Broken promises and burned pipelines: Why diplomacy with Kiev is a dead endUkraine blew up a Russian gas facility just days after a mutual agreement not to do just that. As if anyone expected something different.
By Nadezhda Romanenko
In a brazen act of duplicity, Ukraine has once again demonstrated that it is not a reliable partner for diplomacy – let alone peace.
Mere days after a US-brokered agreement saw Moscow and Kiev commit to a mutual moratorium on targeting each other’s energy infrastructure, Ukrainian forces reportedly launched a deliberate strike on a gas metering station in Russia’s Kursk region. This was no accident, no miscommunication, and no unfortunate timing—it was a calculated breach of trust and yet another glaring signal that Ukraine cannot be reasoned with.