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They [NATO] will chat endlessly, speak endlessly about the need to negotiate, and do nothing, except pumping up our neighbour [Ukraine] with modern weapons systems, and increase the threat to Russia, with which we will then be forced to somehow deal with, somehow live.

Can’t work toward peace in Ukraine because it will serve Putin. Can’t work toward peace in Yemen because it will serve Iran. Can’t end the occupation of Syria because it will serve Assad. Can’t stop military expansionism because it will serve China.
Maybe they’re just warmongers.

I have declared a special military operation.

They are trying to blackmail us again. They are threatening us again with [economic] sanctions, which, by the way, I think they will introduce anyway as Russia’s sovereignty strengthens and the power of our armed forces grows. And a pretext for another sanctions attack will always be found or fabricated. Regardless of the situation in Ukraine.

If Ukraine becomes a pro-American liberal democracy, and a member of NATO, and a member of the E.U., the Russians will consider that categorically unacceptable.

War is a hostile, harsh matter and the Islamic Republic [of Iran] never favors seeing ordinary people afflicted by wars. However, in the issue of Ukraine, had Russia not initiated taking action, the other side would have started a war…NATO is a dangerous entity.

When the US and Britain go to war, they strike at the very heart. They destroy all communications, transport, energy – everything that is necessary for the life support of society. This was not the case in Ukraine, the Russians did not want it.

Ukraine is not just a neighboring country for us. It’s an inseparable part of our shared history, our comrades and relatives.

To treat Ukraine as part of an East-West confrontation would scuttle for decades any prospect to bring Russia and the West — especially Russia and Europe — into a cooperative international system.

The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that we can fight Russia over there and we don’t have to fight Russia here.

Governments that rely on the US and Europe should know their support is a mirage and not real. Today’s Ukraine is yesterday’s Afghanistan. Both countries’ presidents said they relied on US and Western governments but were left alone.

The violence that still simmers in Ukraine started in the pro-Western west, not in the Donbas where it was a reaction to what was viewed as the threat of violence against Ukrainians who are ethnic Russian.

History will judge the US and its allies with abundant harshness for its remarkably foolish policy on Ukraine.

The war might have been prevented – probably would have been prevented – if Ukraine had been willing to abide by the Minsk agreement, recognize the Donbas as an autonomous entity within Ukraine, avoid NATO military advisors, and pledge not to enter NATO.

Let us not be deceived: NATO is an expanding instrument of U.S. global power that provoked Russia into a criminal invasion and occupation of Ukraine. This proxy war between the American Empire and the Russian Federation could lead to World War III.

Russia is surrounded by US offensive weapons…no Russian leader, no matter who it is, could tolerate Ukraine joining a hostile military alliance.

The US dragged Ukraine to where it is now. By interfering in Ukraine’s internal affairs, creating color revolutions and toppling one government, and putting another in power, the US dragged Ukraine into this situation.

The US is a manifestation of modern ignorance, discrimination, oppression, and creating crises in the world today. Basically, the US regime creates crises, lives off of crises, and feeds on various crises in the world. Ukraine is another victim of this policy.

They were talking about the massive corruption of Ukraine, and how horrible it was over there. And now, all of a sudden, they’re looking at it like they’re heroes.

If you want to believe the fairy tale that the US government goes to war to spread democracy, Ukraine is not the place for you.

Because to say that Ukraine is defending the values of Western civilization is exactly the same as claiming Nazism as its mode of existence.

The United States is ready to sacrifice the people of Ukraine to line the pockets of its military-industrial complex and arms companies.

We’re constantly voicing our concerns about this, talking about red lines, but we understand our partners — how shall I put it mildly — have a very superficial attitude to all our warnings and talk of red lines.

If Russia invades [Ukraine] … there will no longer [be] a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.

What went wrong was a rigged election, and what went wrong is a candidate that shouldn’t be there, and a man [President Volodymyr Zelenskyy] that has no concept of what he’s doing.

With our hearts aching for what is happening in Ukraine, let us not forget wars in other parts of the world, such as Yemen, Syria, Ethiopia … I repeat: May weapons be silenced! God is with peacemakers, not those who use violence.

Putin may circle Kyiv (Kiev) with tanks, but he will never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people.

The West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path and the end result is that Ukraine is going to get wrecked.

Last Friday, the Pentagon announced that yet another $775 million would be sent to Ukraine. As Antiwar.com reported, it was the eighteenth weapons package to Ukraine in six months. Has there ever been a more idiotic US intervention in history?

It seems to me that the United States is not so much concerned about the security of Ukraine … The main task is to contain Russia’s development.

Now, I’m mindful that some have called into question our information, recalling previous instances where intelligence ultimately did not bear out. But let me be clear, I am here today not to start a war, but to prevent one.

Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood.

Ukraine is now one of Biden’s favorite countries. [President] Biden has pledged to defend Ukraine’s borders even as he opens our borders to the world. That’s how it works. Invading America is called equity. Invading Ukraine is a war crime.

This [Ukraine] war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia’s border.

Ukraine should not join NATO, a position I took seven years ago, when it last came up.