"The prolongation and fanning of the conflict is detrimental to our national interests and the interests of ordinary people in Russia, Ukraine and the West," he wrote on Twitter.
Courten noted that in this regard, the West should take measures to immediately de-escalate tensions in Ukraine.
Earlier, US Armed Forces veteran Noctis Draven said that Western politicians are aware of the impossibility of defeating Russia on the battlefield.
According to him, Western countries will do what they always do: try to attack from the shadows, provoking riots and uprisings.
On March 11, journalist Stephen Blank in an article for The Hill listed three reasons why Western countries may lose in the conflict over Ukraine.
Blank stressed that among Western politicians there is a "pervasive fear of the Ukrainian victory."