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Mar 5 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
I said in my China Newsweek interview that #RussianUkrainianWar wasn't inevitable & could have been prevented by Russia, Ukraine & US. Russia launched illegal war of choice based on false claims of NATO accession, genocide, nuclear weapons development & Nazis in power in #Ukraine
#Zelensky failed to prevent escalation of #Ukraine-#Russia conflict into devastating war by denying that possibility of Russian invasion was real, as I noted in my interviews & publications. He abandoned Minsk agreement & election promises & pursued unrealistic NATO membership.
Western countries could have prevented #Ukraine-#Russia war by offering Ukraine EU membership prospect in exchange for neutrality & implementation of Minsk agreement. They backed violent Ukraine government overthrow that started conflict & could had escalated into war in 2014.
My op-ed before war: "The Ukraine-Russia conflict has escalated to a very dangerous point. The possibility that it can turn into an armed conflict, or even a war, has increased significantly and is real... Such war is hardly inevitable and can be avoided."
truthout.org/articles/lies-…
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Mar 5
As I said, Western governments want to fight #Russia to the last Ukrainian: "The U.S. and its allies are planning for a Ukrainian government-in-exile and fueling a long insurgency against a Russian occupation." #Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar #RussiaUkraineWar
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This is another indication that the US would block any peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war and that they treat Ukraine and Ukrainians just as tools to fight Russia.
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Mar 5
Member of #Ukrainian delegation at #Ukraine - #Russia peace talks was killed in #Kyiv, reportedly, by Security Service of Ukraine. He was accused of state treason.
#UkraineRussianWar #UkraineInvasion #RussianUkrainianWar #Russian
"Security Service of Ukraine shoots Ukrainian negotiator suspected of treason in Gomel."

Photos show his body on ground, reportedly, in government district in #Kyiv in #Ukraine

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"In Kyiv, a member of the first delegation of #Ukraine at the talks with Russia, Denis Kireev, was killed. Information was confirmed by the sources of "Strana" in law enforcement agencies. According to them, the murder took place near the Pechersk court."
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Mar 4
"Ivan Katchanovski, a political scientist at the University of Ottawa, said the red-and-black flag, along with the “Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes” slogan, was adopted by the ... Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)..." nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/c…
"According to Katchanovski, contemporary Ukrainian ultranationalist groups, such as Right Sector, have adopted the red-and-black flag along with the “Glory to Ukraine” greeting before and during the pro-western Euromaidan protests that led to the removal of former Ukraine..."
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Mar 3
Second round of #Ukraine - #Russia peace talks is underway in Belarus.

#UkraineRussianWar #UkraineRussiaWar #RussianUkrainianWar #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineConflict #UkraineInvasion
#Russian President Putin "told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that he would plow on with his war in Ukraine undaunted by international condemnation, forcing an Élysée official to conclude: “We expect that the worst is yet to come.”
politico.eu/article/france…
Second round of #Ukraine - #Russia peace talks in Belarus has ended without any major deal. But talks would continue.

#UkraineRussianWar #UkraineRussiaWar #RussianUkrainianWar #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineConflict #UkraineInvasion
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Feb 26
My analysis of videos & other corroborated evidence suggests that situation in #Russia - #Ukraine war continues to deteriorate for #Ukrainian forces. #Russian troops from Crimea advanced close to strategically important port city of #Mariupol in government-controlled #Donbas 1/
Separatist & #Russian forces advanced further in #Ukraine controlled #Donbas towards borders of Donetsk & Luhansk regions that they claim & towards Mariupol from the north. There is danger of encirclement of Mariupol & #Ukrainian forces there & in other parts of Donbas. 2/
CNN reported that some 50,000 #Russian troops entered #Ukraine out of circa 150,000 located on its borders & in #Crimea before war. This is consistent with videos & other sources that I examined. Videos don't show very large numbers of Russian tanks/heavy weapons in Ukraine.
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Feb 26
Unbelievable: Videos show explosions, gunshots and burned vehicles on Prospekt Peremohy near two metro stations in #Kyiv in Ukraine. I lived & went to university in this very area for 4 years.

#Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussia #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraineConflict
Unbelievable: Armed Forces of #Ukraine confirm this attack on its military unit in #Kyiv near Beresteiska metro station. Media reports bridge blown-up & #Russian troops moving via Prospekt Peremohy towards Kyiv center. I lived & went to university in this very area for 4 years.
My #Kyiv National Economic University is located in area of fighting between #Ukrainian & #Russian troops on Prospekt Peremohy between these two metro stations. I lived near both these metro stations when I was student. US Embassy in #Ukraine is nearby.
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