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Aug 30, 2022 • 27 tweets • 14 min read • Read on X
Ex US National Security Council official confirms citing "multiple former senior U.S. officials" that Russia & Ukraine agreed in April on peace deal framework of #Russia withdrawing to pre-war positions & #Ukraine promising not to seek #NATO membership. Deal was stopped by UK PM.
Fiona Hill & Angela Stent: "According to multiple former senior U.S. officials we spoke with, in April 2022, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators appeared to have tentatively agreed on the outlines of a negotiated interim settlement..." #Ukraine #Ukraine️war foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…
"...Russia would withdraw to its position on February 23, when it controlled part of the Donbas region and all of Crimea, and in exchange, Ukraine would promise not to seek NATO membership and instead receive security guarantees from a number of countries." #Ukraine️war #Ukraine
"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."
Sources close to Zelenskyy revealed that UK PM came "almost without warning" with 2 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" pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/…
Ukrainska pravda suggested that Boris Johnson was messenger who told #Zelenskyy that it was not only his position but also position of collective West, i.e. US-led position, not to make peace deal between #Ukraine & #Russia. This is consistent with UK status vs US. #Ukraine️war
It's revealing that many accept propaganda & fake news concerning #UkraineRussiaWar but deny that #Ukraine & #Russia were close to peace deal in April despite admissions by Ukrainian officials close to Zelenskyy, senior Russian officials & "multiple former senior U.S. officials"
They even deny admissions by "multiple former senior US officials" cited by ex-deputy assistant to US president/senior director for Europe & Russian affairs in National Security Council & ex-official in charge of Russia & Ukraine in National Intelligence Council & State Depart.
Russian withdrawal to pre-war position in exchange for no NATO membership was written proposed peace deal by Zelenskyy. It was accepted by Russia as basis for negotiations. Russia demanded recognition of Donbas independence & could agreed only to withdraw from non-Donbas regions.
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Besides sources close to #Zelenskyy revealing that Johnson told him in April not to sign peace deal with #Russia, British PM during his surprise visits to #Ukraine openly opposed peace talks to end #UkraineRussiaWar
#Zelenskyy ended talks right after Johnson visit & not after Bucha war crimes: "President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his point that it would be difficult to negotiate with Russia after the Russian atrocities in Bucha, but that there was no other choice" strana.news/news/384922-uk…
And: "During his trip to Bucha today, a BBC correspondent asked Zelensky if he still thinks it is possible to discuss peace with Russia. "Yes, because Ukraine must find peace... We will continue our diplomatic and military efforts," Zelensky said." strana.news/news/384811-ze…
Mainstream Western media didn't report confirmation by former senior US officials that there was peace deal outline between #Ukraine & #Russia to end #UkraineRussiaWar & Ukrainian media bombshell that British PM stopped talks in April. I first posted both of these 4 months ago.
The only partial exception
And @QuincyInst report: "Russia and Ukraine agreed on a tentative deal to end the war in April, according to a recent piece in Foreign Affairs. The news highlights the impact of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s efforts to stop negotiations..." responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/09/02/dip…
"Decision to scuttle the deal coincided with Johnson’s April visit to Kyiv, during which he reportedly urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to break off talks with Russia for two key reasons: Putin cannot be negotiated with, and the West isn’t ready for the war to end."
"The apparent revelation raises some key questions: Why did Western leaders want to stop Kyiv from signing a seemingly good deal with Moscow? Do they consider the conflict a proxy war with Russia? And, most importantly, what would it take to get back to a deal?" #Ukraine️
Proxy war
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And Putin now: "after the start of the special military operation, including the talks in Istanbul, the representatives of Kyiv reacted very positively to our proposals... After certain compromises were reached, Kyiv was actually given a direct order to disrupt all agreements."
Revelations by Ukrainian senior officials in Ukrainska pravda that UK prime-minister told Zelenskyy not to sign peace deal & by multiple former senior US officials in Foreign Affairs article that such deal outline was agreed preceded this Putin statement
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And: "That became clear already in March, when Moscow and Kiev came close to reaching mutual agreements. Such turn of events obviously frightened the Americans and the British, so they actually forbade Ukraine to conduct further dialogue with Russia." newsweek.com/exclusive-russ…
In fact, nobody cares about views and fate of ordinary Ukrainians and their agency
Proposed peace plan to #Russia by Ukrainian delegation in March included neutrality/no #NATO membership, support for EU membership, security guarantees to #Ukraine, & #Donbas & #Crimea status to be discussed separately later. faridaily.substack.com/p/ukraines-10-…

