US, NATO allies to continue proxy war against Russia: Analyst

The United States and its NATO allies are pushing the proxy war against Russia by continuing to utilize Ukraine as the excuse, said an analyst.

Russian journalist and political analyst Fiorella Isabel made the comments on Wednesday when asked about the Ukrainian president’s recent visit to the United States, where he appealed for more advanced weaponry as he met with President Joe Biden and addressed the US Congress.

“As we know, so far Russia has maintained its strength in the whole special military operation and the reality is the money is basically going into places that the public does not know where. It's going into a lot of pockets, it's going into Zelensky’s, it's going into weapons and of course funding the far-right Nazi and neo-Nazis,” Isabel told Press TV's Spotlight. 

The United States on Wednesday announced it will provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defense system as part of a new $1.85 billion military package to the war-ravaged country.

The new military assistance comes after repeated requests from Kiev for the Patriot system, which many experts believe could be a risky proposition. 

"Today's assistance for the first time includes the Patriot Air Defense System, capable of bringing down cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles, and aircraft at a significantly higher ceiling than previously provided air defense systems," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

“It is just more weaponry for Ukraine and can be a new phase of the war, there's going to be some sort of compromise and Russia has been openly diplomatic about the whole situation, they have at every turn tried to say that they are willing to negotiate but it has to be fair,” Isabel said.

For weeks, officials and media reports were hinting at the possibility of the US planing to supply the Patriot system to Ukraine, amid Russia’s rapid gains in Ukraine and the escalation of ground and aerial fighting.

The new package was unveiled as Zelenskiy headed to Washington on Wednesday.

"President Biden will announce a significant new package of nearly $2 billion of security assistance for Ukraine," the White House statement said in a statement on Tuesday ahead of the visit.

The Ukrainian president's trip to the US was his first known first foreign visit since February 24, when Russia began the war on Ukraine, with the aim of defending the pro-Russian population in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk against Kiev.

Biden said the US and Ukraine would continue to project a "united defense" against Russia as the war drags on.

The Biden administration and the US Congress have directed nearly $50 billion in assistance to Ukraine this year.

Ray Mcgovern, a former CIA analyst also said Press TV that there are many questions about the money sent to Ukraine from the United States and European countries. He noted that a large amount of the money is going to big weapons companies and warmongers in the world.

“The timing of [Zelensky's] visit is very important and very significant. The Congress is turning over, the House is now going to be ruled by the Republicans at the turn of the year and so here are the Democrats trying to pour or to shoot or to fire-hose still more money into Ukraine,” Mcgovern said.

“I think there are enough people [who] will appreciate this. Russia has escalatory dominance,  look at the map, Russia is going to win probably by this coming spring; the Republicans in the House will be faced with the tough decision as long as it takes,” he pointed out.

Moscow has seized around a fifth of Ukraine's expanse in its south and east. It has conditioned negotiations on a possible end to the military campaign on Ukraine's recognition of Russian rule over the seized territories.

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