War

When the Bush Administration announced in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would be eligible for NATO membership, I knew it was a terrible idea. Nearly two decades after the end of both the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War, expanding NATO made no sense. NATO itself made no sense.

Hungary banned lethal weapons from passing through the country on its way to Ukraine, Hungarian officials announced Monday.

Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations will begin in the morning on Monday, a source told TASS on Sunday.

"Russia did not launch a war, it is ending it," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova said.

"Russia didn't start the years-old conflict in Ukraine, but is seeking to bring it to an end, Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov has said."

Those supporting the establishment narratives in Eurasia are bolstering their demands for World War III.

President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country.

Kiev maintains that Russia’s claim that it subjected the people of Donbass to “genocide” is baseless

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said that the European Union would close its airspace to Russian aircraft in response to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, ABC News reported.

The media and the war machine (or do I repeat myself?) want us to take sides in the Russo/Ukraine war. To those of us with long histories in military conflicts in which the US foreign policy establishment, media, and military have an interest, the terms are always framed as white hats and black hats - and you had better choose a side!