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THE government should be seeking to de-escalate tension on the Ukraine-Russia border, not engaging in the “rhetoric of war,” say Britain's Communists.
Addressing the Communist Party of Britain’s political committee last night, CP international secretary Kevan Nelson branded “absurd” the claims that Russia’s deployment of troops within its own borders poses a threat to world peace.
“The US already has 70,000 troops permanently stationed in Europe, now being reinforced by fighter jets from Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain; meanwhile Nato warships patrol the Black Sea,” he said.
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
