ER Editor: This topic was also reported on by Kyle Anzalone at antiwar.com, picked up by Zerohedge. See Zelensky Rejected German Security Proposal Before Russian Invasion. Macron and Olaf Scholz of Germany were trying to broker a peace deal, but Washington wasn’t interested, apparently.
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REVEALED: Zelensky Was Offered a Peace Deal to Prevent War, But Rejected It
21st CENTURY WIRE
This may end up being one of the most extraordinary revelations of this entire conflict so far.
One of the main grievances Russia had with Ukraine was the fact that it was being groomed by for NATO membership – a national security risk which Moscow deemed as complexly unacceptable.
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal revealed how German chancellor Olaf Scholz had offered Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky a peace deal only days before the Russian launched it “Special Military Operations” in Ukraine on February 24th. But Zelensky turned down the deal – claiming that Putin couldn’t be trusted to keep his promises.
It turns out that Shultz was in the process of brokering a deal and told Zelensky during his visit to the Munich Security on February 19th “that Ukraine should renounce its NATO aspirations and declare neutrality as part of a wider European security deal between the West and Russia,” and that “the pact would be signed by Mr. Putin and Mr. Biden, who would jointly guarantee Ukraine’s security.”
Incredibly, Zelensky rejected the offer to make a concession by declaring its NATO neutrality, and thus avoid a war with Russia, and claimed that, “Putin couldn’t be trusted to uphold such an agreement and that most Ukrainians wanted to join NATO.”
This revelation really exposes two key points.
Firstly, that as a head of state, Zelensky is either grossly incompetent or completely reckless to needlessly place his country on the path to war with its neighbour.
Secondly, it indicates the level of control that Washington has over his government, as he is being advised at every step of the way by the US State Department and CIA. It’s no secret that the US and UK have been egging-on Kiev to fight NATO’s war with Russia on their behalf – even if that means placing Kiev in an unwinnable position where it may end up having its armed forces completely destroyed and Ukraine losing even more territory than it already has.
Maybe Zelensky could have defused tensions 6 months ago by disavowing NATO aspirations and declaring Ukraine a neutral state. Such a declaration would certainly be welcome by Russia today, but in light of the West’s continued proxy war against Moscow, and the US and UK-led campaign to ‘cancel’ Russia from the global economic and financial system, as well as media, culture and sport, then it’s safe to say things have moved on considerably from this being just a NATO issue.
All of this makes Zelensky more a liability than as asset for the future of Ukraine.
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All I can say is when are going to throw Biden out. He not only has destroyed Ukraine…he is destroying this country. He has to go and he has to go now. Between Obama and Biden….along with Bush we are looked upon as either pussys or thugs to me I see them as the same just different spots. Biden needs to go now!!!!!