by Boggart, 13 September 2022
Could Devastation around Kharkov and across Ukraine have been avoided? (Picture: Guardian Media) Most people in the west are blissfully unaware of how near Russia and Ukraine came to ending the current war back in April of 2022. On March 27, Zelenskyyyyy told the people of Ukraine "Our goal is obvious – peace and the restoration of normal life in our native land as soon as possible."
Though it had barely been mentioned in US, UK and EU mainstream media Ukraine and Russia were prepared to enter into talks about a peace deal, brokered by NATO member Turkey, in fact it is now confirmed that the warring nations had agreed a tentative fifteen-point peace plan to end the month old war as a basis on which negotiations could begin.
Key points were Russia withdraw from all Ukraine except for breakaway Donbas and Crimea. Ukraine would pass on future NATO membership, pledging neutrality between Russia and NATO. Donbas and Crimea would undergo political transition based on self-determination to be recognized by both combatants. Ukraine security would be guaranteed by neighboring countries but no foreign troops would enter Ukraine.
The proposed settlement was the result of face - to - face talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul at the end of March. Virtual talks resumed after the meeting in Istanbul, but by mid April the two sides had failed to reach a agreement and apparently drifted further apart.
The talks that had looked so promising reportedly failed due to pressure from the West. According to a report from Ukrainska Pravda, (Ukraine's newspaper of record, not to be confused with the Russian Pravda,) on April 9 the then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Kiev on an official visit and informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he was in no circumstances to negotiate with Russia on any deal not approved in advance by the main NATO powers.
According to the report, Johnson told Zelensky that even if Ukraine was ready to conclude an agreement of ceasefire terms with Moscow, Kyiv’s Western backers were not. The report said that Russia was ready for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky on the potential peace deal, but Johnson’s visit and the messages he delivered made it impossible.
Johnson later told French President Emmanuel Macron in May that he “urged” Ukraine not to negotiate during his visit to Kyiv which appears to confirm the Ukrainska Pravda report. The British leader, who is due to step down in September, visited Kyiv one last time as prime minister in August and again told the Ukrainians not to negotiate with Russia.
So why was NATO (or let's be honest, Washington, because NATO is just a front for American militarism, so desperate to stop the war ending? It's likely that we will never really know, but we can speculate. For weapons makers in the US,UK and france (the old FUKUS axis,), the end of the war would bring to an end a bonanza for the weapons and military equipment manufacturing industry. The $60 billion in free weaponry sent to Ukraine 's army and irregular fighters by the USA, plus lesser amounts from UK and EU member states is the only reason the neo - Nazi nutters in Kiev have been able to keep their war effort going.
For the political establishments in the west, the end to the new Cold War with Russia to weaken, marginalize, and keep them from economic integration with Europe, where the Russsian experience with communism under the Soviet Union, the re - emergence of Russia as a friendly nation and reliable trading partner would act as a counterweight to the World Economic Forum's push for a global regime based on Cultural Marxism.Thus on April 9, Uncle Sam sent Boris Johnson, holder of the traditional British Prime Minister's role of White House Stooge, to Kiev, to remind Zelensky of who’s war it really is and who is giving te orders. The UK, Johnson dutifully spouted "was in it for the long run,” would not be party to any Ukraine, Russian agreement since the "collective West" saw a chance to "press" Russia and make the most of it. That is as clear as it could be, Ukraine is the chosen teatre for NATO's proxy war with R|ussia that the USA has wanted for so long.
Two weeks after Johnson's visit stymied the Turkish peace deal, the US sent Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Kyiv to reinforce the warning and make clear the US and NATO were in the war not to defend Ukrane against Russian aggression, in fact the Biden Administration and their NATO assets sole aim was to "weaken" Russia. NATO ally Turkey has blamed the US and UK for sabotaging a promising chance to end the war early on.
When it comes to provoking, waging and prolonging pointless and unwinnable wars, the FUKUS axis is always at the forefront of the action.
Just a few days ago at the time of writing it was reported from Ukraine that Russian artillery had bombarded and disabled electricity and water supplies and transport systems in retaliation for the crushing defeat hey had suffered at the hands of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkov region.
All hell broke loose in western mainstream media on the news of the Ukrainan advance towrds Kharkov. Countless reports and articles celebrated in unison about “the hammer blow that would knock out Putin”, and predicting “the incompetent, ill - equipped and undisciplined Russian army is in trouble”, and even claiming idiotically that total victory for Zelenskyyyyy and Ukraine is within sight. Needless to say the economic war Russia and China are waging on the west (and winning hands down,) is hardly mentioned.
