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Political scientist, University of Ottawa. Research politics, conflicts, policy & political communication in Ukraine, US & Canada. Ex-Harvard, SUNY, UofT & LoC.

May 5, 2022, 37 tweets

Proxy war & not peace: #Ukrainian media reports that "Russian side was almost ready for the Zelensky-Putin meeting" for peace deal to end #ukrainewar. But it was abandoned after British PM visited #Ukraine & told #Zelenskyy not to negotiate with #Putin. pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2022/…

UP sources close to #Zelenskyy: "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought two simple messages:
"Putin is a war criminal, he needs to be squeezed, and not negotiated with him.
Second, if Ukraine is ready to sign any agreements on guarantees with him, then they [West] are not."

Such revelations about Western policy of treating #Ukraine as tool for proxy war with #Russia & blocking peace deal to end #UkraineRussiaWar corroborate my research-based findings shortly after #Russian invasion of Ukraine. #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar

Now this article is available in English: "Possibility of talks between Zelenskyy and Putin came to a halt after Johnson’s visit - UP sources." #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineCrisis #RussiaUkraineConflict #Ukraina pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/…

UP sources close to #Zelenskyy reveal that Boris Johnson came "almost without warning" & brought two messages: "Putin is a war criminal, he should be pressured, not negotiated with" & "even if Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they are not."

Even more evidence of proxy war in #Ukraine in addition to #RussianUkrainianWar: "U.S. intel helped Ukraine sink Russian flagship Moskva, officials say."
#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineRussianWar #Ukraine️war #Russia #ProxyWar #RussiaUkraineWar
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

Silence in Western media about #Ukrainian media bombshell that possibility of #Zelenskyy & #Putin talks came to halt after British Prime Minister Johnson told Zelenskyy not to negotiate with Putin & that West won't guarantee peace deal that was negotiated by #Ukraine & #Russia

Only such reports reuters.com/world/europe/n…

"We noted there that Ukraine was not ready to join NATO in exchange for tough and clear security guarantees. A framework for the agreement was prepared. We say, guys, the issue of Crimea and Donbas is about territorial status. Let the presidents meet..." pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2…

"and decide where to go. We need a meeting between the leaders", said one of the sources on Bankova. This meeting was almost prepared. The Russian side, no matter what anyone says, can read signals and was actually ready for the Zelenskyy-Putin meeting." pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2…

For self-proclaimed experts triggered by "pravda:" Ukrainska pravda is most popular pro-Western Ukrainian online media. It is owned now by Czech oligarch & was financed by US Embassy, NATO, NED, EU & Soros Foundation. It reports breaking peace talks by UK as positive development.

Only US media that reported this bombshell: "...a Ukrainian news outlet, the Pravda of Ukraine, reported that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to Kyiv to tell Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not to sign a peace deal with Russia."
courthousenews.com/ukraine-war-he…

"Ivan Katchanovski, a political scientist and Ukraine expert at the University of Ottawa, called the Pravda article and reports on U.S. intelligence help evidence that the West is involved in a proxy war in Ukraine." courthousenews.com/ukraine-war-he…

"“Such revelations about Western policy of treating Ukraine as tool for proxy war with Russia and blocking peace deal to end the Ukraine-Russia War corroborate my research-based findings shortly after Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Katchanovski said on Twitter" #UkraineRussiaWar

"It looks increasingly like the U.S. is more interested in undermining Russia’s power than in saving Ukrainian lives. The U.S. needs to help end the war, not escalate it into a disastrous global confrontation." #Ukraine️war
#UkraineRussianWar #Russia
currentaffairs.org/2022/05/is-the…

"UK’s Boris Johnson Urges Ukraine Not to Negotiate With Russia. Johnson reportedly told Zelensky even if Ukraine wants to sign a deal with Putin the West is not ready." news.antiwar.com/2022/05/09/uks…

"On Friday, British Prime Minister Borish Johnson spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and said that he urged Ukraine against negotiating with Russia."

Johnson "updated on his visit to Kyiv last month and shared his conviction that Ukraine would win, supported with the right level of defensive military assistance. He urged against any negotiations with Russia on terms that gave credence to the Kremlin’s" gov.uk/government/new…

Another one? "Boris Johnson has flown to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy in Kyiv. The Prime Minister had been due to attend a major Levelling Up conference of Tory councillors in Doncaster, but it was announced he would not be attending earlier today."

UK prime minister during another unannounced visit again tells #Zelenskyy not to make any peace deal with #Russia: "Johnson expressed understanding about the impossibility of any compromise between the Ukrainian people and Russian President Vladimir Putin" pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/1…

UK prime-minister visits #Ukraine unannounced & tells #Zelenskyy no peace deal right after joint visit by leaders of France, Germany & Italy. They apparently urged Zelenskyy to make peace deal to end #RussiaUkraineWar in exchange for EU candidate status. yahoo.com/entertainment/…

Johnson says during scrambled visit that negotiations on future of Ukraine can begin only when #Ukraine controls its entire territory & that security guarantees will be provided to Ukraine when there are no Russian troops on its territory. De facto, never. strana.news/news/395945-dz…

"United States and its allies are making preparations for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine, officials said, as the Biden administration attempts to deny Russia victory by surging military aid to Kyiv while scrambling to ease the war’s destabilizing effects" washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

"The support appears to have emboldened the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who this week vowed to retake all of Russian-controlled Ukraine, even areas annexed by Moscow long before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion." washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

"A senior State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe ongoing international deliberations, said Biden administration officials had discussed the possibility of a protracted conflict with global spillover effects even before February." #Ukraine

"Ukraine must not settle for 's----y peace', Boris Johnson to tell G7." British PM again pushes to fight Russia to last #Ukrainian & to block Ukraine from reaching peace deal. This would result in devastation of #Ukraine which is unlikely to defeat #Russia telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…

Such policy of using Ukraine & Ukrainians to fight Russia & to block Ukraine from peace deal means continuation of #RussiaUkraineWar. This would result in devastation of Ukraine & loss of territory & lives of many #Ukrainians because #Ukraine is unlikely to defeat #Russia.

"It is becoming more and more urgently necessary to achieve a stable cease-fire in Ukraine, leading to a lasting peace; and unfortunately, the initiative for this will probably have to come from Washington" #Ukrainewar #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukrainian thenation.com/article/world/…

Boris #Johnson travelling twice to #Ukraine in order to tell #Zelenskyy not to sign peace deal to end #UkraineRussiawar is not one of reasons for his resignation. His blocking peace deal to end #Ukrainewar is not even reported by mainstream Western media. bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

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