Thread by @I_Katchanovski

I said in my live Avers TV interview in Western #Ukraine that Putin claims of genocide in #Ukraine in #Donbas to justify #Russian invasion are false. My studies found that there is no such genocide.
#RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraineConflict #Russia
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Putin false claims of genocide in #Ukraine are aimed at giving legitimacy to #Russian invasion, which is illegal under international law, by using humanitarian intervention casus belli that was used by NATO under false pretexts during Kosovo and Libya wars. 2/

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My analysis suggests that likely ultimate goal of #Russian invasion of Ukraine is regime change. This includes replacement & of government & foreign & domestic policies, e.g. abandoning NATO membership goal, “denazification,” & transforming #Ukraine into federal state. 3/

As I predicted in my interviews, NATO and US do not intervene militarily in #Russia #Ukraine war. They won’t heed calls by #Zelenskyy to create no flight zone over #Ukraine because this would mean NATO/US war with nuclear Russia. 4/

As I also predicted, economic sanctions did not deter Putin from using military force. #Zelenskyy & #Putin expressed willingness to discuss negotiated settlement of #RussiaUkraineWar. Such settlement now would be on much worse terms for #Ukraine than before #Russian invasion. 5/

I studied Nazi and Soviet genocides in #Ukraine & published this peer-reviewed article. #Genocide is defined "as mass murder and other similar acts committed with the intent to destroy a significant part of an ethnic, racial, religious, or social group." researchgate.net/publication/24…