Now I don't claim to have any more insight into what's really happening in Ukraine that any western reporter. Journalists are barred from the front line and thus news organisations are forced to rely on dispatches from military reporters for both sides, neither of which can be believed.
However there are other sources, that are not so skewed towards Ukraine as 99% of UK, European and US news organisations, and my reading of publications based in India, Egypt and Singapore suggests what happened is that Russian forces withdrew from the open territory around Kharkov to the
left bank of the Oskol river, a more easily defensible position where the Kharkov-Donetsk-Luhansk line looks solid. The ground retaken but the Ukrainian counter attack is flat, open farmland with a few small settlements, Times of India reported.
It is reasonable to infer with reasonable confidence is Russian troops in Svyatogorsk, Krasny, Liman,Yampol and Belogorovka can hold out against anything the Ukrainian army can throw at them until fresh Russian forces are able to swoop in and force the Ukrainians back beyond the Seversky Donets line.
All hell broke loose in western media about what had happened around Kharkov but in fact very little happened and nothing has changed. Both sides claim the other suffered heavy casualties but after 200 days of false claim and counter claim (which is still going on) nothing should be taken at face value.
RELATED:
As the war in Ukraine grinds on and Russia steps up its economic war against the west and in particular The European Union, claims made recently by the idiotically 'woke' leaders of Europe's main economic and military powers that the West has a once-in-a–generation chance to severely weaken Russia’s capabilities, both militarily and geopolitically, look increasingly hollow. Putin's critics have cited 'Western unity' as one of the main reasons why Russia will be economically destroyed and politically humiliated when the Ukraine's military finally claim victory.
Are US Supplied Long Range Missiles Really Winning The War For Ukraine?
Since very soon after the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine western powers, USA, UK, EU and NATO have been doing everything possible to prolong and escalate the war. The latest move is to provide the Ukrainian military with long range HIMARS missile. Mainstream media are claiming this has tilted the balance in Ukraine's favour. But for what? To prolong the slaughter? ...
Russian Long Range Missile Test Fuels Nuclear War Fears As NATO Pushed Ukraine To Escalate Conflict
Russia tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile yeserday, the Satan II has a range of 10,000 miles and can devastate an area of 250,000 square kilometers according to military experts. Bizarrely commentators in mainsteam and online news services portrayed this as a sign of weakness by Russia, though the same people cheered when Joe (Dementiaman) Biden threratened a nuclear response if Russia crossed his 'red lines' in Ukraine ...
We The Good Guys Versus They The Bad Guys Reporting Does Not Make Sense For The Ukraine Crisis
Mainstream media reporting of the conflict in Ukraine has disappointed. Perhaps I was naive to suppose that lessons might have been learned from the hits their print sales and online traffic rates took as a result of their handling the COVID pandemic But instead of focusing on the most obviously newsworthy aspect of the build up to and escalation of the war, Russia’s view of NATO expansion into Ukraine and even further to Georgia and Kazakhstan, news reports have simply demonised Russia and portrayed Ukraine as the good guys.
Even If The War In Ukraine Ends, Sanctions Will Stay - So How Bad Will The Food Crisis Get?
Western leaders, desperate to show their own countries they were taking a firm stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, were quick to impose economic sanctions ... so quick in fact that they acted before they had though things through. While freezing Russia out of the global finance system they have exacerbated the wests energy crisis, while Russia's retaliatory ban on raw materials (fertiliser) exports will create extra problems on top of those we already had ...
While Crazy Joe Biden Claims Victory Over Russia, NATO's Expansin Plans Have Been Derailed By PutinJoe Biden (or his handlers because we all know Joe's mind is gone,) have been trying to spin reports of Russian troops withdrawing from positions close to the Ukraine border as a diplomatic victory for the USA over Putin but in the geopolitical game things are seldom what they seem to be ...
Mainstream media's hyping of the threat to Ukrained posed by Russian aggression is the latest in a long line of attempts to lay blame for western foreign policy disasters at the feet of Russia. In fact had Joe Biden not started to babble about Russian aggression, talking up the threat of conflict, there would be no crisis ...
Is The Russian Threat To Invade Ukraine Real Or A Globalist Conspiracy Theory?
Continue reading >>>While Joe Biden's handlers in Washington and Boris Johnson In London talk up the threat of war should Russia invade Ukraine as they claim Moscow is preparing to do,Ukrainian leaders are dismissive, accusing the west of ramping up hysteria in a bid to divert attention from oither problems.
