Victoria Nuland, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, said earlier this month that the United States is “supporting” Ukrainian attacks on Crimea and declared that Russian military facilities on the peninsula are “legitimate targets.”
Nuland made those remarks when she was questioned about a report published by The New York Times in January that said the Biden regime was “warming” to the idea of helping Ukraine attack Russian sovereign territory despite the threat of increased tensions.
“Russia has turned Crimea into a massive military installation … those are legitimate targets, Ukraine is hitting them, and we are supporting that,” Nuland told the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a think tank based in Washington DC.
Nuland also manifested support for the “demilitarization” of Crimea. “No matter what the Ukrainians decide about Crimea in terms of where they choose to fight, etcetera, Ukraine is not going to be safe unless Crimea is at a minimum — at a minimum — demilitarized,” she proclaimed.