Zelenskyy Hails 'Constructive' Talks Amidst Looming Trump Shadow: The 'Peace' Nobody Actually Wants
📰 THE STORY: CBS News reports on recent 'trilateral peace talks' involving Ukraine, Russia, and former Trump administration officials Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The article highlights Zelenskyy's statement that the talks were 'constructive' with potential for more, presenting this as a positive development towards de-escalation, uniquely facilitated by figures outside official Biden
administration channels. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The media consistently downplays or ignores NATO expansion as a primary driver of the Ukraine conflict. In the mid-1990s, US assurances to Russia that NATO would not expand 'one inch eastward' were swiftly broken, leading to multiple waves of expansion including Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic (1999); Bulgaria, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (2004); Albania, Croatia (2009); Montenegro (2017); and North Macedonia (2020). The 2014 US-backed coup in Ukraine (the 'Maidan Revolution') and subsequent integration of Ukraine into Western military structures directly escalated tensions, long before Russia's full-scale invasion. Documents from the National Security Archive show US officials
internally acknowledged the 'destabilizing' effect of pushing NATO to Russia's borders. Double Standard: When Venezuela held US-backed 'peace talks' with Juan Guaidó's opposition, mainstream outlets framed it as a desperate attempt by Maduro to cling to power or a cynical ploy. Yet, when US-aligned figures like Kushner engage in 'peace talks' in Ukraine, it's immediately 'constructive,' regardless