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Jun 15
Now @NYT publishes drafts of Ukraine Russia peace deal that was close to signing in spring 2022 but still omits that Boris Johnson & Biden administration blocked it. NYT cites statement from viral video that I posted: “We managed to find a very real compromise,” Oleksandr Chalyi, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team, said at a panel discussion in Geneva last December. “We were very close in the middle of April, in the end of April, to finalize our war with some peaceful settlement.” But it omits other sources which revealed this peace deal & which I posted for more than 2 years & which had some 25,000,000 views but were deliberately denied or not reported by the media. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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@NYT This statement is finally reported by @NYT but it omits that it became viral after I posted it several months ago, and my tweet had some 2,000,000 views.
This revelation by ex Israeli prime minister was not reported by @NYT even though it had some 20,000,000 views. Fake Community Note is still there even after head & members of Ukrainian delegation at peace talks confirmed it.
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Jun 13
"Canada Says It Won’t Give Arms To Azov, Despite U.S. Policy Change. “Our position remains that we are not – nor will we – be providing support to Azov and affiliated entities.” Ivan Katchanovski, a professor specializing in Ukrainian politics at the University of Ottawa, told The Maple that both the Azov Brigade and the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade are “basically part of the same Azov Movement, which is led by [Biletsky’s] neo-Nazi party.”

There is no evidence, he said, that any Western country has banned military aid from going to the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. He added that DND’s statements about not giving support to the Azov Brigade should also be taken with a large grain of salt.

Katchanovski also cast doubt on the U.S. State Department’s claim that Azov has not committed human rights abuses. The National Corps party, Azov’s political wing, has been involved in attacks against Roma people and other violent actions.

In 2018, a U.S. State Department report noted that a Ukrainian group established with support from the National Corps party “attacked and destroyed a Romani camp in Kyiv after its residents failed to respond to their ultimatum to leave the area within 24 hours.”

The U.S. State Department, Katchanovski said, has tried to deflect concerns about its recent move by misleadingly suggesting that Azov Brigade is a newly created formation with no relation to its predecessor units.

“This is quite unbelievable,” Katchanovski said. “This is open support and endorsement by the Biden administration of open neo-Nazis in Ukraine.” readthemaple.com/canada-insists…Image
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"Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) says it will maintain its stated policy of not providing military support to Ukraine’s neo-Nazi led Azov Brigade, despite reports this week that the United States has lifted a ban on weapons transfers to the far-right military unit.

“Our position remains that we are not – nor will we – be providing support to Azov and affiliated entities,” DND spokesperson Kened Sadiku wrote in an email to The Maple on Tuesday, echoing the ministry’s previous statements about the military unit."readthemaple.com/canada-insists…
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Jun 12
Leader of neo-Nazi Azov movement, which is armed by Biden administration, called "heroes" by Zelensky, Boris Johnson & media & greeted by top universities, wrote that Nazi ideology is "great idea," "[slur for Jews] dominance of power and economy," Arab, Asian, Black & Muslim migrants threaten "White European" countries, including Ukraine, "White race" is "superior," "historical mission of our Nation... is to head and lead the White Peoples of the world in the last crusade for their existence a march against the Semitic-led subhumans," "Jewishness as an economic and political parasite," "Social-Nationalism is based on" "Sociality, Racism, Great Power," & combines Nationalism & National Socialism, etc.

He never denounced any of these statements which were published by him in Ukrainian on website of his neo-Nazi Patriot of Ukraine or in collection of his articles, entitled "Word of White Leader." These archived publications are publicly available but are omitted, denied or whitewashed.

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Quote from his article in 2013 collection, entitled "Word of White Leader" (p. 26): "Therefore, we claim that we have developed the correct worldview and we have an ideology under the correct name of Social-Nationalism. But only then will our ideology come to life, our name will only then become great, when there will be thousands of young fanatical apostles who will lead the fight regardless of their own well-being and even life. Nationalism and National Socialism are therefore great ideas that they had just such apostles." web.archive.org/web/2014092404…Image
Quote from his article: "The historical mission of our Nation in this turning point of the century is to head and lead the White Peoples of the world in the last crusade for their existence, a march against the Semitic-led subhumans."

Media, info warriors such as Likhachov & Wikipedia whitewashers of far-right in Ukraine denied that this was his statement simply because he denied that he said this & that he is neo-Nazi, anti-Semite & racist. In fact, this statement is from his article, entitled "Ukrainian racial Social-Nationalism is the ideology of the "Patriot of Ukraine" Organization." The archived version of his article with this statement is publicly available via the link provided.web.archive.org/web/2018092406…
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Jun 4
Now male dual citizens of US, Canada, etc. & Ukraine are banned from leaving Ukraine & can be conscripted by force with de facto US/West approval: "US Embassy in Ukraine: men with dual citizenship will no longer be able to leave the country. The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has warned that Ukraine has revoked the "residence abroad" exception that previously allowed certain Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 to leave the country.

