As the year comes to a close, the complete failure of the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive has opened a chorus of mutual recriminations within Ukraine and between Kiev and its imperialist puppet masters.
If the meeting of the Group of 20 major economies in India was intended as a show of unity against Russia, it succeeded in producing precisely the opposite result.
Disaffection is spreading in the army and among civilians, while at the same time Ukraine’s western allies are getting cold feet and starting to talk about negotiations.
If you peek into the goings on behind the scenes at the NATO summit, you get a glimpse of the actual divisions, rifts. and challenges facing the imperialist organization.
The hypocrisy could not be more glaring as the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Putin on the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the United States’ imperialist invasion of Iraq.
In an incredible about face, two major mouthpieces of the US and German ruling class allude to “new intelligence” that suggests the attack was orchestrated by an ill-defined “pro-Ukrainian” outfit.