Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Russia and Ukraine Came to Peace Terms in April... Then Boris Johnson Intervened.

Fiona Hill and Angela Stent gave something rather inconvenient away in their latest article for Foreign Affairs magazine. I have archived it here, for the non-subscribers like me. The article is titled “The World Putin Wants” and discusses Russia’s relationship with Ukraine.

Russia experts slip a bombshell revelation halfway into their article

  • In April 2022, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators tentatively agreed on the outlines of a negotiated interim settlement
  • Russia would withdraw to its position on February 23, when it controlled part of the Donbas region and all of Crimea, and in exchange, Ukraine would promise not to seek NATO membership and instead receive security guarantees from a number of countries
  • While Ukraine has gained some territory back in the north, the nation is now almost entirely cut off from the Black Sea in the south

What happened in April that stalled the peace?

  • Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Symonds
  • Climate change obsession has landed Britons with hefty energy bills in 2022
  • Symonds pushed Johnson to a full-throated defense of Ukraine, even when his premiership was on the rocks
  • She figured her husband acting the statesman on the ground in Kiev would shore up his position in the United Kingdom

August 30th 2022

  • Boris Johnson kept the war going by guaranteeing $500m in World Bank lending to Ukraine
  • This comes alongside the £394m the UK has provided in grant aid and will help ensure the continued running of vital humanitarian services for Ukrainians
  • According to the UN, Russia is spending $900mm per day on the conflict
  • Tens of thousands of people have died as a result of the conflict

Best we can do is be conscientious objectors

  • The hippy peaceniks of our time.
  • While Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Joseph Robinette Biden, and the evil comic-book character-named Ursula von der Leyen pursue their "Great Reset" through the apparatus of a civilization-ending conflict

https://raheemkassam.substack.com/p/russia-and-ukraine-came-to-peace?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email 

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