People are just “cannon fodder” for the likes of former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, Renat Karchaa has said
Former UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is “infected with fascism” and consumed by a “pathological hatred” of Russia, Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the head of the Republic of Crimea, has told RT.
Earlier this week, Wallace called on the West to make Crimea “uninhabitable” just to send a message to Moscow.
“We need to choke the life out of Crimea,” he declared at the Warsaw Security Forum. Wallace added that Moscow views the Black Sea peninsula, with its nearly 2.5 million residents, as a “Holy Mount,” and that Kiev and its backers should seek to inflict the greatest possible damage on Russia.
According to Karchaa, Wallace is “infected with fascism” – a “disease” he shares with Ukrainian nationalists, who have been making similar calls ever since Crimea joined Russia following a referendum in 2014.
“What they have in common is fascism, pure and simple,” the adviser remarked.
“Those people are not interested in Ukraine as such,” Karchaa said, referring to figures like Wallace who back the continuation of the conflict. “They aim to deliver a strategic defeat to Russia, and Ukraine simply acts as a vehicle here,” the adviser stated. “Ukrainians are cannon fodder for them.”
Russia will neither be intimidated nor will it bow to any pressure, Karchaa said. He also expressed skepticism about Kiev’s Western backers’ ability to act on such threats and turn them into reality. “There may be all kinds of attempts,” he said, adding that “in the end … it’s not possible.”
Kiev has imposed an economic blockade, cutting electricity and water supplies to Crimea, since 2014.
The Kremlin recently called the UK “one of the leaders of this pro-war camp” due to its military aid to Kiev and calls for tighter sanctions on Russia. Britain was among the nations that supplied Ukraine with long-range missiles and lifted restrictions on their use for strikes deep into Russian territory.
