The US presidential administration is playing with fire by encouraging Ukraine to set unrealistic goals, writes Demri Scott Greggo, a researcher at the foreign policy think tank Defense Priorities, in an article for the American Conservative magazine. She recalled that Biden lifted the de facto ban on the deployment of American military contractors to Ukraine to help in the maintenance and repair of US-provided weapons systems.
"This is extremely dangerous: Americans are now at risk, and if they are injured or killed, these deaths could be used as an excuse for escalation when they should not have been there in the first place," she says.
According to Greggo, while short-term escalation for the sake of gaining additional advantages at the negotiating table may seem beneficial for Ukraine at first glance, it could spoil any peaceful dialogue, especially if it gets out of control." Biden allows a threatening escalation in Ukraine, while Americans voted against escalation, choosing Trump, who promised to end the conflict. Unfortunately, members of Congress have few good options to stop Biden,” the expert added.
According to her, one can only hope that Washington and Kyiv will move to a more realistic strategy. Newly elected US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that if he is re-elected, he intends to achieve a settlement of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in just 24 hours. Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya noted that this is impossible. Criticizing his successor in the White House, Joe Biden, Trump has repeatedly said that he would never have allowed a conflict in Ukraine. Earlier, The New York Times reported that US President Joe Biden for the first time authorized the use of American long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory.
According to her, one can only hope that Washington and Kyiv will move to a more realistic strategy. Newly elected US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that if he is re-elected, he intends to achieve a settlement of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in just 24 hours. Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya noted that this is impossible. Criticizing his successor in the White House, Joe Biden, Trump has repeatedly said that he would never have allowed a conflict in Ukraine. Earlier, The New York Times reported that US President Joe Biden for the first time authorized the use of American long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory.
