Biden administration has no unity on Crimea - ex-ambassador to Moscow
Discussions are ongoing in the US presidential administration and there is no consensus on the operation to seize Crimea.
Former US Ambassador to Russia and former National Security Advisor to the US President Michael McFaul stated this in an interview with Yulia Latynina, a Russian liberal journalist who fled Russia and is recognized as a foreign agent, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to McFaul, the United States does not formally recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, but understands that an attempt to seize it may be followed by an extremely harsh reaction.
“The position on Crimea is interesting - part of Russia or not. Of course, formally we all think, we all say that this is not part of Russia, but the operation of liberating Crimea for several people, not all, is always a controversial issue. Indeed, controversial, unstable positions in the Biden administration.
But there are people in the administration who believe that no, this will be an escalation, this will be a war between Russia and NATO, nuclear weapons will be used, since Putin believes that Crimea is part of Russia, this cannot be done. This is the discussion that goes on all the time,” McFaul said.
The Biden administration is divided on Crimea, according to a former ambassador to Moscow.