“The US and UK governments show no efforts or desire to achieve peaceful settlement of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine,” says Ivan Katchanovski, a Ukrainian professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa" #Ukraine#Ukraine️war 1/ jacobinmag.com/2022/05/peace-…
“Such a peace settlement was better for Ukraine than the continuation of the war, which results in significant civilian and military casualties, destruction, and negative economic impact,” says Katchanovski." 2/ #Ukraine️#UkraineRussianWar#Russia#UkraineWar#RussiaUkraineWar
"“The media often falsely equated proposals of a settlement with policies of appeasement of Nazi Germany,” says Katchanovski. “This made peace in Ukraine toxic, even though even a ‘bad’ peace is better than a ‘good’ war.”" 3/ #Ukraine️#UkraineRussianWar#UkraineWar#Russia
"Propaganda and intelligence have been interchangeably filtered through the Western press and presented as truth. “Such coverage creates inaccurate perceptions about the state of the war and its likely outcome, and complicates a peaceful settlement,” says Katchanovski." 4/
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#Zelenskyy about #Ukrainian military casualties during #RussiaUkraineWar : "The situation is very difficult, 60-100 soldiers per day die in combat and about 500 are wounded in combat." This would equal 1,800-3,100 killed & 15,000-15,500 wounded per month. pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/1…
#Zelenskyy statement about 60-100 soldiers killed & about 500 wounded per day in combat is minimal casualty number. Missing in action, who are killed, are not reported as killed. Casualty numbers also likely exclude territorial defense, police, SBU, etc & non-combat casualties.
"His latest article, which can be accessed for free, reviews all the evidence he’s collected to date – including witness testimonies, weapon ballistics and medical forensics. It’s based on hundreds of hours of footage of the Maidan massacre trials..." researchgate.net/publication/35…
Media continue to whitewash neo-Nazi-led Azov regiment, which surrendered in #Mariupol, & new #Azov units which were organized & led after start of #Russian invasion by National Corp, civilian wing of #Azov. Proxy war outweighs democracy in #Ukraine. thetimes.co.uk/article/azov-b…
Like it used neo-Nazi-led Azov regiment to justify its illegal invasion of Ukraine under pretext of "denazification" & to falsely claim that Nazis share power in Ukraine, #Russia would use new #Azov units to continue its war in #Ukraine & to annex more territories of Ukraine.
This neo-Nazi-led #Azov Kraken battalion, which was implicated in shooting Russian POWs, along with its @thetimes whitewash would be used by #Russian propaganda during Russia's war in #Ukraine. It's like renamed al-Qaeda was whitewashed during #Syria war. bbc.com/news/60907259
Ukrainian military casualty numbers revealed by #Zelenskyy exclude #RussiaUkraineWar in Southern #Ukraine and likely many those killed but reported as missing in action. Various gruesome videos & photos show bodies of many #Ukrainian soldiers lying on battlefields in #Donbas. 2/
@readthemaple "“[The war] could have been avoided and prevented,” Katchanovski explained. Specifically, an agreement in which Ukraine promised to remain a neutral country and the fulfilment of the Minsk accords could have stopped Putin’s invasion, he said." 2/
"Katchanovski suggested that before Putin’s invasion, a successful peace agreement could have allowed for Ukraine to eventually join the European Union (EU) in exchange for neutrality." 3/
My research-based estimate of total minimal number of #Ukrainian casualties of #UkraineRussiaWar is around 10,000 people killed already, including minimum 5,000 civilians & 5,000 military. It is derived from #Zelenskyy's military casualties number & UN civilian casualties data.