Ukraine lost, Zelensky inciting West-Russia war: Ex-Pentagon advisor

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: News websites
16 Jul 2023 16:52
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A former advisor to the head of the Pentagon describes Ukraine's President as "desperate" as he confirmed that Ukraine has already lost the war.

United States President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Vilnius, on July 12, 2023 (AP)

Ukraine has lost the war and President Volodymyr Zelensky is in a "desperate" state, while Russians on the other hand are comfortable with the current path of the conflict, former advisor to Pentagon chief and retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor said in an interview with Anders Abjorn on the latter's YouTube channel.

Responding to concerns that the war in Ukraine and the continued Western weapons assistance will lead to WW3, the Colonel criticized roles played by some Western NATO members, accusing them of escalating the fight through their actions.

In his comment, the US official questioned the usefulness of the recent NATO summit, during which the UK and France promised Zelensky long-range missiles that can be used to target Russia's territory, thus breaking the previous US and Western commitments not to supply Kiev with weapons that are capable of reaching Russian mainland.

During last week's NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, a coalition of 11 states led by Denmark and the Netherlands formally committed to training Ukrainians to fly F-16s and other fighter aircraft.

Speaking before the summit, Zelensky chastised the West for delaying the training of Ukrainian pilots.

"I have the same questions as you do for our esteemed partners," he said, in response to a question about the fighter jets' delivery dates.

Macgregor raised the alarm on Kiev's possible intentions to draw the West into war with Russia, explaining that this is plausible, given the difficult situation Ukraine is in.

He warned that if Kiev received these missiles, "they are going to launch them at all possible locations," referring to the targeting of Russian soil, in attempts to "provoke a response that will drag the United States and the rest of NATO into a war with Russia."

"Giving this man [Zelenskyy] and his government such weapons" is an invitation to disaster.

Ukraine has been hyping its counteroffensive attack, since last year. Although the attack was intended for spring, it was moved to the summer after Ukraine blamed the delay on a lack of weapons.

The West has been urged to deliver progressively heavier weapons, including tanks, drones, and fighter planes.

The counteroffensive has so far failed to reach its hype and can be described in the best-case scenario as "slow" and is proving to be a difficult task.

Ukrainian forces have suffered in the past weeks' heavy casualties after trying to advance toward Russian positions.

A report by The New York Times published on Saturday said around 20 percent of the Western-provided weapons sent to the frontlines during the counteroffensive operation have been damaged or completely destroyed by Russian forces.

But the combat troops are not the only ones suffering from this war.

Western countries have witnessed firsthand their economies tumbling down after they imposed record sanctions on Russia, including cutting off its gas supplies; a much-needed commodity in cold Europe with low energy resources.

A recent survey published in the Financial Times revealed that residents of a number of European countries have doubts about Zelensky and continued arms supplies to Ukraine.

In addition, survey participants in the targeted countries demonstrated a negative attitude toward Ukraine potentially becoming a member of the European Union.