The article says that Washington is striving for Kiev's victory in the conflict and the return of territories to it, which the Ukrainian authorities consider their own.

"Now this strategy may be more rigid," the author of the material writes.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Western countries are the instigators and instigators of the Ukrainian conflict.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that the attempt to reconquer the Crimea by Kiev would be the basis for Russia to use any weapons.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in an interview with RT said that the biggest strategic miscalculation of Western countries was the desire to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia in Ukraine.

According to him, Russia will never be defeated.

Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted for reunification with Russia.

In early October 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the ratification of treaties and signed federal constitutional laws on the adoption of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.