It’s time to negotiate with Ukraine to prevent a devastating world war

Veteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger said the time was near for a negotiated peace in Ukraine to reduce the risk of another devastating world war, but warned that the desire of some to dismantle Russia could lead to nuclear chaos.

Kissinger, who played a leading role in Cold War political detente between the United States and the Soviet Union when he was secretary of state under Republican presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, has had several meetings with Vladimir Putin since he was elected president of Russia for the first time in 2000.

There is no end to the conflict that sparked it Putin launched the military operation in Ukraine on February 24th, which has caused tens of thousands of victims and millions of displaced people. Russia now controls about a fifth of Ukraine.

The Kremlin says that Kiev must recognize Moscow’s annexation of regions of southern and eastern Ukraine. Ukraine says every Russian soldier must leave its territory, including Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. Kiev has applied to join NATO after Moscow announced it was annexing some Ukrainian territory in September.

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In an article in “The Spectator” magazine. The viewer Under the heading “Ways to Avoid Another World War,” Kissinger said, “The time is approaching to build on the strategic changes that have already been achieved and integrate them into a new framework for achieving peace through negotiations.”

He continued, saying in the article, “The peace process must link Ukraine to NATO. The option to remain neutral no longer makes sense.”

Kissinger said he proposed a ceasefire in May under which Russia would withdraw to the front line it was on before launching its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, but that Crimea would remain the subject of ” negotiations”.

Kissinger, 99, has suggested holding an internationally supervised referendum to decide on the lands Russia has announced it will annex in case it proves impossible to return to the scene where the situation was in 2014.

Kissinger has warned that wanting to make Russia look “powerless” or even trying to dismantle it could unleash chaos. Neither Ukraine nor any Western country has shown support for either lead.

Kissinger said, “The dismantling of Russia or the destruction of its ability to (exercise) strategic policy could turn its territory, which encompasses 11 time zones, into a contested vacuum.”

He added: “Their rival companies may decide to settle their disputes with violence. Other countries may try to escalate their claims by force. All these risks will be multiplied by the presence of thousands of nuclear weapons making Russia one of the two major nuclear powers in the world”.