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According to the former US Army Commander in Europe, Ben Hodges, last year's fea...

"It happens in the war": Baiden administration ignores attacks in the Russian Federation - NYT

According to the former US Army Commander in Europe, Ben Hodges, last year's fear of escalation was "very exaggerated". He noted that there is no point in constantly "playing defense" and fighting the enemy only in its territory. In the first year of a full -scale war in Ukraine, US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden feared that a blow inside the Russian Federation could provoke a response to the West, but now this fear has retreated. About it writes The New York Times on June 5.

According to journalists, in response to UAV attacks on Moscow and invading the territory of the Russian Federation with the use of armored vehicles of American production in Baiden's administration "shrugs". "We are not going to go out and investigate it," said a representative of the National Security Council, John Kirby on strikes in the Russian capital.

The article also states that "at the closed door" the staff of the US President's administration have found even less concern for such incidents. The authors of the publication claim that in the United States they consider strikes within the Russian Federation as preparatory operations for a possible start of the Armed Forces. "Listen, it's war. It happens in the war," journalists quote one of the officials.

A high -ranking Pentagon employee in Russia and Ukraine in the Obama Administration and the Executive Director of the Institute Evelyn Farcas specified that the fears of escalation remain, but they are not as scared as "the advantage of Russia". In turn, the former US Army Commander in Europe Ben Hodges believes that it makes no sense to constantly "play defense" and fight the enemy in his territory, without risking the enemy's home.

He also noted that according to the UN Charter, every nation is entitled to self -defense. According to Hodges, last year's fears of escalation were "very exaggerated" by Biden's administration. "Over time, when Russia continues to kill innocent Ukrainians with high -precision weapons against apartment buildings, our constant pressure on the brake makes us look naive," the American general said.

Recall that according to The Washington Post of June 1, Baiden administration constantly crosses the red lines that the Kremlin has declared. This is caused by Vladimir Putin's bluff, who has never fulfilled his promises to punish the event for the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

In addition, on June 3, the Washington Post said that fighters from the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia, which repeatedly break through the border in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, were noticed by the use of Western production. We also wrote that on May 30, a representative of the US National Security Council stated that Washington "did not support" strikes in Russia.