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The failed '''2022 Istanbul peace negotiations''' or '''Istanbul I peace talks''' between the [[Russian Federation]] and [[Ukraine]] were the result of [[US]], [[UK]] and [[NATO]] interference. This one act condemned upwards of half a million Ukrainians to their deaths and the potential destruction of Ukraine as a viable state.<ref>[https://aearnur.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-the-western-powers-have IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE CREATED A POISONOUS WEB OF LIES], AEARNUR, NOV 11, 2023. aearnur.substack.com</ref>

The failed '''2022 Istanbul peace negotiations''' or '''Istanbul I peace talks''' between the [[Russian Federation]] and [[Ukraine]] were the result of [[US]], [[UK]] and [[NATO]] interference. This one act condemned upwards of half a million Ukrainians to their deaths and the potential destruction of Ukraine as a viable state.<ref>[https://aearnur.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-the-western-powers-have IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE CREATED A POISONOUS WEB OF LIES], AEARNUR, NOV 11, 2023. aearnur.substack.com</ref>

One month after the start of the Russian [[special military intervention]] in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators had come very close to an agreement for a ceasefire and to an outline for a comprehensive peace solution to the conflict. Ukrainian leader [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] and his government had made great efforts to negotiate peace with Russia and bring the war to a quick end. Contrary to [[Western alliance|Western media]] narratives, Ukraine and Russia agreed at the time that the planned [[NATO expansion]] was the cause of the [[war]]. They therefore focused their peace negotiations on Ukraine’s neutrality and its renunciation of NATO membership. In return, Ukraine would have retained its territorial integrity except for [[Crimea]].

One month after the start of the Russian [[special military intervention]] in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators had come very close to an agreement for a [[ceasefire]] and to an outline for a comprehensive peace solution to the conflict. Ukrainian leader [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] and his government had made great efforts to negotiate peace with Russia and bring the war to a quick end. Contrary to [[Western alliance|Western media]] narratives, Ukraine and Russia agreed at the time that the planned [[NATO expansion]] was the cause of the [[war]]. They therefore focused their peace negotiations on Ukraine’s neutrality and its renunciation of NATO membership. In return, Ukraine would have retained its territorial integrity except for [[Crimea]].

These peace negotiations failed due to resistance from NATO and in particular from the USA and the UK. The reason is that such a peace agreement would have been tantamount to a defeat for NATO, an end to NATO’s eastward expansion and thus an end to the dream of a [[unipolar]] world dominated by the USA.

These peace negotiations failed due to resistance from NATO and in particular from the USA and the UK. The reason is that such a peace agreement would have been tantamount to a defeat for NATO, an end to NATO’s eastward expansion and thus an end to the dream of a [[unipolar]] world dominated by the USA.