State Department spokesman Heather Nauert claims that Russia is destroying Ukraine’s desire to join the West. According to her, 85 years ago, Joseph Stalin deliberately starved the Ukrainians and actually destroyed the people, which the Kremlin is now repeating.. "Today, Ukrainians are dying again as a result of Russia's attempts to destroy the identity of the people of Ukraine and destroy their aspirations for the West.

The ongoing Russian aggression in the east of Ukraine led to the death of more than 10 thousand people, "RW Novosti quotes Nauert. At the same time, she stressed that Moscow will not be able to break the Ukrainian spirit.. Heather added that Washington fully supports the aspiration of Kiev in choosing its own path of development.