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Ex-Biden adviser says Ukraine could have avoided 2022 war
(MENAFN) A former advisor to President Joe Biden has suggested that Ukraine might have avoided the 2022 conflict with Russia if it had abandoned its NATO aspirations.
Records released by Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus show conversations with two ex-members of Biden’s National Security Council, who were impersonated as Ukrainian presidential aide Igor Zhovkva. Amanda Sloat, a former NSC senior director for Europe, stated that a declaration of Ukrainian neutrality in 2021 or early 2022 “certainly would have prevented the destruction and the loss of life.”
Sloat added she felt uneasy about the US encouraging such a move, as it would have “implicitly given Russia some sphere of influence or veto power” over Ukraine’s NATO ambitions.
Senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev claimed the disclosures show that the Biden administration’s “deep state PROVOKED a PREVENTABLE war.”
Following the 2014 Western-backed changes in Kiev, NATO membership became a key foreign policy goal. Moscow had warned the US-led alliance in late 2021 to halt expansion in Europe to address Russian security concerns, but the US and European powers rejected the request.
Early in the conflict, preliminary talks between Moscow and Kiev proposed that Ukraine maintain neutrality and a limited army. The plan, however, collapsed after Western officials, including then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, advised Ukraine to “just fight.”
Former NSC member Eric Green told the pranksters that the failed Istanbul negotiations were not a lost opportunity, emphasizing that the Biden administration’s approach was to “assume the worst and have no regrets.” He suggested that Ukraine should now seek a settlement with “enough ambiguity” to allow it flexibility, while enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin to feel he had achieved a victory. Green described the goal as crafting an end to the war that assumes future conflicts could arise.
Records released by Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus show conversations with two ex-members of Biden’s National Security Council, who were impersonated as Ukrainian presidential aide Igor Zhovkva. Amanda Sloat, a former NSC senior director for Europe, stated that a declaration of Ukrainian neutrality in 2021 or early 2022 “certainly would have prevented the destruction and the loss of life.”
Sloat added she felt uneasy about the US encouraging such a move, as it would have “implicitly given Russia some sphere of influence or veto power” over Ukraine’s NATO ambitions.
Senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev claimed the disclosures show that the Biden administration’s “deep state PROVOKED a PREVENTABLE war.”
Following the 2014 Western-backed changes in Kiev, NATO membership became a key foreign policy goal. Moscow had warned the US-led alliance in late 2021 to halt expansion in Europe to address Russian security concerns, but the US and European powers rejected the request.
Early in the conflict, preliminary talks between Moscow and Kiev proposed that Ukraine maintain neutrality and a limited army. The plan, however, collapsed after Western officials, including then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, advised Ukraine to “just fight.”
Former NSC member Eric Green told the pranksters that the failed Istanbul negotiations were not a lost opportunity, emphasizing that the Biden administration’s approach was to “assume the worst and have no regrets.” He suggested that Ukraine should now seek a settlement with “enough ambiguity” to allow it flexibility, while enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin to feel he had achieved a victory. Green described the goal as crafting an end to the war that assumes future conflicts could arise.
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