Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a Christmas Day message, declaring he’s ready to enter talks to find a resolution to end the bloodshed and destruction ravaging Ukraine..Does this mean a truce on the horizon? Likely not. Putin also said Kyiv and its western backers refuse to hold discussions leading to peace..“We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them. We are not the ones refusing to negotiate. They are,” said Putin during an interview that aired on Rossiya 1 state television on Sunday..Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has adamantly ruled out peace talks with Putin, who invaded Ukraine on February 24..“Our soldiers do not stop. It’s only a matter of time before we expel the occupier,” said Zelensky back in October..Knowing Zelensky announced this stand to the world, is this olive branch simply a Putin ploy to portray him as the undiplomatic warmonger?.Why not call Putin on his bluff — if that’s what it is. Agree to enter negotiations. Two things could happen. He’d be proven a liar. Or talks might lead to a ceasefire..But the war will rage on..Despite hundreds of billions of foreign dollars pouring in to fund Ukraine’s war effort — wads of it likely disappearing into a black hole of corruption corrupt — Russian forces have not been expelled..Infrastructure continues to be reduced to rubble and power plants have been taken out by drones and missiles, leaving terrified, war-weary Ukrainians facing freezing in the dark..Of course, the body count also continues to pile up. Putin’s invasion has led to more that 40,000 civilian deaths and an exodus of refugees. About 100,000 soldiers on each side of this Russo-Ukraine conflict have been sent to slaughter — many of them unskilled combat conscripts. More are certainly destined to die..Putin, ruthless former KGB operative, responsible for the deaths of many political opponents. He has also sent countless souls to gulags, which for many is essentially a death sentence..In his Christmas Day message, Putin said the people back him in a united will to defend Russia..“As for the main part, the 99.9% of our citizens, our people who are ready to give everything for the interests of the Motherland, there is nothing unusual for me here,” he said..Tell that to the thousands of Russians, hundreds of them detained, for protesting the war and his decision to draft 300,000 forces to bolster his military effort..Putin escalated an ongoing conflict that erupted in 2014 in the Donbas region between Ukrainian forces and Russian separatists backed by Kremlin troops. Russia invaded and annexed Crimea that year..CIA Director William Burns recently said Russia isn't serious about conducting negotiations to end the war..Even if Putin is sincere, it’s futile. No one will push Zelensky to enter peace talks, and there's no motivation for him to do so..Zelensky showed up in the US Congress last Wednesday in a jogging outfit to demand more money. But he lectured US lawmakers on how this isn’t charity..“It's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handled in the most responsible way,” he said to thunderous applause and a standing ovation..A man like Zelensky preaching democracy’s virtues is shameful. Zelensky banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and arrested clergy. This came after he arrested politicians and banned all opposition political parties..Yet Congress clapped like seals when he talked democracy..The US had already announced it would deliver more arms to Ukraine including Patriot surface-to-air missiles, and that Congress would vote on a spending package that includes another $45 billion in emergency assistance. That brings the tally to about $105 billion from the US alone..The Kremlin warned that very day that increasing the supply of US arms to Ukraine would aggravate the war..Then Putin said he’ll negotiate. Putin must earn credibility. But he’s not the only one..There are many warmongers with too much to lose if the war ends. War makes people rich — including the military industrial complex, obscenely well-paid foreign mercenaries that flocked to Ukraine, and politicians..Many operators lamenting the carnage in Ukraine don’t care how many bodies they step over to achieve their goal, which isn’t peace first..They want to oust Putin..Much attention has been paid to Putin’s warnings about the threat of nuclear war. Whether it’s real or meant as a deterrent is too big a risk to speculate on..But there’s another sinister danger that should have the globe, recovering from the massive death and economic collapse COVID-19 reaped, on edge..There is evidence to suggest the pandemic resulted from a leak in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology..Bioweapons research labs, funded by the US government, sprinkle Ukraine..“The Pentagon is actively working to transfer its unfinished research projects to the countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe,” Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Troops, said Saturday..Kremlin propaganda? What if it isn’t?.US Bioweapons expert Dr. Francis Boyle has long warned that the Pentagon has had comprehensive policy to surround Russia with biological warfare labs..Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton produced documents November 23 confirming, among other things, one $11 million contract alone was awarded in 2019 to a biolab in Ukraine..“A lot of these biolabs look at agricultural threats to animal populations. But some of it is weaponizing those biological threats to animal populations.”.“Do you trust our government and the Ukrainian government to figure out how to keep that secure? I’ve got three words for you — gain of function.”.One accident could devastate the region and possibly the globe..With artillery fire and missiles and bombs pummeling Ukraine, it’s stunning there’s no outcry — or attempt — to drag both Putin’s and Zelensky’s carcasses into talks..Suspicious too.