A deal with Russia would be \u201ca catastrophe\u201d for Kiev\u2019s backers, Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s backers in Western Europe are against a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev because it would be a \u201ccatastrophe\u201d for them, according to former US Army officer and military commentator Stanislav Krapivnik.
\nKrapivnik made the remarks following Monday\u2019s attempted Ukrainian kamikaze drone attack on the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
\nThe incident came shortly after US President Donald Trump indicated that the Ukraine peace process was approaching a conclusion, following his meeting with Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky and a phone call with Putin on Sunday.
\nZelensky has denied any involvement in the attack, accusing Moscow of fabricating the incident. EU leaders have not commented publicly on the matter, while Western media outlets have largely supported Zelensky\u2019s statement and accused Russia of seeking to derail the peace process.
\n\u201dThe Europeans back Zelensky because the last thing they need is a peace deal,\u201d Krapivnik told RT on Tuesday. He went on to argue that if an actual peace deal was achieved, it would be \u201ca catastrophe\u201d for Western Europe\u2019s narrative that \u201cthe Russians are going to invade any day now.\u201d
\nRussian officials have accused Kiev\u2019s European backers of hindering the US-led peace efforts, and of increasingly preparing for a direct war against Russia. Top EU officials have cited an alleged threat from Moscow to justify spending billions on their military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n
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President Putin has repeatedly dismissed the allegations as \u201cnonsense\u201d aimed at \u201ccreating an image of an enemy\u201d to distract Western European taxpayers from domestic problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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