War in Ukraine – Blinken denies US withdrawal from Afghanistan encouraged Putin to attack Ukraine – UNIAN
Blinken rejected accusations that the exit from Afghanistan showed the United States as weak.
The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan could not prompt Russian dictator Putin to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated this at a hearing in Congress, Ukrinform reports. “No. On the contrary, our opponents, together with the Russian Federation, would be happy if we remained in Afghanistan for another 20 years,” the Secretary of State expressed his opinion.
He added that Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, when there were still US troops in Afghanistan. But after a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the US administration was better able to coordinate a response because it was not involved in the war in Afghanistan.
Blinken rejected the allegations…