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a Christmas Day message, declaring he’s ready to enter talks to find a resolution to end the bloodshed and destruction ravaging Ukraine..Does this mean a truce on the horizon? Likely not. Putin also said Kyiv and its western backers refuse to hold discussions leading to peace..“We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them. We are not the ones refusing to negotiate. They are,” said Putin during an interview that aired on Rossiya 1 state television on Sunday..Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has adamantly ruled out peace talks with Putin, who invaded Ukraine on February 24..“Our soldiers do not stop. It’s only a matter of time before we expel the occupier,” said Zelensky back in October..Knowing Zelensky announced this stand to the world, is this olive branch simply a Putin ploy to portray him as the undiplomatic warmonger?.Why not call Putin on his bluff — if that’s what it is. Agree to enter negotiations. Two things could happen. He’d be proven a liar. Or talks might lead to a ceasefire..But the war will rage on..Despite hundreds of billions of foreign dollars pouring in to fund Ukraine’s war effort — wads of it likely disappearing into a black hole of corruption corrupt — Russian forces have not been expelled..Infrastructure continues to be reduced to rubble and power plants have been taken out by drones and missiles, leaving terrified, war-weary Ukrainians facing freezing in the dark..Of course, the body count also continues to pile up. Putin’s invasion has led to more that 40,000 civilian deaths and an exodus of refugees. About 100,000 soldiers on each side of this Russo-Ukraine conflict have been sent to slaughter — many of them unskilled combat conscripts. More are certainly destined to die..Putin, ruthless former KGB operative, responsible for the deaths of many political opponents. He has also sent countless souls to gulags, which for many is essentially a death sentence..In his Christmas Day message, Putin said the people back him in a united will to defend Russia..“As for the main part, the 99.9% of our citizens, our people who are ready to give everything for the interests of the Motherland, there is nothing unusual for me here,” he said..Tell that to the thousands of Russians, hundreds of them detained, for protesting the war and his decision to draft 300,000 forces to bolster his military effort..Putin escalated an ongoing conflict that erupted in 2014 in the Donbas region between Ukrainian forces and Russian separatists backed by Kremlin troops. Russia invaded and annexed Crimea that year..CIA Director William Burns recently said Russia isn't serious about conducting negotiations to end the war..Even if Putin is sincere, it’s futile. No one will push Zelensky to enter peace talks, and there's no motivation for him to do so..Zelensky showed up in the US Congress last Wednesday in a jogging outfit to demand more money. But he lectured US lawmakers on how this isn’t charity..“It's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handled in the most responsible way,” he said to thunderous applause and a standing ovation..A man like Zelensky preaching democracy’s virtues is shameful. Zelensky banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and arrested clergy. This came after he arrested politicians and banned all opposition political parties..Yet Congress clapped like seals when he talked democracy..The US had already announced it would deliver more arms to Ukraine including Patriot surface-to-air missiles, and that Congress would vote on a spending package that includes another $45 billion in emergency assistance. That brings the tally to about $105 billion from the US alone..The Kremlin warned that very day that increasing the supply of US arms to Ukraine would aggravate the war..Then Putin said he’ll negotiate. Putin must earn credibility. But he’s not the only one..There are many warmongers with too much to lose if the war ends. War makes people rich — including the military industrial complex, obscenely well-paid foreign mercenaries that flocked to Ukraine, and politicians..Many operators lamenting the carnage in Ukraine don’t care how many bodies they step over to achieve their goal, which isn’t peace first..They want to oust Putin..Much attention has been paid to Putin’s warnings about the threat of nuclear war. Whether it’s real or meant as a deterrent is too big a risk to speculate on..But there’s another sinister danger that should have the globe, recovering from the massive death and economic collapse COVID-19 reaped, on edge..There is evidence to suggest the pandemic resulted from a leak in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology..Bioweapons research labs, funded by the US government, sprinkle Ukraine..“The Pentagon is actively working to transfer its unfinished research projects to the countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe,” Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Troops, said Saturday..Kremlin propaganda? What if it isn’t?.US Bioweapons expert Dr. Francis Boyle has long warned that the Pentagon has had comprehensive policy to surround Russia with biological warfare labs..Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton produced documents November 23 confirming, among other things, one $11 million contract alone was awarded in 2019 to a biolab in Ukraine..“A lot of these biolabs look at agricultural threats to animal populations. But some of it is weaponizing those biological threats to animal populations.”.“Do you trust our government and the Ukrainian government to figure out how to keep that secure? I’ve got three words for you — gain of function.”.One accident could devastate the region and possibly the globe..With artillery fire and missiles and bombs pummeling Ukraine, it’s stunning there’s no outcry — or attempt — to drag both Putin’s and Zelensky’s carcasses into talks..Suspicious too.
