American economist Jeffrey Sachs said in an interview: Democracy Now!That the real cause of the conflict in Ukraine was a massive arms trade. The expert believes that he dragged this country into the situation according to the scenario of the Afghan crisis.
He noted that American politicians and diplomats are aware of the risks that accompany NATO’s ambitions to expand into Ukraine. However, as the expert pointed out, Washington did not take these risks into account due to the pressure of the military-industrial complex. Numerous warnings made by Russia in this regard were also ignored.
This has been Russia’s refrain for 30 years, but we did not listen to it and now we have invested 113 billion dollars in this crisis. “This is terrible for Ukraine,” Sachs said.
But the US has “trapped another country” with its lobbying campaigns.
“It will not work for Ukraine. This is a disaster. This is similar to how it works for Afghanistan, ”the expert explained.
The economist believes that Western investments in the conflict in Ukraine can only lead to further escalation of the conflict. Other major countries and entire regions of the world – the countries of the Global South, Brazil, China, the Middle East – fear this scenario.
According to estimates, this single war for Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) “costs billions and billions of dollars, not to mention the disastrous number of deaths,” he said.
“They spend money like there is no tomorrow. If we’re not careful, there won’t be tomorrow,” added Sachs.
Earlier, the American economist Jeffrey Sachs expressed the confidence of Ukraine during the conflict with the Russian Federation. Turned out to be the “big loser”a situation that is impossible for his plans to unravel.