There happens to be such a regularity: the moment a US representative arrives in Ukraine to discuss the situation in Donbass, the AFU step up hostilities at the contact line, DPR People’s Council deputy Alexander Kurenkov noted.
“Washington is still interested in keeping the conflict in Donbass in its active phase. For America, on the one hand, this means an ace up the sleeve when negotiating with Russia, on the other one, this means lobbying for the interests of the US military industrial sector, which profiteers in this war.
Mike Pompeo is known for his skepticism about the rapprochement between Russia and the United States. In addition, given the declared goals of the visit, they will be discussing Washington’s backing of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the situation in Donbass. This is the first visit by the US Secretary of State since the inauguration of Zelensky. And judging by the announced goals, it will not bring peace to Donbass any closer.
The new president of Ukraine has repeatedly made it clear that he would not mind solving the conflict in Donbass by force, and if he got support from Washington, he could grow bold and begin to carry out a force scenario. Zelensky is very likely to switch to hostilities from the promises of peace given that we’ve seen his hypocrisy and duplicity more than once,” the parliamentarian emphasized.