Ukraine Was Always Just Anti-Russian 'Battering Ram' to US - Ex-Pentagon Analyst
18:19 GMT 21.01.2025 (Updated: 19:01 GMT 21.01.2025)
© AP Photo / Jacquelyn MartinUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds an American flag that was gifted to him by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he leaves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
© AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin
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The Trump administration has little interest in wasting money on Ukraine, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, former analyst for the US Department of Defense, tells Sputnik while commenting on Trump’s decision to suspend US foreign aid programs.
Withholding monies to Ukraine is a “starting point in explaining to Zelensky that the gravy train is over,” the expert thinks.
It has become increasingly obvious that the United States “doesn’t care for Ukraine,” regarding the latter merely as a “battering ram,” a “tool” to be used against Russia, Kwiatkowski remarks.
“So if Ukraine is a tool, it's now a tool that is no longer very useful. It's a tool that is hard to maintain. It's not worth it. So we're going to throw that tool away,” she says.
US Senator Lindsey Graham’s declaration about fighting Russia “to the last Ukrainian,” however heartless it may sound, “reflects how the Senate and how the politicians and the oligarchy in the United States really feel about Ukraine,” she added.
UKRAINE WAS ALWAYS JUST ANTI-RUSSIAN ‘BATTERING RAM’ TO US
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(1/5) The Trump administration has little interest in wasting money on Ukraine, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski tells Sputnik while commenting on Trump’s decision to suspend US foreign aid programs. pic.twitter.com/4IOrMIhi6t