Michael Roberts, …. with highlighting being my imposition
I am no expert on this scenario, but our household receives The Australian newspaper and have therefore been subject to its pro-Western and anti-Russian leanings (besides its manifest support for Israel). Then, I came across a Viewpoint within Facebook presented under an Anglo-Saxon name that laid bare [or seemed to lay bare] the history of Eastern Europe and recent NATO machinations in revelatory fashion. Alas, I did not register the name of the author and the item disappeared [as FB items seem to do in my experience].
Thus, I sent this comment to several friends in Sri Lanka and the West whom I considered knowledgeable in this field. A few have responded. Their responses indicate that this ARENA is a complex and confusing field of issues…. several minefields of an overlapping nature to speak metaphorically. We must tread carefully.
A Western Author in Facebook, presenting a Grim Reading of Zelensky and His Ukraine*
For years, he was hailed a hero. For some, he still is. Now he’s exposed.
Here’s the history of the Ukraine & Volodomyr Zelenskyy you won’t hear from the media.
Zelenskyy has never had the cards. He isn’t some brave leader calling the shots. He’s a desperate man, clinging to power in a collapsing regime—propped up by Western money, weapons & propaganda. And with Ukraine losing the PR war & real war, he’s panicking.
Ukraine wasn’t an independent actor in this war. The real power brokers are in Washington, Brussels & London, playing their geopolitical games.
This war was engineered to weaken Russia. To understand that, you need to understand the history that they’ll never tell you.
Ukraine and Russia have been bound together for over 1,000 years. Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, once the heart of Kievan Rus—the first great Slavic state—laid the foundations for Russia itself. Ukraine’s very name means “borderland”—which means the borderland of Russia.
For centuries, it was an integral part of the Russian Empire, not some “oppressed” nation. Even during the Soviet era, Ukraine wasn’t occupied—it was central to the USSR. Even Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was Ukrainian.
When the USSR collapsed, Ukraine became independent and Washington stepped in—not to help Ukraine, but to weaponise it against Russia.
The U.S. & NATO lied to Gorbachev, promising they wouldn’t expand “one inch eastward.” Yet NATO moved into Poland and the Baltic States.
Ukraine was the ultimate NATO prize.
The West poured billions into Ukraine—funding pro-NATO political groups, NGOs & media to manufacture an anti-Russian state.
In 2004, the CIA backed the “Orange Revolution,” overturning an election that favoured a pro-Russian candidate.
The real coup came in 2014.
Ukraine’s democratically elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, rejected an EU trade deal that would have destroyed Ukraine’s economy. That was unacceptable to Washington. So they removed him via a manufactured colour revolution.
The so-called “Maidan Revolution” wasn’t a grassroots movement. It was a CIA-backed coup—orchestrated by officials like Victoria Nuland. So brazen was Washington, that Nuland was even caught on a leaked call, handpicking Ukraine’s next leader before Yanukovych was gone.
The violent mobs that took over Kiev weren’t peaceful protesters. They were led by neo-Nazi groups like Azov Battalion—groups that openly celebrate Nazi collaborators and wear SS insignia.
These same groups now receive Western weapons.
The post-coup regime then banned the Russian language—directly attacking millions of Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the east.
That’s when Donbass & Crimea said enough. Crimea held a referendum—over 90% voted to return to Russia. The Donbass also voted for independence.
The people of the Donbass rejected Kiev—but Kiev wouldn’t let them go. Instead, they launched a brutal war on their own people, shelling civilians for eight years. Where was the Western outrage? Nowhere!
And what about Zelensky? Who is he? Is he an organic leader who came from nowhere or was he installed?
Covert Action reported that, in 2020, Zelenskyy secretly met with MI6 head Richard Moore. Why would a foreign president meet with the UK’s top spy instead of its PM?
Is Zelenskyy a UK asset? According to reports, he is personally protected by British, not Ukrainian security. When he visited the Vatican, he snubbed the Pope and met with a British bishop. Guess who else was there? Richard Moore from MI6 again! That’s some coincidence.
Before politics, Zelenskyy was a comedian and actor—literally playing the president on a TV show. Then, with the help of Western PR teams, fiction became reality.
His campaign was funded by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, who owned Ukraine’s largest oil company and bank.
Once in power, Zelenskyy’s priority wasn’t fighting corruption—it was making sure BlackRock & Western banks took over Ukraine’s economy.
Meanwhile, he funneled millions into offshore accounts, and is alleged to have acquired a $34m mansion in Miami as well as a £multi London apartment. Nothing would surprise me if he did.
By 2022, NATO had armed Ukraine to the teeth, and Kiev had amassed forces near Donbass.
Russia had a choice:
Let Donbass face ethnic cleansing;
Let NATO turn Ukraine into a military base;
Or,
Intervene.
They intervened, just as other nations would in those circumstances.
The media screamed “unprovoked invasion.” But NATO expansion, the 2014 coup, eight years of war on Donbass—this war was provoked every step of the way.
Ukraine was set up as a pawn.
