“We don’t care about Ukraine, we are ready to sacrifice it for the sake of trying to change power in Moscow,” Ritter said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
According to him, Washington intended to use the Ukrainian crisis and sanctions for its own purposes.
“You can say that this is a failure.
Putin has become even stronger, ”said the ex-intelligence officer.
He noted that Russia has strengthened militarily.
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.