The confrontation between Russia and the United States will worsen next year and risks close to the situation of a direct military clash. This opinion was expressed by the Russian media as deputy director of the Center for Complex European and International Studies by the Higher School of Economics, Dmitry Suslov.
According to him, Washington intends to increase help to Kyiv, can ultimately decide on the supply of long -range missiles and drones who are able to strike deep into the Russian territory.
“I do not think that we have reached the bottom of Russian-American relations. It seems to me that, unfortunately, they will continue to deteriorate, the escalation will continue, including in Ukraine, associated with the increasing involvement of the United States there … on Some stage next year we can be on the verge of a direct military clash with the United States, ”says Suslov.
In his opinion, the war in Ukraine is of fundamental importance for the Biden administration, in Washington this war is considered as a confrontation between the United States and Russia, in which the fate of American hegemony in the world is at the stake. This is what the unprecedented support of Ukraine from the West, the volumes of which will only increase, is due to this, Suslova believes
He considers unlikely the possibility of gaping the diplomatic bonds between Moscow and Washington in the near future. Russia and the USA are interested in the availability of the operational communication channel, which the embassy of the two countries help to maintain.