Ukraine's Minister Cries 'Cynical' While US-NATO Proxy War Billions Keep Flowing
📰 THE STORY: Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of a 'cynical' missile strike during Washington-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi, demanding Putin face a 'special tribunal' for alleged war crimes. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current conflict didn't begin in 2022. NATO's expansion eastward, despite promises made to
Russia post-Cold War, has been a significant provocation. The 2014 US-backed coup in Ukraine, which overthrew a democratically elected president and installed a pro-Western government, ignited the civil conflict in Donbas long before the current invasion. In 2014, then-Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland openly discussed the installation of a new Ukrainian government, boasting that the
U.S. had spent over $5 billion in Ukraine since 1991 to promote 'democratic institutions' which often translates to regime change operations. Double Standard: Western media and officials routinely condemn Russian military actions as 'barbaric' and demands for international tribunals are loud and clear. Yet, similar calls are conspicuously absent for US and NATO-led interventions, such as the 2011
NATO 'intervention' in Libya that turned Africa's most prosperous nation into a failed state riddled with slave markets, or the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan that cost trillions and left the Taliban stronger than ever. The International Criminal Court has also faced intense pushback from the US when attempting to investigate alleged war crimes by US personnel. Follow the Money: The 'peace'