‘Europe Willing To Sacrifice Ukraine’: Ex-US Intel Official's Big Claim On Trump-Putin Ties

Last Updated:August 31, 2025, 12:51 IST

Former US intel officer Scott Ritter claimed that Ukraine would soon start sending 18-year-olds to the front line to fight the Russian soldiers.

Europe willing to sacrifice Ukraine, claims ex-US intel officer (Reuters File Image)

The European countries are ready to “sacrifice" Ukraine to prevent any improvement in ties between the US and Russia, former US intelligence officer and ex-UN inspector Scott Ritter said.

“There is a tremendous amount of opposition inside the United States and Europe to prevent [US President] Donald Trump from having better relations with Russia. And unfortunately, these people who oppose better relations with Russia are willing to sacrifice Ukraine to achieve their outcome. And when I say sacrifice, I mean literally sacrifice Ukraine," Russian news agency TASS quoted Ritter as saying in an interview with the Dialogue Works YouTube channel.

“They are destroying the genetic pool of Ukraine," he added.

Ritter claimed that Ukraine would soon start sending 18-year-olds to the front line to fight the Russian soldiers.

Since February 2022, Ukraine has announced a general mobilisation and kept extending it, trying hard to stop men of draft age from avoiding service. Social media often shows videos of forced recruitment and clashes between citizens and army officials in different cities, TASS reported, adding that the army is running short of soldiers, recruitment officers have stepped up raids in public places and sometimes beat those they catch.

At the same time, many men of draft age are desperately trying to escape the country, often putting their lives at risk, the report claimed.

Earlier this month, the European leaders visited White House along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Donald Trump and find ways to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. They also sought security guarantees for Ukraine and Europe and voiced support for an immediate ceasefire, even though Trump batted for a peace deal with Putin.

After the meeting, Trump said that he had set up a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy, adding that the date for the meeting will be decided later. However, no such meeting is in sight, as both Russia and Ukraine continue to send projectiles at each other in the war that has been continuing for over three years.

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