[ Currency wars ] ... [Russia catalog ] ... [ Green dreams ] ... [ Russia, Ukraine food supply chain ] ... [ Food chemicals ] ... [ The Russians Are coming ]
As the war in Ukraine grinds on and Russia steps up its economic war against the west and in particular The European Union, claims made recently by the idiotically 'woke' leaders of Europe's main economic and military powers that the West has a once-in-a–generation chance to severely weaken Russia’s capabilities, both militarily and geopolitically, look increasingly hollow. Putin's critics have cited 'Western unity' as one of the main reasons why Russia will be economically destroyed and politically humiliated when the Ukraine's military finally claim victory.
European Union Is Again Close To A Meltdown As Eurozone Economy Collapses
Once more we return to the political instability and economic fragility of the European Union as the conflict in Ukraine combined with loonytoons Climate Change mitigation policies, the failure of 'sustainables' to meet ever increasing demand for electricity, fod shortages and rampant price inflation put economic and social pressure on governments of member states ...
We The Good Guys Versus They The Bad Guys Reporting Does Not Make Sense For The Ukraine Crisis
Mainstream media reporting of the conflict in Ukraine has disappointed. Perhaps I was naive to suppose that lessons might have been learned from the hits their print sales and online traffic rates took as a result of their handling the COVID pandemic But instead of focusing on the most obviously newsworthy aspect of the build up to and escalation of the war, Russia’s view of NATO expansion into Ukraine and even further to Georgia and Kazakhstan, news reports have simply demonised Russia and portrayed Ukraine as the good guys.
Do We Have A Winter Of Civil Disobedience Ahead?
As many people in Britain slap on the apres sun gloop in the wake of what passes for a heatwave in these cool cloudy climes, our inept politicians caught with their pants down by unusual weather as usual have heard that that winter is coming and are making plans for a coldwave.
We are in the grip of an energy crisis at the height of summer. Last week, it was reported that the UK government is laying down plans for a “reasonable worst-case scenario” including blackouts for industry and even households. And this is as energy prices spiral out of control to new records every day.
Russian Long Range Missile Test Fuels Nuclear War Fears As NATO Pushed Ukraine To Escalate Conflict
Russia tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile yeserday, the Satan II has a range of 10,000 miles and can devastate an area of 250,000 square kilometers according to military experts. Bizarrely commentators in mainsteam and online news services portrayed this as a sign of weakness by Russia, though the same people cheered when Joe (Dementiaman) Biden threratened a nuclear response if Russia crossed his 'red lines' in Ukraine ...
We The Good Guys Versus They The Bad Guys Reporting Does Not Make Sense For The Ukraine Crisis
Mainstream media reporting of the conflict in Ukraine has disappointed. Perhaps I was naive to suppose that lessons might have been learned from the hits their print sales and online traffic rates took as a result of their handling the COVID pandemic But instead of focusing on the most obviously newsworthy aspect of the build up to and escalation of the war, Russia’s view of NATO expansion into Ukraine and even further to Georgia and Kazakhstan, news reports have simply demonised Russia and portrayed Ukraine as the good guys.
Putin, Macron To Hold Urgent Talks To Halt Military Escalation In Ukraine
Even though the leaders of Ukraine itself are talking down the threat of war with Russia over the breakaway region of Donbas, America and Britain are still beating the war drums and demonising Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Russia insists they have no plans to invade Ukraine and one western leader at least, France's Emmanuel Macron, seems to be listening to messages coming out of the East European trouble spot...
Germany News Mag. Spiegel Asks "Is Vladimir Putin Right?" About NATO Expansion
As the confrontation along the border between Ukraine and Russia has escalated to actual shooting with ethnic Russian rebel separatists in Donbas reporting intensified shelling and initiating a "general mobilization" of military-age males, with Moscow denying they plan to invade and Ukraine's leaders accusing US, UK and French leaders of hysteria for talking up the threat of war, Germany's leading newspaper Spiegel asks the question fundamental to the entire conflict...
While Crazy Joe Biden Claims Victory Over Russia, NATO's Expansin Plans Have Been Derailed By PutinJoe Biden (or his handlers because we all know Joe's mind is gone,) have been trying to spin reports of Russian troops withdrawing from positions close to the Ukraine border as a diplomatic victory for the USA over Putin but in the geopolitical game things are seldom what they seem to be ...
EXPLORE:
[Daily Stirrer] ... [ Our Page on on Substack ]... [Boggart Aboad] ... [ Greenteeth Home ] ... [ Greenteeth on Minds.com ] ... [ Latest Posts ]
