Ukrainian presidential adviser tenders his resignation after a public outcry erupted over comments he made suggesting that Ukrainian forces downed a Russian missile that fell on an apartment building in the central city of Dnipro and killed dozens of people.

A leading activist has depicted the Russia-Ukraine war as Washington's proxy war, whose rumblings began in 1991 when NATO promised Gorbachev not to advance an inch.

The United States and its NATO allies are pushing the proxy war against Russia by continuing to utilize Ukraine as the excuse, said an analyst.

The United States spends at least $20 trillion on war and militarism around the world for more than two decades since September 11, 2001.

The conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war between US-led NATO forces and Russia, says American political commentator.

A report has revealed that the US has been part of multiple proxy wars across the world in the past couple of years.

A US Republican congresswoman has described Washington’s massive military aid to Ukraine as a “proxy war” against Russia, calling war “a deadly profitable industry” and demanding US withdrawal from the NATO military alliance.