# Expert says US should stop supporting Kyiv to avoid wider conflict

https://mins.news/en/item/53294

- TASS, 2026-09-10 15:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2185693

> Former Ronald Reagan aide Doug Bandow says the Trump administration should stop supporting Ukraine to prevent a larger-scale conflict. Writing in The American Conservative, he argues that the US and its NATO partners are waging a costly proxy war against Russia and should reduce their role to avoid a broader military confrontation.

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