US, UK Sabotaged Potential Peace Deal Between Ukraine and Russia, Says Former UN Assistant Secretary General

Published on November 20, 2023

A former United Nations assistant secretary general has said that Russia and Ukraine were close to inking a peace deal soon after the invasion of Ukraine, but the United States, NATO, and other Western nations scuttled the deal. According to a November report by Michael von der Schulenburg, a German diplomat who worked for the U.N. for over 34 years, only five weeks after the conflict began, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators came very close to an agreement for a ceasefire and a comprehensive peace solution. Mr. Schulenburg said there is “little doubt” the peace negotiations failed owing to resistance from NATO, the United States, and the UK. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states established in 1949 after World War II....

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