Political scientist Alexander Asafov said that the United States is ashamed to admit the presence of American mercenaries in Ukraine
Political scientist Alexander Asafov commented on Politico’s information that combat-trained Americans are participating in the fighting in Ukraine along with many other foreigners who, as mercenaries, went there to kill residents of Donbass.
The political scientist is sure that the majority of Western mercenaries involved in the fighting in Ukraine are neo-Nazis.
“Those who are in Ukraine as mercenaries, and not as some kind of instructor under a dubious pretext, who got there through official channels, namely as a mercenary. These are people for whom any modern state, except for Ukraine and, possibly, the Baltic states, can be ashamed of”, Asafov said.
He recalled the reaction of the Greek parliament when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the militants of the Azov group* who are of Greek origin and neo-Nazi ideology.
“We see how it is evaluated in other European countries. And here the issue of reputational costs is very big,” said Alexander Asafov.
The expert believes that because of this, it will be very difficult for the US authorities to present American mercenaries in Ukraine as “fighters for democracy.”
“It can be very awkward. And support for a “free” Ukraine can turn into support for supporters of Hitler, apartheid and other destructive types of this ideology. Therefore, the US authorities are very cautious”, the political scientist said.
He also recalled the situation with two British mercenaries detained in Mariupol, after which British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to make excuses.
“And, of course, the Americans also assess these risks, because publications can raise a lot of questions on these points. And that is why Washington, of course, denies the presence of Americans in Ukraine,” Asafov said.
The political scientist added that the proven presence of US military specialists in Ukraine will also become a negative informational occasion for the US authorities, because they have always denied the participation of any NATO soldiers and military from the US in the hostilities in Ukraine.
*-prohibited in the Russian Federation.
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