Russian Envoy Credits Trump with Preventing WWIII, NYT Confirms US Role in Ukraine War

Russian Envoy's Claims on Trump and Ukraine

• 🇷🇺 A Russian envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, stated that the Trump administration made significant progress in negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict and prevented World War III.
• 🗣️ Dmitriev criticized the Biden administration for a lack of dialogue with Russia and for fueling a proxy war without understanding Russia's position.
• 🎯 He highlighted the Trump administration's achievement of the first de-escalation, stopping hits on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine.

New York Times Revelations on US Involvement

• 📰 A New York Times article, "The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine," is cited, revealing extensive US involvement.
• 🇺🇸 Officials worried that providing advanced weapon systems like HIMARS to Ukraine could provoke Russia and lead to World War III.
• 🎯 The US, from a base in Germany, supplied coordinates for Russian forces, effectively choosing targets for Ukrainian strikes.
• 🤝 The US military and CIA were directly assisting and overseeing strikes not only on Russian forces in Ukraine but also into Russia itself.

Shifting Red Lines and Escalation Risks

• ⚠️ The Biden administration repeatedly crossed its own red lines by providing increasingly advanced weaponry to Ukraine.
• 🚀 Steps taken to help Ukraine were often done in secret, despite fears of provoking Putin.
• 🚢 The CIA covertly supported Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian warships in Crimea, including in the port of Sevastopol.
• 📈 The conflict is described as a steady process of pushing towards World War III without crossing the final line, with the US setting and then moving its own red lines.

Motivations and Restraint

• 💰 The desire to weaken Russia, rather than solely to help Ukraine, is presented as a key motivation for the Biden administration's actions.
• 🕊️ The article suggests that Russia, and Putin, showed restraint by not retaliating against US forces involved in strikes into Russia.
• 🎭 The narrative of Putin being a