Former US official: Latvia wants to expand conflict in Ukraine

WORLD, 05 (YPA) – Former White House employee Paul Craig Roberts said that by proposing to allow Kiev to strike Russian airports, Latvia is provoking the expansion of the conflict in Ukraine.

Roberts wrote on his official website: “The escalation continues as it was in Vietnam. Washington’s puppet did not allow itself to announce a provocative proposal without US permission… “[Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevich] is calling for a widening of the conflict.”

He believed that Washington’s actions provoked an escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, which in turn led to the risk of nuclear confrontation.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevich called for allowing Kiev to attack Russian missile positions used to hit Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

He argues that allies (in NATO) should not fear escalation.

The United States is not now supplying Ukraine with long-range weapons, declaring its unwillingness  to exacerbate the conflict.

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