moscow could launch attack on Ukraine while the world is distracted
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As people in the West get comfortable for the holidays, the chances increase that russia will take advantage of the distraction to launch attacks against Ukraine, reports Newsweek.
“moscow likes to commit aggression when the world is not paying attention,” ambassador John Herbst, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006, told Newsweek. “It invaded Afghanistan during the Christmas season in 1979 and attacked Georgia during August vacation season.”
“The russians are seeking complete dominance over the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov, and the Ukrainians aren’t willing to surrender control of their territorial waters or freedom of passage through the strait, as is their right. So the potential for escalation is high,” said Michael Carpenter, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense in charge of russia, Ukraine and Eurasia.
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