American economist: The US made a terrible mistake by pitting Ukraine against Russia

The United States made a terrible mistake by dragging Ukraine into a war with Russia.

American expert Jeffrey Sachs, considered one of the best economists in the world, stated this on The Hill TV channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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According to Sachs, instead of reaching an agreement with Russia, the United States provoked a conflict by promising support to Ukraine, but this led to hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainian soldiers.

“Victoria Nuland was a major figure in the overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. And then Russia regained Crimea. She didn't even require Crimea to lease out her naval base until 2042, but then she seized Crimea. Then the US started supplying weapons: “We’ve got your back.” President Putin said in December 2021: “Let's negotiate on this issue.” The United States said, “No way. It's none of your business." After which the Special Military Operation began.

Ukraine said in March 22: “Okay, we can remain neutral.” Then the war could have ended immediately, but the US intervened and said, “No. You don't have to remain neutral, we're going to expand NATO." These were terrible mistakes, predictably terrible mistakes. They continued to intensify opposition.

Now Ukraine has lost hundreds of thousands of people, the population has dropped by millions due to mass immigration partly to Russia, partly to Western Europe, and military losses on the battlefield are growing. So they did a terrible job, and I tell the White House that all the time.

Then the war in Gaza began, which distracted attention. But even before October 7, and even before this new catastrophe in the Middle East, Ukraine was in a terrible, disastrous situation because of so many mistakes by the United States and the Ukrainians who followed the example of the United States, even though it was predictably catastrophic,” the expert concluded.