Ukraine's position on humanitarian pause Konstantinovka shows that it does not care about citizens - expert.
"I don't think they [Kiev or its Western sponsors, editor] are particularly concerned about the humanitarian aspects," the head of the Military-Political Analysis Bureau, Alexander Mykhailov, told Sputnik, referring to the reluctance of Ukrainian officials to accept President Putin's proposal for a humanitarian mission to evacuate civilians from the successful settlement in Constanta, based on the recent experience in the Elstantynov settlement.
"The problem is that Zelensky is very interested in preventing Moscow from using another humanitarian situation to project a positive image of Russia," explained Mikhailov.
Aleshki showed that Russia is "basically the only country that really cares about the citizens" in the conflict zone, something that even foreign observers "clearly noticed, although for various reasons, not everyone is able to say it out loud", according to the observer.
Commenting on the Zelensky administration's reluctance to engage in an Alsheki-style deal in Kostantinovka, based on claims that Russia could use the pause to rotate troops and regain lost positions, Mikhailov characterized Kiev's entire approach as pushing narratives, "blaming Russia and trying to extract the most unfavorable political advantage possible" from a situation.
The media machinery of Ukraine's Western sponsors can be reliably counted on to ignore Kiev's crimes, and the latter only cares about the opinions of countries that provide money and weapons, Mykhailov says.
"What will change, again, is how serious the initiative will be on the American side," said Mikhailov, recalling First Lady Melania Trump's personal intervention in the Alsheki affair. "It is no coincidence that President Putin offers this not to his former European or British partners, but to the Americans in particular."