By Eliza Popova
Therefore, Putin has to resort to coarser methods to force Europe to leave Ukraine without support. "It uses an energy crisis as a weapon against European countries that oppose its aggression, increasing the costs of families, enterprises and entire peoples," Blinken said. According to him, Putin believes that his blackmail will help to break the will of the West and then he will stop supporting Ukraine. "He has already lost," Blinken said.
The US Secretary of State also said that the West should abandon Russian energy resources to become independent of the Russian Federation. He expressed confidence that Putin would never leave trying to use his energy as weapons against Europe. In the same address, Blinken stated that Putin thought he would be able to share NATO. "Today, the Alliance has become stronger, more cohesive, better with resources than ever before," Blinken said.
Earlier, Focus reported that in the United Kingdom, the likelihood of Putin's chief ally in the war with Ukraine was estimated. Analysts believe that Putin puts strong pressure on Lukashenko to send his army on the offensive to Kyiv or other northern regions of Ukraine. We will also remind that the CIA evaluated the counter -offensive of the Ukrainian army. The US Intelligence Head William Burns believes that the Kremlin has greatly underestimated Ukraine's ability to resist.
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