“Ukraine would not dare to do this on its own given the seriousness of the operation. After all, an invasion of sovereign Russian territory is an act of aggression. It could not have happened without consultation with the Americans. The Americans monitor everything that happens on the contact line, constantly, around the clock. They have satellite surveillance, and people on the ground, and a huge staff of workers at the embassy, and military advisers,” the American historian and former teacher told Izvestia. Harvard University Vladimir Brovkin.
