More Ukraine 'Peace Talks' as the Cold Intensifies, Ignoring the Core Issue
📰 THE STORY: The New Arab reports that US-backed talks between Ukraine and Russia are scheduled for next week in the UAE, while extreme cold further compromises Ukraine's already damaged energy infrastructure, following a Russian drone strike that killed 12 mine workers. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current conflict didn't begin in 2022. It ignited after the 2014
US-backed coup in Ukraine that overthrew a democratically elected government, ushering in a pro-Western regime and directly challenging Russia's security interests, despite decades of warnings from analysts like George Kennan about NATO expansion. NATO's post-1991 eastward creep, absorbing 14 new countries including former Warsaw Pact members, has been a consistent provocation, not a benign
defensive alignment. The media rarely acknowledges the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, where Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances, including from Russia. Double Standard: Western media widely condemns Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, portraying them as war crimes, yet remains largely silent or downplays the catastrophic damage wrought by US/NATO forces
on vital infrastructure in nations like Libya (2011), Iraq (1991, 2003), and Serbia (1999). In Libya, NATO's intervention destroyed the country's advanced infrastructure, leading directly to its current status as a failed state with open slave markets. The humanitarian cost of these 'interventions' is consistently ignored. Follow the Money: These 'talks' serve to legitimize continued funding for