Update on US-NATO, Ukraine and Russia situation

Posted: 6th December 2021

I was on a Zoom call today with some activists from around the globe led by GN advisory board member Leonid Ilderkin from Russia.

We discussed the current Ukraine-Russia situation.

Leonid (a refugee in Russia from Ukraine since the 2014 US orchestrated coup d’etat in Kiev) said that last spring when these same tensions were happening that he did not believe war would start. He proved to be correct.

Now, Leonid says, he is not so sure.

The principle reason Leonid said was that the Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, that will deliver natural gas, is a key factor.

The US has always opposed the pipeline because Washington wishes to control the European energy market by shipping more expensive LNG
(fracked) gas on ships from the US to Europe.

Now that the pipeline is finished Germany just has to give their final approval to start it.

Another key point is the new German government has a Foreign Minister from the Green Party that dislikes Russia and China. She is more allied with Washington.

The German business community supports the pipeline because Russian gas would be much cheaper for them.

As it turns out, if the US was to prevail then the LNG gas on ships would dock in Poland so that nation becomes a key player in all of this.

Leonid suggested the question was who has the most influence with Poland? Germany or the US?

At the same time the United Kingdom is building naval bases in the Black Sea for Ukraine. So that adds another complicating dimension to the equation.

In the meantime those on the call suggested that peace people worldwide should immediately be speaking out more directly opposing any Ukrainian or US-NATO military operations aimed at Russia.

Leonid felt confident that Russia would not likely initiate any such military operations unless the Donbass (eastern Ukraine) or Russian territory (particularly Crimea) was attacked first.

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Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space PO Box 652 Brunswick, ME 04011
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http://www.space4peace.org
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