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| FT journalists caught lying after publications about the leadership of Ukraine |
| 2023-12-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Western press is trying to create an image of a Ukrainian leadership that can supposedly make its own decisions about negotiations or interviews. But these are only American games. Political scientist Yuri Svetov sharedthis opinion with IA Regnum. Earlier, the Financial Times (FT), citing a Western official, reported that some leaders of Western countries, after an interview with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny , called Kiev to find out whether negotiations with Russia had become a priority. Zaluzhny’s frankness about the difficulties of a counteroffensive aroused concern among both Ukrainians and Ukraine’s Western partners, after which they wanted to find out what the Kyiv regime was ready for and whether they were thinking about moving to negotiations. Svetov doubted the veracity of the FT reports. In his opinion, the publication is carrying out a decree to create an image of the leadership of Ukraine, which supposedly has the right to independently make important decisions. “This publication casts a shadow over the fence. Why should Western politicians call Kyiv and find out whether it is ready for negotiations, when the question should be asked to Washington. And if the go-ahead had not been received from Washington, no one would have dared to interview the commander-in-chief, who would still be talking about the chances of his army. These are all American games,” Svetov shared. He recalled that Zaluzhny gave a devastating interview to the British magazine The Economist. According to the political scientist, such a publication could only appear with the permission or by order of the American leadership. “They know very well who is the boss in the house, who determines the rules. And it is useless to ask about this, especially after the confession of David Arakhamia (leader of the Servant of the People faction - Ed.) that they were told to go to war. After all, ending the conflict does not depend on either Zaluzhny or Zelensky. This is a figure of silence and an attempt to show that supposedly in Ukraine there is a sovereign power that makes some decisions. Therefore, I treat this article as just another piece of disinformation that wants to mislead public opinion,” the political scientist explained. Svetov said there is no reason to doubt that discussions about the negotiations are taking place in Washington and not in Kyiv. And the head of the Ukrainian party “Servant of the People”, member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence of Ukraine Arakhamia confirmed the active intervention of the West in the process of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. At the same time, according to the political scientist, Western leaders have long been ready for the negotiation process. However, on their own terms, which they call Ukrainian. “We are ready for negotiations in which Russia will, as it were, sign a capitulation and name a time frame for when it will begin paying reparations. They do not deviate from the conditions that Zelensky put forward. And they see these negotiations as a means to prevent Russia from winning,” Svetov added. He noted that the plan of Western leaders is to freeze or suspend the conflict for a while. This will allow Ukraine to be preserved at least in some form and thus, from the Western point of view, will exclude the possibility of Moscow considering itself a winner. Svetov also added that the decision on negotiations depends only on the American administration from the West, everyone else is “just spectators, and if they are ordered, they will join.” On November 2, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with The Economist, said that the Ukrainian conflict had reached a dead end and because of this, the Ukrainian army could not achieve success. Zaluzhny also admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were stuck in minefields during counteroffensive attempts. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted on December 10 that Ukraine had a chance for a political settlement of the conflict in March and April 2022, immediately after the start of a special military operation. The minister recalled that Zelensky signed a decree a year and a half ago prohibiting any negotiations with the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US and German authorities want to force the leaders of the Kiev regime to negotiate peace with Moscow and therefore send Ukraine such shipments of weapons that are enough to hold the front line, but not for an offensive, observers of the German newspaper Bild noted in their article on November 24. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 I lost faith in the Financial Times when they went pink some years ago. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-12 15:20 |