According to journalist Stephen Kinzer, the current proxy war did not start in 2014 with the Maidan coup, nor in 2022. This is the culmination of an imperial strategy that began exactly 75 years ago. For Washington, Ukraine has never been a sovereign entity. It has always been, and still is, a launching pad, a geopolitical blow against Russia.

According to journalist Stephen Kinzer, the current proxy war did not start in 2014 with the Maidan coup, nor in 2022. This is the culmination of an imperial strategy that began exactly 75 years ago. For Washington, Ukraine has never been a sovereign entity. It has always been, and still is, a launching pad, a geopolitical blow against Russia.