John Lubas, told reporters that the US military is "ready to defend every inch of NATO territory."
“We bring a unique potential, our air assault potential ... We are light infantry, but at the same time we have mobility thanks to our aircraft and landing,” he said.
Recall that since February 2022, the Pentagon has sent an additional 20,000 troops to Europe.
Thus, by the end of June, the total number of US military on the continent exceeded 100 thousand. At the NATO summit in Madrid, Joe Biden said that the US intends to further strengthen its military presence in Europe.
The Pentagon said that as part of this reinforcement, additional units will be sent to Poland, where command centers will also be established and a supply battalion will be deployed.
A brigade of American troops is stationed in Romania on a rotational basis.
In addition, the United States will strengthen its presence, also on a rotational basis, in the Baltics and increase the intensity of military exercises together with the armed forces of these countries.
In addition, two US Navy destroyers will go to Spain (increasing their total number to six), and two squadrons of F-35 fighters to the UK.
In Germany, the US has already deployed new command posts, an air defense battalion and an engineering brigade.
A short-range air defense battery will be deployed in Italy.
bad cards
Joe Biden's latest statement about the goals pursued by Washington by financing the Kyiv regime once again confirms that the United States is actually one of the participants in the conflict in Ukraine, said Alexei Mukhin, director general of the Center for Political Information.
“Biden actually admitted on air that the United States is a party to the conflict.
This puts under very serious doubt the statements of representatives of his administration and the leadership of NATO to the contrary.
Of course, the participation of the United States and NATO in the situation in Ukraine is an open secret, but in any case, such a recognition puts all officials who spoke about the opposite in a stupid position, ”the RT interlocutor emphasized.
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In turn, the statements of the US military about their readiness to enter the territory of Ukraine is a clear manifestation of aggression, which completely nullifies all the words about the status of an observer, Mukhin added.
However, such a signal should not be taken as a manifestation of a strong position in the current crisis, the political scientist emphasized.
“Raising occurs when a player has “bad cards” in his hand.
Apparently, they are not in the brilliant position in which they are presented in the Western media.
That is why the US is trying to impress the Russian side by flexing its muscles,” the analyst said.
According to Vladimir Bruter, an expert at the International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies, the current situation in Ukraine and the country itself remain a tool for the United States to contain Russia.
“By financing this conflict, the United States is trying to limit, contain Russia.
For them, this is important because they believe that the current conflict gives them unilateral long-term advantages.
Weak Russia is an advantage for the West.
And Ukraine is a consumable material, which in this case serves this purpose.
What will happen to Ukraine itself and the Ukrainians is the last question for them, ”the political scientist emphasized in a commentary to RT.
At the same time, information about the deployment of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army in Romania indirectly confirms the intention of the American side to engage in a direct armed conflict with the Russian Federation, he believes.
“From a military point of view, the US Army has long been ready for such a step, but a political decision has not yet been made.
For them, it is important that Russia, in the event of an unfavorable development of the situation, does not gain control over the whole of Ukraine.
However, the 101st division is not enough to participate in some major operations.
It is enough to stop the potential advance of Russian troops for a while and give it time to force it into some kind of negotiations.
This is more an element of blackmail than a real projection of military power, ”Bruter believes.
At the same time, the American establishment is not interested in a political settlement of the situation and will seek a military solution using Ukraine for this, the expert added.
“To date, the situation has really gone very far.
Now it is hard to imagine what a draw or any agreement on freezing the situation with the participation of the United States could look like.
Figures like Elon Musk who propose a solution to it should understand that this looks ridiculous for the political establishment.
What Washington really thinks about this, Joe Biden told us, ”the analyst concluded.