Source: US Embassy in Ukraine
With this change, men with dual citizenship, including those living in the US, will no longer be able to leave the country.

According to the message of the embassy, ​​Ukrainian legislation does not recognize dual citizenship. Therefore, American-Ukrainian persons with dual citizenship, while in Ukraine, are considered exclusively as citizens of Ukraine, and they are subject to the rights and obligations of citizens of Ukraine. That is, under martial law in Ukraine, men aged 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving the country.

The embassy noted that previously persons with dual American-Ukrainian citizenship of this group could enter Ukraine and then leave it if they deregistered their place of residence in Ukraine and registered their place of residence in the United States. As of June 1, this exception was canceled.

Literally: "If you are in Ukraine and cannot leave the country, shelter in place and obey all local regulations.

If you are not currently in Ukraine, we strongly recommend that male US citizens between the ages of 18 and 60 who also hold Ukrainian citizenship or are applying for Ukrainian citizenship and do not wish to remain in Ukraine indefinitely refrain from any travel to of Ukraine. There is an extremely high risk that you will not be allowed to leave even with a US passport."
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US government to dual US & Ukraine citizens" "The U.S. Embassy is limited in our ability to influence Ukrainian law, including the application of martial law and the mobilization law to Ukrainian citizens. If you are in Ukraine and cannot leave the country, shelter in place and obey all local orders. If you are not currently in Ukraine, we strongly recommend against all travel to Ukraine by U.S. citizen males aged 18 to 60 who also have Ukrainian citizenship or a claim to Ukrainian citizenship and who do not wish to stay in Ukraine indefinitely. There is an extremely high risk you will not be allowed to depart, even with a U.S. passport." ua.usembassy.gov/message-for-u-…Image
"Ukrainians with dual citizenship will no longer be allowed to leave the country and may be drafted into the Armed Forces. This new regulation, which came into effect on June 1, 2024, impacts American-Ukrainian dual citizens, among others." kyivpost.com/post/33792
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May 29
Presentation and Q&As by Jefferey Sachs and me at Canadian Foreign Policy Institute concerning Ukraine war, its origins & prospects for peace is now available in German.
And in French
And in Spanish
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May 16
Bloomberg propagates fakes: " In Ukraine, it was the country’s infamously corrupt then-President Viktor Yanukovych who broke. Despite deploying riot police, plainclothes thugs nicknamed “titushki” and, finally, snipers who fired live rounds into the crowds, he proved unable to drive protesters from the streets, and eventually fled to exile in Russia. In Georgia last week, carbon copies of the Ukrainian titushki were thrown into action, beating protest leaders, opposition politicians and even an inconvenient academic outside their homes.

Georgia is having its “Maidan moment.” With parallels to Ukraine mounting fast, the question for the US and Europe is how to respond; for the protesters, it’s whether they should also have a “Yanukovych moment,” in which they try to topple the government."

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Like false-flag Maidan massacre in Ukraine, beating & torture of prominent Maidan protest activists was staged: "Similarly to the Maidan massacre, the Ukrainian government investigations in three related cases during the “Euromaidan” found evidence that they were staged false-flag operations but covered-up these findings and failed to prosecute those responsible."brill.com/view/journals/…
"The evidence and the Ukrainian government investigation show that highly publicized kidnapping of Dmytro Bulatov, the Automaidan leader, was staged. The Ukrainian police closed on March 27, 2020, its investigation of kidnapping, torture, and crucifixion of Dmytro Bulatov during the Maidan because the investigation determined that the crime “was absent” and could have been “staged.” The documents from his investigative criminal case show that associates of Bulatov in the Automaidan testified in 2014 after the Maidan and in 2019 that he staged his own abduction, torture, and crucifixion. One of them testified that Bulatov told him shortly before his disappearance that he planned to stage his own abduction. Another testified that she heard from Bulatov and other Maidan activists about need for some “fiery information” in order to regain popularity of the Automaidan, and that his staged abduction accomplished this. Other Automaidan leaders testified that there was no rationale for Bulatov’s kidnapping and torture because he was removed from the Automaidan leadership a couple of days prior, and they regarded his staging his own kidnapping as a real possibility. Two of them also testified that the light wounds and his appearance did not match his statements about being kidnapped and tortured for a week without food."
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