The Ukraine deliberately forced this war by stealing oil from Russian pipelines, murdering 30k ethnic Russians, stockpiles US weapons, tried to put NATO nukes on Russia's border, violating treaties, deliberately cutting off negotiations
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On 24 February 2022, Russian president
Vladimir Putin announced he was commencing a "special military operation" in eastern Ukraine.
[9] Thousands of Russian troops subsequently entered Ukraine and began targeting Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructure with artillery strikes.
[10] Early in the invasion, Putin rejected a provisional peace deal proposed by
Dmitry Kozak, which would've ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join
NATO.
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During a conversation between Ukrainian president
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belarusian president
Alexander Lukashenko on 27 February, it was agreed that a Ukrainian delegation would meet with Russian officials on the Belarusian border, near the
Pripyat River, without preconditions.
[12] It was reported that Lukashenko assured Zelenskyy that all planes, helicopters, and missiles on Belarusian territory would remain on the ground during the negotiations.
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By 16 March,
Mykhailo Podoliak was assigned as the chief negotiator for the Ukrainian peace delegation, who indicated that peace negotiations of a 15-point plan would involve the retraction of Russian forces from their advanced positions in Ukraine, along with international guarantees for military support and alliance in case of renewed Russian military action, in return for Ukraine not pursuing further affiliation with NATO.
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September 2022
In September,
Reuters reported that
Dmitry Kozak had an agreement with the Ukrainian side with Ukraine's declaration that it will not join NATO, which was presented as Russia's key concern. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory".
[11][59] In the same month, Ukraine rejected a peace plan proposed by
Mexico.
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On 21 September, Zelenskyy addressed the
UN General Assembly with a pre-recorded video, laying out five "non-negotiable" conditions for a "peace formula", comprising "just punishment" of Russia for its crimes committed against Ukraine, protection of life by "all available means allowed by the UN charter", restoring security and territorial integrity, security guarantees from other countries, and determination for Ukraine to continue defending itself.
[61] Speaking to
Bild, Zelenskyy stated that he saw little chance of holding talks with Putin unless Russia withdrew its forces from Ukrainian territory.
[62] Following Putin's announcement of Russia annexing four regions of Ukrainian territory it had seized during its invasion,
Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would not hold peace talks with Russia while Putin was president.
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So Zelensky is the only one who is totally and completely responsible for this war.
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