It is not surprising that an American was among the saboteurs trying to infiltrate Russian territory, Gerard Deeb, a political scientist and professor of international relations at the Lebanese University, told Sputnik.
"NATO justifies Ukraine's recruitment of mercenaries around the world, and what the alliance's secretary general says and the Western media picks up on, serves to justify it as part of the ongoing war against Russia," he added.
The Americans are seeking to expand the war's scope, but this will ultimately hurt both Ukraine itself and the EU, Gerard Deeb concluded.