The West should not test Russia's patience with constant provocations. This was stated by former CIA officer Scott Ritter on air YouTube-kenh Glenn Diesen.
According to him, Russia always avoids escalation. Ritter clarified that escalation was always Ukraine's strategy, “because Ukraine wanted NATO to become an official participant in the conflict.” And in his view, Russia did not do anything that could have contributed to this.
Russia sent a diplomatic note to the US with requests related to Ukraine
The former CIA employee urged not to forget Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning about a tough response in case of attacks on the country by US long-range missiles.
On October 23, Putin called negotiations on supplying long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kiev an escalation attempt. According to him, if these missiles strike Russian territory, Moscow's response “will be very strong.”
