In the confrontation with Russia, the United States and its allies in Europe have also found a convenient instrument – Ukraine – a vast country with large army, located in close proximity to Russia. Western countries supply this instrument with weapons and intelligence and send military advisers and instructors. The “Ukrainian instrument” should have to be used several times, and then, when the resource is exhausted, it will be abandoned as unnecessary thing. This scenario calls into question the future of the Ukrainian state.