Zelensky’s strategy of defending territory at all costs has been disastrous for Ukraine.

Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden – I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell – will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading to China. And, shockingly, under false pretenses.

By declaring referenda in four Ukrainian regions and vowing to defend new Russian territory with all means necessary, Vladimir Putin has created a whole new war.

With news of possible annexation and potential use of nuclear weapons, Washington must put on the brakes and press for talks.

Just as the war in Ukraine entered a new phase with the partial military mobilization of Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the conflict with Newsweek, as well as the broader implications of his nation’s relationship with the United States, China and other powers on the sidelines of one of the most explosive battles of this century.

Two recent reports raise questions about whether the Russo-Ukrainian War could have been stopped in its earliest days. Are the scuttled proposals to enact a ceasefire and settlement still relevant today?

Ukraine is asking for new ‘security guarantees’ from the West which will only ratchet up the spending and risk a nuclear spiral, say critics.

While it’s fine to condemn Putin’s invasion, it is disingenuous to play down the role of Western provocations

While our media calls recent gains a turning point, be warned this might be headed for something more ‘frozen’ and less satisfactory.

It is difficult to understand why Western politicians and the mainstream media fail to perceive the existential danger they have imposed on Russia and recklessly on the rest of us. NATO’s insistence on its so-called “open door” policy is solipsistic and blithely ignores Russia’s legitimate security interests. No country would put up with that kind of expansion. Certainly not the US if by comparison Mexico would be tempted to join a Chinese-led alliance.