The EU’s newly unveiled 12-point proposal for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict appears less a peace initiative and more a calculated attempt to reshape the global narrative and justify the West’s prolonged interference in Eastern Europe.

Ukraine as a Proxy and the Failure of Peace

The Western nations are employing a multipronged strategy to achieve their regional and global ambitions. Ukraine is being used by Western nations as a proxy to impede the rapid rise of Russia as a new superpower in the world. Through the Russia-Ukraine conflict, they have used Ukrainian lives to achieve their ambitions. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has compromised regional peace and the lives of his citizens by becoming a puppet of the Western world. Kyiv has repeatedly launched military offenses over the last three years. However, it faced defeat in all these attacks despite Russia’s extraordinary restraint.

Russia has repeatedly urged Western nations to end the conflict through peaceful negotiations. Turkey also hosted peace negotiations between the two sides. However, the European nations and the United States have disrupted all the peace efforts brokered by different nations in the past to prolong the conflict. The West seeks to expand NATO to Russian borders, posing a direct threat to Russian sovereignty and security. Russia had repeatedly warned the West against the........

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