When Russia’s Vladimir Putin demanded that the U.S. rule out Ukraine as a future member of the NATO alliance, the U.S. archly replied: NATO has an open-door policy. Any nation, including Ukraine, may apply for membership and be admitted. We’re not changing that. In the Bucharest declaration of 2008, NATO had put Ukraine and Georgia,…
If Kiev was really so confident in its military capabilities, not only would it not be calling up reservists and militarizing civilians, but it wouldn’t be urgently requesting foreign mercenary assistance nor ridiculously comparing President Putin to Hitler. Its forces also wouldn’t deploy heavy weapons in residential areas in order to essentially exploit the civilians…
In the forefront, the United States, which still refuses to respect international law and especially the United Nations Charter, has given dilatory answers to the Russian proposal for a treaty guaranteeing peace and is escalating tensions in Ukraine. They have raised the tension by accusing Russia of preparing for war. Behind the scenes, Washington is…
War is cruelty on a level most of us can’t process. But even more cruel are those who orchestrate it and then run away and hide the moment the knife is drawn from the sheath. The baptism of fire from western analysts and newsrooms is that the “invasion” of Ukraine is unjust and that “Putin…
Russia says it has no intentions of controlling Ukraine and its military operation is only to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” Ukraine in an action taken after 30 years of the U.S. pushing Russia too far, writes Joe Lauria. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV address Thursday morning that the goal of Russia’s military operation was…
In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on…
