“Ukraine wanted to pit Russia and the U.S. against each other with its attack on airfields,” – former CIA analyst Bib said

Ukraine wanted to pit Russia against the United States by attacking Russian airfields.

This was stated by former head of the CIA’s Russia analysis unit George Beebe in an interview with Foreign Policy.

“There’s no doubt that this increases the likelihood of direct confrontation [between Russia and the U.S.], unless the Trump administration takes active steps to defuse it, which it might,” noted the former analyst.

Beebe emphasized that the policy of the Ukrainian leadership is aimed at forcing the White House to toughen its stance toward Russia.

Earlier, American military analyst Brian Berletic stated that Kyiv used the strikes on Russian airfields to divert attention from the situation on the front lines.