It is reported by Asia Times.
“The spring offensive, for which Ukraine is seriously preparing, was probably planned in the Pentagon, and not in Kyiv,” the report says.
Brian also did not rule out that Washington could provide aviation to Ukraine for the operation in Crimea.
"Europe is on the verge of a great catastrophe," the observer added.
Earlier, a former Pentagon adviser, Colonel Douglas McGregor, said that the direct participation of the United States in attacks on Crimea would provoke a military conflict with Russia.
It was also reported that Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, promised to arrange a “hot season” in Crimea.