US Facing Humiliation In Ukraine Like In Vietnam And Afghanistan, Says Russia

Russia said on Sunday that the latest US aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a war against Moscow that would end in a “fiasco” akin to the conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan. The recent assertion by Russia, claiming that the United States is facing humiliation in Ukraine akin to its experiences in Vietnam and Afghanistan, has sparked significant debate and scrutiny.

This comes after the US House of Representatives on Saturday passed with broad bipartisan support a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said it was clear that the United States wanted Ukraine “to fight to the last Ukrainian” including with attacks on Russian sovereign territory and civilians.

“Washington’s deeper and deeper immersion in the hybrid war against Russia will turn into a loud and humiliating fiasco for the United States such as Vietnam and Afghanistan,” Zakharova said. Russia, she said, will give “an unconditional and resolute response” to the U.S. move to get more involved in the Ukraine war.

Last week, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns warned that without more US military support Ukraine could lose on the battlefield, but that with support Kyiv’s forces could hold their own this year. The United States has repeatedly ruled out sending its own or other NATO-member troops to Ukraine, which is fighting a grinding artillery and drone war with Russia along a heavily fortified 1,000-km front. Moreover, Russia’s narrative of US facing humiliation in Ukraine like in Vietnam and Afghanistan underscores the multifaceted nature of contemporary warfare and power dynamics.
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