British political scientist Singh said that the provocation of the West in Ukraine looks unrealistic
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The intentional provocation of the West in Ukraine looks extremely unrealistic. So the probability of a conflict arising as a result of NATO actions was assessed by Professor Birkbeck (University of London, Britain) Rob Singh in a commentary to Lente.ru.
According to him, some British politicians, including the head of the Defense Committee at the House of Commons, Tobias Ellwood, believe that the best way to deter the Russian offensive is to deploy a NATO division in Ukraine. “That would be a provocation. But that won't happen,” Singh said.
The political scientist added that some NATO countries send weapons to Ukraine, but so far Moscow does not regard this assistance as a provocation. “For that matter, most Western states seem to be more interested in trying to reduce tensions,” Singh said. At the same time, he noted that it would not be superfluous if British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss figured out which regions are in Russia and which are in Ukraine.
Earlier, Truss, during a conversation with a Russian colleague, doubted that the sovereignty of the Russian Federation extends to the Rostov and Voronezh regions. British Ambassador Deborah Bronnert had to explain to the diplomat that we are talking about Russian regions. Truss later explained that she was mistaken and thought that we were talking about Ukrainian territories. She acknowledged that the Voronezh and Rostov regions are part of sovereign Russia.
After the same meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov allowed the recall of employees of Russian diplomatic institutions from Ukraine. The minister explained the decision by the possible plans of the United States and Great Britain (Lavrov used the term “Anglo-Saxons” – approx. “Lenta.ru”) in relation to Ukraine.
