US, UK Sabotaged Potential Peace Deal Between Ukraine and Russia, Says Former UN Assistant Secretary General

A peace deal that could have seen the Ukraine war end soon after it began was abandoned owing to Western interference, according to a new report.

A Ukrainian tank rolls on a road near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, on Nov. 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Anatoli Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images

A former United Nations assistant secretary general has said that Russia and Ukraine were close to inking a peace deal soon after the invasion of Ukraine, but the United States, NATO, and other Western nations scuttled the deal.

According to a November report by Michael von der Schulenburg, a German diplomat who worked for the U.N. for over 34 years, only five weeks after the conflict began, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators came very close to an agreement for a ceasefire and a comprehensive peace solution.