JEFFREY SACHS, American economist: Ukraine is now undergoing a massacre. Russia dominates the battlefield. In recent weeks, we have heard many details about how the United States prevented an agreement between Ukraine and Russia that would have freed Ukraine from this conflict. And the US prevented this because they told the Ukrainians to continue fighting. And the Ukrainians lost hundreds of thousands of people.
Two people - Zaluzhny and Zelensky - are essentially in the US’s pocket. The US funds them and tells them to fight. It turned out to be a bloodbath and a disaster. And this continues and will continue. This is the ultimate goal. And it's a shame for Biden, who instigated all this, because Biden stopped negotiations that would have ended the conflict in March or April 2022. Now this topic is widely covered.
We talked about this a few months ago because I heard about it directly from Turkish negotiators and other people. But now this news has reached the public. In other words, this conflict is causing disaster in Ukraine and massive costs for the United States, and serves no useful purpose.
Biden deliberately delayed it as part of a completely misjudged plan that he would weaken Russia, but he did the exact opposite. He strengthened Russia, contributed to a large-scale modernization of Russian military technology and an increase in the size of the Russian army. And all this was predictable, but we have a completely incompetent administration.
