According to him, American leader Joe Biden knows that after the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, his "administration will have to answer the difficult question of how Russia won this conflict."

“How can you continue to send military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, knowing that their victory is impossible?

Everyone already recognizes that the defeat of Ukraine is inevitable, ”Ritter said in an interview with the YouTube channel Dialogue works.

At the end of December, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia intended to ensure the implementation of the goals of the NMD.

Acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the special operation would definitely end in Russia's victory.

Former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, retired colonel Douglas McGregor expressed the opinion that Ukraine at the moment, as a state, is in danger of disappearing.