With Ukraine losing, Zelenskyy is being abandoned. Donald Trump told him: “You don’t have the cards.” And he’s right. This war was engineered. Ukraine needed Western intervention to win & that would mean that WW3 would/could be inevitable. It’s time the world wakes up to that reality.
The war in Ukraine was deliberately provoked by the West. Zelenskyy is just another puppet—his time is running out…
REACTIONS TO THIS INTERPRETATION
A: Memo from MICK MOORE of University of Sussex, 14 March 2025
Michael, The person you cite seems either to have swallowed all the Russian disinformation, hook, line and sinker, or to simply be as source of disinformation. The fact that the author seems to be ‘Western’ and posts on Facebook tells you nothing about her/his real identity.
I don’t think any balanced person would fail to recognise that there are many ambiguities about this conflict, and some plausible competing narratives. But do you really believe that, in this world of abundant information, a massive conspiracy of the kind you suggest could have been kept so well hidden for so long, until unearthed by a few people with exceptional insight or information?
Regards, Mick
B: A Memo FROM MAYURA BOTEJU in USA
American Conquest by Subversion: Victoria Nuland’s Admits Washington Has Spent $5 Billion to “Subvert Ukraine”
“After three visits to Ukraine in five weeks, Victoria Nuland explains that in the past two decades, the United States has spent five Billion dollars ($5,000,000,000) to subvert Ukraine, and assures her listeners that there are prominent businessmen and government officials who support the US project to tear Ukraine away from its historic relationship with Russia and into the US sphere of interest (via “Europe”).
Victoria Nuland is the wife of Robert Kagan, leader of the younger generation of “neo-cons”. After serving as Hillary Clinton’s spokesperson, she is now Undersecretary of State for Europe and Eurasia.” Diana Johnstone.
Hear Victoria Nuland’s very concise, almost victorious speech ………………………….….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2fYcHLouXY
WESTERN STRATEGIC THINKERS WHO HAD WARNED OF UKRAINIAN CONFLICT (compilation by @AnaudBertrand)
- George Kennan: America’s foreign policy strategist, the architect of the U.S. cold war strategy. As early as 1998 he warned that NATO expansion was a “tragic mistake” that ought to ultimately provoke a “bad reaction from Russia”.
- Kissinger, in 2014: He warned that “to Russia, Ukraine can never be just a foreign country” and that the West therefore needs a policy that is aimed at “reconciliation”.
He was also adamant that “Ukraine should not join NATO”
- John Mearsheimer: Arguably the leading geopolitical scholar in the US today – in 2015: “The West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path and the end result is that Ukraine is going to get wrecked […] What we’re doing is in fact encouraging that outcome.”
- Jack F. Matlock Jr., US Ambassador* to the Soviet Union from 1987-1991: Warning in 1997 that NATO expansion was “the most profound strategic blunder, [encouraging] a chain of events that could produce the most serious security threat […] since the Soviet Union collapsed”
- Clinton’s defense secretary William Perry explained, in his memoir: That to him NATO enlargement is the cause of “the rupture in relations with Russia” and that in 1996 he was so opposed to it that “in the strength of my conviction, I considered resigning”.
- Stephen Cohen, a famed scholar of Russian studies, warning in 2014: “If we move NATO forces toward Russia’s borders […] it’s obviously gonna militarize the situation [and] Russia will not back off, this is existential”
- 7. CIA director Bill Burns in 2008: “Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for [Russia]” and “I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests”. (He was then Ambassador to Moscow in 2008 when he wrote this memo). He is now director of the CIA. ‘08 memo ‘Nyet Means Nyet: Russia’s NATO Enlargement Redlines’
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The claims about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky funneling millions into offshore accounts and acquiring luxury properties, such as a $34 million mansion in Miami and a multi-million-pound apartment in London, have been widely circulated but lack credible evidence.
1. About Offshore Accounts: Zelensky’s name appeared in the Pandora Papers, which revealed that he and his associates had offshore companies linked to their television production business. However, these companies were reportedly established before his presidency, and there is no verified evidence that they were used for illicit activities.
2. About Miami Mansion: Claims about Zelensky owning a $34 million mansion in Miami have been debunked. Public records in Florida show no properties registered under his name, and his official asset declarations do not include such holdings [B]
3. About London Apartment: The Pandora Papers did reveal that offshore companies linked to Zelensky’s associates were used to purchase properties in London. However, these transactions occurred before his presidency, and there is no evidence suggesting misuse of public funds.
These allegations often resurface in the context of disinformation campaigns, particularly amid geopolitical tensions. Zelensky has publicly declared his assets through Ukraine’s anti-corruption mechanisms, which have not substantiated these claims
Ukraine is a sovereign nation. If it wishes to join NATO, it has the right to do so, if NATO accepts it. The war began with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia: first in 2014, later a full-scale invasion in 2022. This proves that the Ukrainians were right to seek alliances abroad. //Ukraine has absolutely no obligation to remain in Russia’s orbit – whatever ‘historic ties’ once existed.