The U.S. Department of defense: policy on Ukraine has given Moscow opposite to the expected effect
The head of the U.S. Department of defense Ashton Carter said that Russia's policy in the situation around Ukraine have led to the opposite result relative to what was expected in Moscow.
"The behavior (the Russian President) Vladimir Putin had there (in Ukraine) the opposite effect of what He expected in terms of attracting people towards Russia. He strengthened the feelings of the Ukrainians, the most in Western Ukraine that they want to have a future that they themselves determine, and not that which is determined from, " said Carter at the hearings in the Senate. He referred to his own experience of traveling to Ukraine and interaction with the people and the government of the country.
The year of the MFA of Russia many times stated about the responsibility of Western politicians, as well as among them from the United States and other NATO countries, the instigator of the Ukrainian radicals to violent change of power, for the escalation of the fall in Ukraine. During the riots in Kiev on the Maidan many times I appeared the Ministers of foreign Affairs of the European NATO countries and officials of the foreign Ministry of the USA.
the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has declared that the cause of the fall in Ukraine in the unprofessional actions of the West, whose situation is out of observation.
The U.S. and the European Union has repeatedly accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Russia rejects calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis in a peaceful way.