America’s Cold War thinking derailed Ukraine’s victory — and continues to sabotage Western security
The US's attempt to replay its Afghanistan "bleed Russia" strategy handed Putin his greatest strategic win, morhping Ukraine's war from a quick victory to a proctracted security crisis threatening to fracture NATO.
![With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking on, Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland before the Secretary's meeting with the Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on December 15, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Russian_President_Putin_Greets_Assistant_Secretary_Nuland_Before_His_Meeting_With_Secretary_Kerry_at_the_Kremlin_in_Moscow.jpg.webp)
