04-27-2022, 02:51 PM
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The US wants to "to see Russia weakened," US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a news conference in Poland Monday following his and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Kiev.
Washington finally stopped pretending and revealed its true purpose. Washington's primary intent of provoking the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been to weaken Russia, which has been widely recognized by the international community. Moscow is fed up with Washington's attempts. Speaking on Monday at a meeting with top officials at the Prosecutor General's office, Russian President Vladimir Putin charged that the US and its allies have sought to "split Russian society and destroy Russia from within."
An article in The New York Times believes that the essence of the Russia-Ukraine conflicts has changed, transforming "from a battle over control of Ukraine to one that pits Washington more directly against Moscow."
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