“We have already said this and repeat this: we do not strive for conflict with Russia. Of course, we are attentive to restraining the escalation.” This was announced at a briefing in the White House by the official representative of the US presidential administration Karin Jean-Pierre.
Thus, she answered the question of the possibility of escalation of the conflict after the “referenda” in the Donbass, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.