Wow! Nuland basically admits that Ukraine-Russia peace deal, which was close to being finalized in spring 2022, “fell apart” because US, UK & other Western governments “advised” Zelensky government that it was not “good deal” even though even members of Ukrainian delegation stated in recent interviews that this was very good deal, best deal that Ukraine could get & “very real compromise” & that Ukrainian delegation celebrated it with champagne. She basically confirms statements by ex-Israeli PM, head of Ukrainian delegation, Ukrainian officials close to Zelensky, ex-German chancellor & Turkish FM that US & UK blocked this peace deal, which was close to being finalized.
Victoria Nuland does not mention at all Russian war crimes in Bucha, which were inflated & mispresented by politicians, media & self-proclaimed experts as reason for ending peace talks. The peace deal agreement included withdrawal of Russian forces from all territory of Ukraine, with exceptions of Donbas & Crimea, whose status was to be determined at meeting of Putin & Zelensky, in exchange for neutral status & demilitarization of Ukraine.
Victoria Nuland does not mention at all Russian war crimes in Bucha, which were inflated & mispresented by politicians, media & self-proclaimed experts as reason for ending peace talks. The peace deal agreement included withdrawal of Russian forces from all territory of Ukraine, with exceptions of Donbas & Crimea, whose status was to be determined at meeting of Putin & Zelensky, in exchange for neutral status & demilitarization of Ukraine.
Former Israeli prime minister said that US and other Western leaders blocked #Ukraine & #Russia peace deal which he negotiated on #Zelensky request in March because they wanted to continue to strike Putin. He said that there was good chance of such deal.
https://x.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1622270833421946880
Ukrainian delegation head at Ukraine-Russia talks confirmed that Western countries told Zelensky not to sign peace deal in spring 2022 & said that "Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them at all, and let's just fight."
https://x.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1728152192505258060
Ex leader of Germany: "At the peace negotiations in Istanbul in March 2022 with Rustem Umerov, the Ukrainians did not agree on peace because they were not allowed to. For everything they discussed, they first had to ask the Americans."
https://x.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1715715086096986531
Ukrainian media reported citing Ukrainian officials close to Zelensky that peace deal to end war was abandoned after British PM visited #Ukraine & told #Zelenskyy on behalf of "collective West" not to negotiate with Putin.
https://x.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1522213905203744769
Ukrainian Ambassador Chalyi, who participated in Ukraine-Russia peace talks in spring 2022, stated that "we concluded" "Istanbul Communique" & "were very close in... April to finalize our war with some peaceful settlement" & this was “very real compromise"
https://x.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1740231338546864453
Victoria Nuland, who was then one of top US State Department officials:
“But relatively late in the game, the Ukrainians began asking for advice on where this thing was going, and it became clear to us, clear to the Brits, clear to others that Putin's main condition was buried in an Annex to this document that they were working on. And it included limits on the precise kinds of weapons systems that Ukraine could have after the deal, such that Ukraine would basically be neutered as a military force. And there were no similar constraints on Russia. Russia wasn't required to pull back. Russia wasn't required to have a buffer zone from the Ukrainian border, wasn't required to have the same constraints on its military facing Ukraine. And so people inside Ukraine and people outside Ukraine started asking questions about whether this was a good deal, and it was at that point that it fell apart.”
“But relatively late in the game, the Ukrainians began asking for advice on where this thing was going, and it became clear to us, clear to the Brits, clear to others that Putin's main condition was buried in an Annex to this document that they were working on. And it included limits on the precise kinds of weapons systems that Ukraine could have after the deal, such that Ukraine would basically be neutered as a military force. And there were no similar constraints on Russia. Russia wasn't required to pull back. Russia wasn't required to have a buffer zone from the Ukrainian border, wasn't required to have the same constraints on its military facing Ukraine. And so people inside Ukraine and people outside Ukraine started asking questions about whether this was a good deal, and it was at that point that it fell apart.”
My 2022 APSA study: "Ukrainian officials close to Zelenskyy revealed that the British prime minister visited Kyiv in April 2022 to block a peace deal with Russia after the Ukrainian government delegation in peace talks with Russia in its written peace plan proposal reportedly agreed to neutrality of Ukraine, no bases and troops from foreign countries, and no nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Putin made a similar statement. Naftali Bennett, the former Israeli prime minister also said that Western leaders, primarily the US and the UK, blocked the Ukraine-Russia peace deal, which he negotiated with Putin on Zelensky’s request in March 2022 and which had about 50% chance of being reached, because they wanted to continue to strike Putin. He says that after Putin promised him not to kill Zelensky and dropped demilitarization of Ukraine demand during his meeting on March 5, 2022, Zelensky dropped NATO membership of Ukraine. “Multiple former senior U.S. officials” confirmed that Russia and Ukraine agreed in April on a peace deal outline (Hill and Stent, 2022)...
There have been many more additional civilian casualties as a result of the ongoing war versus a possible peace deal that was close to agreement by the beginning of April 2022."researchgate.net/publication/36…
There have been many more additional civilian casualties as a result of the ongoing war versus a possible peace deal that was close to agreement by the beginning of April 2022."researchgate.net/publication/36…
My @Weltwoche 2013 interview: "Former Israeli prime minister Bennett recently revealed that the Biden administration and leaders of other major Western countries blocked the Ukraine-Russia peace deal, which he was negotiating as a mediator on Zelensky request in March 2022, because they wanted to continue to strike Putin. Bennett said that there was a good chance of reaching such a deal and that Putin promised not to kill Zelensky and dropped demilitarization of Ukraine demand, while Zelensky dropped NATO membership of Ukraine. Fionna Hill, the former senior U.S. National Security Council official wrote in Foreign Affairs magazine that according to many former senior US officials Russia and Ukraine “tentatively agreed on the outline of a negotiated transitional settlement.” Ukrainska pravda previously reported citing sources close to Zelensky that the peace talks broke because of the visit by then British prime minister Boris Johnson to Kyiv in April 2022 after he delivered Zelensky the message from “the collective West” not to negotiate with Putin but to “press him” and that the West would not provide security guarantees even if Ukraine would sign a peace agreement with Russia.
As a result, Zelensky abandoned peaceful resolution of the armed conflict and gambled against the odds on winning the war with Russia with massive military, intelligence, economic, and humanitarian assistance of the West, which uses Ukraine to contain and weaken Russia. This decision has tremendous consequences for Ukraine."academia.edu/99297721/The_F…
As a result, Zelensky abandoned peaceful resolution of the armed conflict and gambled against the odds on winning the war with Russia with massive military, intelligence, economic, and humanitarian assistance of the West, which uses Ukraine to contain and weaken Russia. This decision has tremendous consequences for Ukraine."academia.edu/99297721/The_F…
US senator JD Vance, who later became vice-president candidate: “Indeed, as multiple people, both critics of Vladimir Putin and supporters of Ukraine have pointed out, there was a peace deal on the table approximately 18 months ago. And what happened to it? The Biden administration pushed Zelenskyy to set aside the peace agreement and to engage in a disastrous counter-offensive, a counter offensive that killed thousands, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, and depleted a decades worth of military stock and left us where we are now, where every observer of the war acknowledges that the war is worse for Ukraine than it was 18 months ago. Could we have avoided it, yes, we could and we should have avoided it. We would have saved a lot of lives and American weapons and we would have had this country in a better and more stable place if we had.”c-span.org/video/?535093-…
I meant 2023 interview
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