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On February 24, 2023, the One Year Anniversary of the invasion, China called for a comprehensive ceasefire with their 12- point PEACE Plan as follows: Respecting the sovereignty of all countries; Abandoning the Cold War mentality; Ceasing hostilities; Resuming peace talks; Resolving the humanitarian crisis; Protecting civilians and prisoners of war (POWs); Keeping nuclear power plants safe; Reducing strategic risks; Facilitating grain exports; Stopping unilateral sanctions; Keeping industrial and supply chains stable; and Promoting post-conflict reconstruction.
The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation said the 12-point peace plan that China’s President, Xi Jinping’s officials presented to end the conflict in Ukraine “corresponds to our approach.”
The President of Belarus met President Putin and this week will meet the President of China. China & Ukraine Presidents’ talks during February 28 to March 2 to sign trade, education, and technology agreements. After a year of punishing sanctions, oil price caps, and international companies exiting the country, the IMF predicts Russia’s economy could actually grow in 2023.
March 2, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had a 10 minutes conversation, at USA’s request, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the G-20 meeting in India, on peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine, and the NEW SALT Treaty that Moscow, suspended on February 21, 2023.
USA CIA Director William Burns said he communicated in a meeting with Russia’s spy chief the “serious consequences” that would follow if Moscow ever used a nuclear weapon, a warning that Burns said his Russian counterpart “understood.”
Former USA Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice warned that one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies need to get away from the phrase “time is on the Ukrainian side” because Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to believe otherwise.
5 questions on Ukraine war?
- Who is winning right now? UKRAINE did not fall, and RUSSIA is now accelerating is bombardment. Neither side can claim a win.
- How much is the West giving to Ukraine? USA approved USD $111 billion and European Union 52 billion euros = USD $55 billion, Totaling USD $166 Billion
How long can Russia wage war? Russia is facing challenges militarily and economically, but none of these appear to be a knockout punch, and importantly, none so far seems to have shifted President Putin’s calculations. Russia is receiving Artillery from North Korea and Drones from Iran. IF China actually steps in, that could give Moscow a big boost. Russia will expand with 2 Nuclear Submarines, to their navy’s 45 nuclear submarines in three categories, attack, ballistic missile, and cruise missile submarines. Last Monday Russian state media outlet Tass reported that a group of Russian warships will continue long-distance deployment missions after joint exercises with the Chinese and South African navies in the Indian Ocean.
What has Ukraine war taught us about the conflict now? It is the deadliest in this century with over 200, 000 Russians deaths and over 100,000 Ukrainian deaths.
Rebuilding Ukraine? Over USD #1 Trillion will be needed. On January 24, 2023 “President Zelensky, Thanks to BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs for supporting the ‘Big Business’ of Ukraine’s Reconstruction.” China will ensure that their financial assistances will secure contracts for China and the emphasis in Ukraine will be on Digitisation, Modernisation, and a CLEAN Government. NATO Says Ukraine Will Become A Member In The “Long Term.”
The Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa, said: “We want to solve the problem, we do not want to find the culprit. It is of no use that Russia is spending money on weapons and the west is financing Ukraine to buy weapons.”
My back channel said that “Crimea will remain with Russia as Crimea is now settled as part of Russia, USA agrees on Crimea as Russian and Ukraine was told this last week and did not like it, but will agree in the end. After 9 years a done deal, with the Military operation, 20 February to 26 March 2014 (1 month and 6 days) and the Annexation on 18 March 2014.”
EU was and still is partially divided, especially by Germany. The USA with their USD billion is leading the charge so Germany is being silent, but Germany is the richest EU Nation and is ahead in Engineering, Energy and Climate change, technologies. With a USA Republican Congress funding may become a problem, and EU may also face supplies and financing challenges.
USA Diplomacy, Ukraine, after THREE years with NO Ambassador, the Biden administration nominated Bridget Brink on April 25, 2022, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and the Senate confirmed her on May 18, 2022. The continuing challenges in very late confirmations of critical Ambassadorships do affect the USA’s ability to address pressing national and Global security concerns in a timely manner.
USA Diplomacy, Guyana, on September 7, 2022, US President Joe Biden nominated Nicole D. Theriot to be the next Ambassador to Guyana, and now SIX months later, the USA Senate has not approved this nomination. New US Ambassador to Guyana nominated – Guyana Chronicle
USA Diplomacy, Iraq, in a now famous interview with the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie told Saddam “We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait.” The U.S. State Department had earlier told Saddam that Washington had “no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait.” The United States may, not have intended, to give Iraq a green light, but that is effectively what it did.”
It is being argued that the USA Ambassador absence in Ukraine at a most critical time, before the “special military operation” to “denazify” Ukraine crisis, and another USA Ambassador’s comment to Iraq’s President, did not start the wars in Ukraine and Kuwait, but USA diplomacy in effect failed both Nations, with all due respect.
February 26, 2023, 32 years ago, was the Liberation Day in Kuwait. Iraq invaded Kuwait during August 2nd to 4th, 1990 and on February 26, 1991, President Saddam Hussein agreed to recognize Kuwait’s sovereignty and destroy his stores of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. 15 years later on Dec 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was executed by an Iraqi Tribunal decision. USA Spent USD $117 Billion, which was fully repaid by Kuwait and this war lasted for 42 days, with its huge lasting effects on the environment, infrastructures and lives. Wars are destruction to nations and properties, and lives lost by men, women, children, pets, and animals.
The United Nations is with a Rules Based System, but without an enforcement authority. United Nations (UN) said, at least 12 million people have fled their homes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with more than 87,000 Ukrainians in Germany; 382,768 in the Czech Republic; 141,562 in Italy; 1,194,642 in Poland; 82,700 in Moldovia; 83,321 in Romania; 79,770 in Slovakia; 25,800 in Hungary and 9,820 in Belarus.
China is complaining of ‘bullying’ as ‘illegal’ US sanctions hit Chinese companies over Russian ties. China’s Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. of “outright bullying” after several Chinese companies were hit with sanctions for their ties to human rights abuses in Ukraine and Africa
Dialogue is the key to resolving disputes through multinational diplomacy with the coordination from leading nations for suitable, reasonable and viable solutions. there is an urgent need for peace, tranquility and hope to return for Russia, Ukraine and the world.
We all know Love will and can multiply.
Recently China’s top foreign policy official met with Putin in Moscow. According to the BBC, “Wang Yi came out of meetings proclaiming that China and Russia are together promoting “peace and stability.”
FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Feb. 17, 2023. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian leader Putin, is due in Beijing to begin a three-day state visit Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, as geopolitical tensions rise over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Vladimir Astapkovich, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) (Vladimir Astapkovich / Associated Press)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
