{"id":6192,"date":"2025-02-13T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:34:03","slug":"wests-project-ukraine-should-never-have-started-ex-us-army-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=6192","title":{"rendered":"West\u2019s \u2018project Ukraine\u2019 should never have started \u2013 ex-US Army officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resuming US-Russia dialogue is \u201ca major step\u201d toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict, retired Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen has told RT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia and the US are \u201cstarting to make headway\u201d<\/em> in resolving the Ukraine conflict by resuming direct communication between their leaders, retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel and international security consultant Earl Rasmussen has told RT. The West\u2019s \u201cproject Ukraine should never have started,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Rasmussen\u2019s comments follow a phone conversation between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday \u2013 the first direct talks between the leaders of the two powers since 2022. Trump said they agreed to have their teams start negotiations to resolve the Ukraine conflict \u201cimmediately.\u201d<\/em> Both Moscow and Washington have indicated that the two leaders will meet face-to-face in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually have a dialogue between the two leaders\u2026 This is a major step forward, considering the previous administration, which almost did a cancel culture attempt on Russia,\u201d<\/em> Rasmussen said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Rasmussen also commented on Trump\u2019s post-talk statements in which he indicated that Washington will not support Ukrainian accession to NATO as part of a peace deal with Moscow. This signifies Trump\u2019s commitment to ending the conflict as soon as possible, he believes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRealistically, Ukraine, I just can never picture it being part of NATO. And I think for the Ukrainian nation and Europe and Russia\u2026 neutrality is the best place,\u201d<\/em> he said, noting that Trump\u2019s acceptance of this fact is \u201ca step forward and a recognition of reality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good. I think both leaders want to end the violence and the killing. But you need to recognize Russia\u2019s valid security concerns and their reality on the ground,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Moscow has cited Kiev\u2019s NATO aspirations and the bloc\u2019s expansion toward its borders as root causes of the conflict, demanding that any settlement include Ukrainian neutrality and demilitarization. It also insists that Kiev recognize the new territorial realities and drop its claims to former Ukrainian regions that chose to join Russia.<\/p>\n

Rasmussen suggested that the next step forward is to get Kiev on board with the peace plans. He indicated, however, that this process could be tricky with Vladimir Zelensky at the helm, and suggested that \u201cmaybe that\u2019s why we\u2019re pushing for elections\u201d<\/em> in Ukraine \u2013 \u201cto have a transition\u201d<\/em> of power. Zelensky\u2019s presidential term expired in May last year, but he has refused to hold elections, citing martial law.<\/p>\n

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Rasmussen also warned that there may be \u201cissues with the political hierarchy in Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> along with \u201csome pushback from the European leaders\u201d<\/em> regarding a resolution to the conflict, but said this can be overcome as the global public supports the idea of peace.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Resuming US-Russia dialogue is \u201ca major step\u201d toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict, retired Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen has told RT Russia and the US are \u201cstarting to make…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t