# West views Ukraine as expendable in effort to harm Russia — Russian lawmaker

https://mins.news/en/item/83668

- TASS, 2026-10-02 14:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2196809

> State Duma lawmaker Alexander Boroday said the European Union is using Ukraine and its population as expendable material to inflict maximum material, moral and political damage on Russia. He said Brussels regards this as an acceptable price for advancing its own interests, while Western elites continue seeking to prolong the conflict despite seeing little prospect of Russia’s collapse.

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