How Ukraine's far-right, with NATO backing, block peace (TheGreyZone)

Scholar Nicolai Petro discusses the overlooked influence of Ukraine's far-right nationalist movement and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent admission that the Minsk Accords -- the international formula for ending the post-2014 Donbas civil war -- "was an attempt to give Ukraine time" to prepare for a conflict with Russia, rather than make peace. Petro is the author of the new book, "The Tragedy of Ukraine."



This clip talks about Ukrainian internal politics and ethnic issues. He mentions that the extremists have ideas about 'Ukraine for Ukrainians' ie the entire country. But the problem is the East and South of the country were always Russian. The Ukrainian part of Ukraine has been in the North Western areas. The video also talks about Western and internal Ukrainian sabotage of peace attempts.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, December 30, 2022.]