Ousting Russia from the territories it controls does not meet the interests of the United States — Waltz

The ousting of Russia from the territories occupied by it does not correspond to the national interests of the United States and may develop into The Third World War. This was stated by US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.

So he answered the question of an ABC News journalist whether the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict means that Russia will remain in the territories it controls now.

"We have to ask ourselves whether this (the war for the return to Ukraine of the territories occupied by the Russian Federation. - Ed.) our national interests. Is it realistic? We have talked about this with both Europeans and Ukrainians. Are we really going to expel every Russian from every inch of Ukrainian land, including Crimea?

The strategy of the (Joe) Biden administration was that "as long as it takes, regardless of the timing," which, in fact, is an endless war in an environment where we literally lose hundreds of thousands of people in a matter of months. And it could escalate into The Third World War," said Waltz, quoted by the publication "Country".