Lavrov: "There is still a small group of people who stand to benefit" from war in Ukraine
"Zelensky and his regime are being used primarily by the Americans to escalate tensions."
"The future of Ukraine is not Washington's main goal in this particular case."
Lavrov says the U.S. plan is to "close" the situation in Ukraine so that America can then "deal with" China.
"The Americans are using Ukraine against Russia so openly and cynically that the Kiev regime itself is now scared."
Lavrov suggests that maybe the U.S. and U.K. have evacuated their diplomats because they know something others don't.

Maybe they've planned a provocation, he claims.

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Feb 2
Today, President Putin made his first comments about the crisis in Ukraine in more than a month.

He made a point that shocked the world.

But I've been tweeting about it for a while... 🧵 Image
What was Putin's key point?

That Crimea still matters – and could lead to WW3.

Russia acquiring the territory in 2014 is not simply the prologue to the current crisis.

The peninsula remains at the heart of events. Image
There is a faction within the Obama clique that is still obsessed with "losing" the peninsula.

These people want to put together a "coalition of the willing" to take Crimea back from the Russians.

Read 6 tweets
Jan 26
URGENT: I have a proposal to stop the war over Ukraine.

It's a diplomatic solution.

It doesn't give the West or Russia everything they want – but it overcomes each side's primary objections. 🧵
Russia has demanded formal legal guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO.

It has released a public draft of a proposed treaty including that and other, bigger concessions from the West.

It says all those terms are negotiable – but that Ukraine in NATO is a red line.
The U.S. has informally assured Russia that there is no imminent plan for Ukraine to join NATO.

However, it refuses to provide the formal legal guarantee that Russia is demanding.

It claims that excluding Ukraine from NATO would be unlawful.
Read 28 tweets
Jan 26
The President of Croatia has gone rogue!

He's trying to prevent war over Ukraine.

It just might work. A quick thread... 🧵
For background, it was already clear that the alliance was divided over how involved to be in Ukraine.

America, the U.K., Poland, and the Baltic states were transferring weapons.

But Germany refused to let any German-made weapons enter the conflict zone.
Then President Biden put 8,500 troops on "high alert" – and warned he might deploy 50,000 to Eastern Europe.

The question was... would NATO stand behind this ramping up of pressure?

Or would troop deployments on the border of the conflict fracture the alliance?
Read 12 tweets
Jan 25
Ex-CIA analyst warns that the conflict in Ukraine could spill over to war with NATO.

She makes this sound like it would be an accident.

But the Biden administration is *planning* cross-border operations from Poland and Romania!
Mark my words: They want to set up training camps in NATO member states, send NATO-equipped fighters to conduct cross-border attacks on Russian forces inside a war zone...

... but think this won't risk NATO-Russia conflict?
If the goal is "plausible deniability," I have bad news: Two can play that game.

Russia will not need to launch *overt* attacks on NATO training camps inside Romania or Poland.

It can use its own proxy forces, just like NATO is threatening to do.
Read 4 tweets
Jan 21
The conventional wisdom is that we're headed for a second Cold War with Russia.

I disagree. We're flirting with a hot war.

It could involve nukes. Billions of people could die. 🧵
Just like before the Iraq War, there is a pro-war lobby pushing Biden to attack Russia.

They want to put together a "coalition of the willing."

Russia will be attacked if it does not surrender the territory it acquired in 2014. defenseone.com/ideas/2022/01/…
The call for war is not coming from fringe people in lonely corners of the internet.

That op-ed is from Obama's deputy assistant secretary of defense.

She says that we should, "if necessary, prepare for war" with Russia.
Read 29 tweets
Jan 20
My appearance on Tucker Carlson has been headline news in Russia.

Both state and private media have given it significant coverage.

ria.ru/20220119/obuza…
Why am I sharing this?

Because I believe in transparency.

I want my English-language audience to understand how my words are received in Russia.
lenta.ru/news/2022/01/1…
Some people are attacking me for my popularity in Russia.

This woman is a senior fellow at @CEPA, and she acts like the positive coverage from Moscow proves I'm a propagandist.

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