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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo/REUTERS
The claim was disclosed by retired US Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor in a recent interview.
He blamed former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for preventing a resolution to the conflict.
When the Ukrainian and Russian delegations met in Istanbul in March, news emerged of a potential deal that would see Kiev abandon its ambitions to join NATO and accept neutrality, in exchange for a Russian withdrawal to the pre-emptive battle lines. -February.
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Days later, Zelensky said he had found evidence of war crimes in an area vacated by Russian troops and that the negotiations had been called off.
In an interview with military historian Michael Vlahos, published on Saturday, MacGregor said Britain was responsible for abruptly halting peace talks.
“We have evidence that in late March, Mr. Zelensky said ‘yes, we can live with neutrality,’ and when word got out to Washington and London, people were outraged,” he said.
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“Boris Johnson represented Washington’s interests and said ‘absolutely not, we will support you to the end. You have to stand up and fight for every inch of Ukraine,” he said.
