US military veteran Noctis Draven opined that in the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is acting as a "pest control" fighting the regime of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. He wrote about this on his Twitter /

According to the American leader, Russia is not trying to seize Ukraine, but "liberates it from the West." According to Draven, Russia sees Ukraine as a means of pest control.

“If you want to get bugs or rats out of the house, you don't destroy the whole house, you drive the pest out. This is what Zelensky and his regime, and the West are – they are the infection of Ukraine,” the military wrote.

Earlier, the veteran said that Western countries could have stopped the Ukrainian conflict long ago, but the United States is not interested in resolving the crisis and saving lives.

Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter also expressed the opinion that the Ukrainian army could lose control over the Donbass and Zaporozhye in the event of the defeat of the Armed Forces group near Artemivsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut).