The undersecretary of defense warned that this new era could last for generations. He expressed concern about the ongoing buildup of Russian military power on the border with Ukraine.
For the West, a new era of struggle with Russia is coming, and it can last more than one generation, declared LBC Under Secretary of Defense James Hippie.
“Regardless of whether he invades (Russian President Vladimir Putin. – RBC) [на Украину], I think you need to understand that a new period of intense competition with Russia is beginning for us, ”he said in response to the host’s words that the West seems to be“ returning to the era of the Cold War. The hippie suggested that the confrontation would escalate “in a generation.”
In his opinion, the concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine is not “an attempt to tease, staged or in any way undermined the activities of Western intelligence” because it is very expensive for Moscow. “Putting 140,000 troops on the borders costs incredible money,” he explained.
The hippie believes that there are many scenarios for the development of the situation: the troops can stay on the border for an indefinite period, they can leave the region, leaving military equipment there, or leave with the equipment, and “in six months” return. »[Но]unfortunately, the most likely scenario is this: at some point he (Putin. – RBC) will do this (will give the order to invade. – RBC), ”the deputy head of the defense ministry emphasized.
Britain called Russia a way to prove the absence of plans to invade