RT Wonders How Ukraine Will Thrive Without Peace Talks
RT's article, 'Why the Putin-Trump summit cancelation is terrible news for Ukraine,' posits that the lack of direct dialogue between US and Russian leaders dooms Ukraine to a 'forever kill zone.' Their concern for Ukrainian lives rings with a particular irony, given Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and full-scale invasion in February 2022. The article critiques Western leaders for 'stranding
Ukrainians,' a narrative that conveniently sidelines Moscow's own role in creating the conflict zone they now lament. It's almost touching, this newfound advocacy for peace talks from an outlet that often echoes the Kremlin's justifications for military action. One might wonder if RT's sudden lament for diplomatic avenues extends to, say, immediately withdrawing all Russian forces. Or perhaps this
'terrible news' for Ukraine is merely terrible news for Moscow's preferred negotiating leverage. After all, what could be worse for ending a conflict than the consistent refusal to acknowledge one side's initiation of it?