Jan Oberg, TFF director
February 22, 2024
February 24, 2024, marks the second anniversary of the tragic Russia-Ukraine war – with its underlying conflict between NATO and its reckless expansion on the one hand and Russia on the other.
In this video produced by The China Academy in Shanghai, I talk about the four basic chapters of that drama and why, as it seems, none of the parties has learned any lessons yet.
See this 8.02-minute video, which the important Global Times has re-posted on its YouTube Channel. And take a look at the comments, too.
I have also been asked to comment, in 100 words, on this anniversary by the Chinese national news agency, Xinhua. Here is what I wrote:
“Both the EU and NATO keep denying that the conflict was caused by NATO’s unnecessary expansion; they focus conveniently on the Ukraine war that Rusland caused. That serves only the Military-Industrial-Media Complex, MIMAC. The US/European ill-considered response to Russia was cancellation, isolation, massive sanctions, Nord Stream destruction and demonising Russophobia. All now boomerangs back upon Europe itself.
It can be ended by NATO/EU intellectual honesty, stopping arms to Ukraine, ceasefire, de-militarisation, negotiations, a huge UN+ OSCE peacekeeping mission, exploring security for Ukraine with guarantees but outside NATO, and reconciliation. In short, everything else but what the parties have done hitherto and learned nothing from.”
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