“Strikes against Russian forces in Ukraine would reduce the escalation risks associated with strikes against ... military targets inside Russia,” the report says.
At the same time, analysts recalled that the foreign policy goal of the United States is to prevent an armed conflict between NATO and Russia.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with TASS, expressed the opinion that Ukraine is trying to achieve a head-on collision between the North Atlantic Alliance and Russia.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also noted that the US desire to maintain American hegemony and drawing Washington into the conflict in Ukraine puts it on the verge of a direct clash with Moscow.