Ex-Pentagon analyst explained what gives Moscow the inclusion of new regions

According to former Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski, the inclusion of new regions in Russia gives Moscow a secure position to defend the territories.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, she stressed that Russia already had logistical and popular support in the republics where referendums were organized.

“What we in the West are resisting is the vote of the Russian-speaking population to join Russia,” she added, adding that this would help end the civil war in Ukraine.

Now Washington and Brussels, the expert continued, continue to support the authorities in Kyiv, which got rid of all their political opponents. But this, she said, is a political, not a military problem.