Oleh Rybachuk

Chairman and co-founder of Centre of United Actions. Deputy PM on EU Integration (2006), State Secretary of #Ukraine (2005-2006).

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

It has been reported by BILD that when Ukraine used Patriot missiles against Russian aerial vehicles in Bryansk back in May 13, 2023, where in a matter of minutes two Russian Mil Mi-8, one Su-34 and one Su-35 were blown out of the Russian sky, that Berlin and Washington were furious. They threatened to stop deliveries if this repeats.

Unbelievable, and, yet, it explains a lot. It proves once again, how wrong decision-making in Western capitals prolongs this war. Russia is vulnerable, it can be defeated, but Ukraine is not allowed to fight back, properly, while Russian bombs hit shopping centers, kindergartens and residential areas.

This has to stop, now!

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

These words are very popular among young Ukrainians. Tag Putin, if you can, please)

[Colby Badhwar @ColbyBadhwar]

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[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never respected:

1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine”. Breached by Russia invading Crimea in 2014.

2. The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997. Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and “reaffirmed the inviolability of the borders” between the two countries. Russia breached it in 2014.

3. The OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999. Russia committed to withdrawing its troops from Moldova’s Transdniestrian region and Georgia until the end of 2002. That never happened.

4. The 2008 Georgia ceasefire agreement following Russian aggression against the country. Russia agreed that “Russian military forces must withdraw to the lines prior to the start of hostilities”. That never happened.

5. The Ilovaysk “Green Corridor” in August 2014 and other “humanitarian” death corridors. Russia pledged to let Ukrainian forces leave the encircled town of Ilovaysk in the east of Ukraine, but instead opened fire and killed 366 Ukrainian troops. In the following years, Russia attacked numerous humanitarian corridors in Syria.

6. The “Minsk” agreements of 2014 and 2015. Russia agreed to cease the fire in the east of Ukraine. There had been 200 rounds of talks and 20 attempts to enforce a ceasefire, all of which the Russian side promptly violated. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

7. The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia pledged to “provide maximum assurances regarding a safe and secure environment for all vessels engaged in this initiative." It then hindered the initiative's operation for months before withdrawing unilaterally a year later.

NB: I am only focused on deals made with Russia to address specific issues and conflicts. I am not mentioning almost 400 international treaties that Russia has breached since 2014.

There are no conclusions to be drawn here, except that no one can seriously use the words "Russia" and "negotiations" in the same phrase.

Putin is a habitual liar who promised international leaders that he would not attack Ukraine days before his invasion in February 2022.

Russia's tactic has remained consistent in its many wars over the last three decades: kill, grab, lie, and deny.

Why would anyone genuinely believe that Russia in 2023 is any different from Russia in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2022?

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

Today Trump is meeting Orban, Prime minister of Hungary, whom he a few times called President of Turkey, and today Zelenskyy is meeting Erdogan, who is actually President of Turkey.
Just don’t tell it to Trump)

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@MikeASperrazza @CollinRugg And both love Putin

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@janopetsa @yasminalombaert So, it’s high time to move Russia to defeated category

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@lapalmedesmers @WSJ And that’s why Russia has moved away most of its troops from Finland - new NATO member- to Ukraine.

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@PavlosProkopeas @Kasparov63 @andriyhaydash Yeah, a US aircraft carrier in Black Sea in January, 1922 ,would be very helpful to reach that deal

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@vickio_ @visegrad24 Want peace- tell Putin to fuck off from Ukraine

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@AmoneyResists @elonmusk Really helpful, thank you!

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

Some insights on why Turkey, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, and the Baltic States were accepted into NATO to protect them from Russia while Ukraine’s bid is declined just for the Centre of United Actions' patrons on the "Ok, so what?" podcast. https://t.co/iVY1KbdPqZ

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

Putin will win his biggest victory in the war in Vilnius. His doctrine of fear did not work on ordinary Ukrainians. But some Western leaders are so scared that they are afraid even to think about Ukraine in NATO

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

More than 70% of Ukrainians find themselves happy, 80% refuse to give Russia any territory in exchange for ceasefire or “peace”-result of sociological survey.
70% of Russians believe that Putin is a good leader and will vote for him again.
Oh, yeah, we are one people.

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

Today’s visit of African leaders to promote peace plan in Kyiv was accompanied by Russian missile attack, very loud explosions heard in the sky, Ukrainian Air Defense doing its job.

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

NATO was created to protect Europe from Russia. Now Ukraine is defending Europe from Russia. In other words, Ukraine performs the main function of NATO. Therefore, there is nothing more natural than Ukraine joining NATO

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@GeneralClark Well, Russia will open the second front against itself, Ukraine and Belarus have the best guerrilla fighters.
Ask Hitler and Stalin, they remember

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

@EricKraus99 @wartranslated May God give him a priority ticket to Hell

[Oleh Rybachuk @olehrybachuk]

My freshly washed and dried - with a pair of jeans- device.
It works after 1 hour washing as if nothing happened. Kudos, Apple)