Dave Holmes: Ukraine: US proxy war in crisis

Dave Holmes discusses Ukraine: US proxy war in crisis

Much of the Western left is blinded by the deeply mistaken idea that Ukraine is fighting for self-determination against an attempted Russian takeover. I have taken up this question in a previous article (see Key issues of the war in Ukraine).

Russia is not seeking to take over Ukraine; it wants to secure its neutrality and demilitarisation. After eight fruitless years trying to achieve the implementation of the Minsk accords giving autonomy to the Donbass, Russia intervened in the already existing civil war between Kyiv and the Russia-oriented provinces in the south.

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He argues that Ukraine is in a far worse negotiating position than they were in April 2022. Now, Russia is against a freeze or cease-fire given the Russian view that they were deceived over the Minsk accords.

The Russian negotiating position now appears to be capitulation or extinction of the Ukrainian state. Some Russian voices are advocating control of Odesa, Mykilaiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv oblasts in addition to the five (5) already annexed.

The de-industrialization of the West has weaken its ability to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is the incredible claim that Russia's military production is currently seven (7) times that of NATO.