US waging war in Ukraine to ‘destabilize Russia’: Analyst

The United States has created the constant conflict in Ukraine in order to destabilize Russia, according to political commentator Joaquin Flores.

“For almost a year now, the US is waging aggressive proxy war against Ukrainians and ethnic Russians in Ukraine, which the US hopes it will ultimately destabilize Russia and create a failed state in Ukraine in the process,” Flores, Director at Center for Syncretic Studies, told Press TV on Sunday.

He made the comments after Moscow expressed outrage over an extreme and “frenzied anti-Russian campaign” by US media and political analysts amid ongoing tensions between the two powers over the Ukraine crisis.

In a statement on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said "propagandists" working on Washington’s orders were continuing an extreme anti-Russian campaign that is unfolding in the United States.

“[They] spit out Russophobic lampoons as a team, attempting to mold an enemy out of Russia and inspiring their residents to hate all that is Russian,” the ministry said.

Russia also slammed US news organizations and leading political centers for demonizing Russia.

Flores also said the US government should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity by waging the war in Ukraine.

He said the US is not an “exceptional power,” but it is an “abuser of power.”

The relations between Washington and Moscow have been strained over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence pro-Moscow protests in mid-April 2014.

The United States accuses Russia of sending troops into eastern Ukraine in support of the pro-Russian forces. Moscow, however, denies any involvement.

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