{"id":263427,"date":"2023-01-09T08:20:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=263427"},"modified":"2023-01-10T07:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T07:31:04","slug":"ukraine-humiliated-western-propagandists-after-its-defense-minister-admitted-its-a-nato-proxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=263427","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Humiliated Western Propagandists After Its Defense Minister Admitted It\u2019s A NATO Proxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Andrew Korybko \u2013 Andrew Korybko\u2019s Newsletter Substack Jan 7, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov\u2019s description of the Ukrainian-NATO relationship perfectly aligns with Merriam-Webster\u2019s definition of a proxy. Their official website informs readers that \u201cA proxy may refer to a person who is authorized to act for another or it may designate the function or authority of serving in another\u2019s stead.\u201d The objectively existing military-strategic dynamics of the Ukrainian Conflict coupled with Reznikov\u2019s candid admission therefore leave no doubt about the fact that Ukraine is a NATO proxy by definition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US-led West\u2019s Mainstream Media (MSM) has insisted over the past 10,5 months that President Putin is <a href=\"https:\/\/astutenews.com\/2022\/04\/vladimir-putin-monster-madman-or-mastermind\/\">supposedly insane<\/a> for considering Ukraine a NATO proxy whose close military ties with that explicitly anti-Russian bloc pose a serious threat to his country\u2019s national security red lines. Their perception managers subsequently expanded upon their gaslighting operation to discredit Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/20-constructive-critiques-about-russias\">special operation<\/a> on the false basis that it\u2019s driven by so-called \u201cimperialism\u201d and not self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Every single one of the countless information warfare products that they\u2019ve since created was just exposed as fraudulent by none other than Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, who admitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/569500-reznikov-ukraine-nato-mission\/\">during an appearance<\/a> on national TV on Thursday that their country is indeed a NATO proxy. In his own words, \u201cToday, Ukraine is addressing [the] threat (of Russia). We\u2019re carrying out NATO\u2019s mission today, without shedding their blood. We shed our blood, so we expect them to provide weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reznikov\u2019s description of the Ukrainian-NATO relationship perfectly aligns with Merriam-Webster\u2019s definition of a proxy. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/proxy\">official website<\/a> informs readers that \u201cA proxy may refer to a person who is authorized to act for another or it may designate the function or authority of serving in another\u2019s stead.\u201d The objectively existing military-strategic dynamics of the <a href=\"https:\/\/russiancouncil.ru\/en\/analytics-and-comments\/columns\/military-and-security\/why-did-u-s-prioritize-containing-russia-over-china\/\">Ukrainian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/astutenews.com\/2022\/03\/russia-is-waging-an-existential-struggle-in-defense-of-its-independence-sovereignty\/\">Conflict<\/a> coupled with Reznikov\u2019s candid admission therefore leave no doubt about the fact that Ukraine is a NATO proxy by definition.<\/p>\n<p>This senior official likely didn\u2019t intend to discredit his patrons\u2019 \u201cofficial narrative\u201d for redistributing <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/zelensky-played-the-iran-card-during\">approximately $100 billion of their taxpayer-provided wealth<\/a> to Ukraine and thus <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/putin-explained-why-he-had-no-choice\">vindicate everything that President Putin said<\/a> about why he commenced Russia\u2019s special operation. What appears to have happened is that Reznikov lost his cool after becoming frustrated that NATO isn\u2019t giving Kiev all the weapons that it demands, hence why he spilled the beans in an attempt to put pressure on them.<\/p>\n<p>This emotional reaction to the pressure that\u2019s being put upon his side by NATO\u2019s military-industrial limitations, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/five-takeaways-from-the-new-york\">New York Times<\/a> (NYT) reported upon in late November and therefore can no longer be denied by the MSM, caused him to finally crack. Had he remained calm like senior officials are supposed to do, especially those leading their country\u2019s military like he does, then he would never have admitted that Ukraine is a NATO proxy out of desperation to guilt it into giving Kiev all that it demands.<\/p>\n<p>The average person in the US-led West\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/russia-correctly-described-the-us\">Golden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/josep-borrell-blew-a-racist-dog-whistle\">Billion<\/a> probably won\u2019t ever be informed of what he said since it\u2019s in the MSM\u2019s obvious interests to suppress all reporting about this embarrassing incident, but those who rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/thealtworld.com\/andrew_korybko\/a-review-of-the-most-common-roles-in-the-alt-media-community\">Alternative Media<\/a> will almost certainly come across it sooner or later. What they should then do is pass this \u201cpolitically inconvenient\u201d news along to as many people as possible in order to prove to them that they\u2019ve been lied to by their government and media this entire time.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately $100 billion worth of their hard-earned tax dollars weren\u2019t diverted from domestic socio-economic projects to \u201cprotect Ukraine from Russian aggression\u201d, but for NATO to aggressively exploit Ukraine as a literal proxy for waging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hybrid-Wars-Indirect-Adaptive-Approach-ebook\/dp\/B014GA5SX8\">Hybrid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Law-Hybrid-War-Eastern-Hemisphere-ebook\/dp\/B07124QCZH\">War<\/a> on Russia. Its Defense Minister, who can\u2019t realistically be described as a so-called \u201cRussian agent\/propagandist\u201d or even \u201cRussian-friendly\u201d, wouldn\u2019t have admitted that Ukraine is a NATO proxy if this truly wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, everything that everyone\u2019s been told about this conflict by the MSM is built upon the \u201cBig Lie\u201d that Ukraine is a \u201cfiercely independent state\u201d that was \u201crandomly victimized\u201d by \u201cRussian aggression\u201d. The reality is that it\u2019s Russia that\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/president-putins-insight-into-state?s=w\">fiercely independent state<\/a> that was victimized by NATO\u2019s proxy war aggression via Ukraine, though this wasn\u2019t done randomly, but as punishment for its leading role in accelerating the <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/the-russian-foreign-ministry-comprehensively\">global systemic transition<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/russiancouncil.ru\/en\/analytics-and-comments\/columns\/global-governance-and-world-politics\/towards-increasingly-complex-multipolarity-scenario-for-the-future\/\">multiplexity<\/a> away from US-led unipolarity.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/the-importance-of-properly-framing\">New Cold War<\/a> isn\u2019t between \u201cdemocracies and dictatorships\u201d like Western propagandists falsely claim, but between the US-led West\u2019s Golden Billion and the jointly <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2022-06-24\/BRICS-role-in-the-global-systemic-transition-to-multipolarity-1b7pApI2CKQ\/index.html\">BRICS<\/a>&#8211; &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/the-significance-of-the-scos-samarkand\">SCO<\/a>-led Global South of which Russia is a part over the direction of that aforesaid systemic transition. The top proxy war between these de facto blocs is the Ukrainian Conflict, the outcome of which will determine whether the US can reverse its declining unipolar hegemony or if the Multipolar World Order is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>These unprecedented stakes explain why such an astronomical sum of taxpayer funds has already been expended on perpetuating this proxy war that otherwise would have ended sometime last spring had NATO not rushed to its proxy\u2019s rescue. The approximately $100 billion spent so far obviously hasn\u2019t been sufficient for dislodging Russia from the territory that Ukraine claims as its own, which suggests that the West might accept the <a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/russia-will-still-strategically-win\">fait accompli of Moscow\u2019s victory<\/a> and thus explains why Reznikov is panicking.<\/p>\n<p>He and his ilk from that US-installed fascist regime know that they probably won\u2019t politically survive the scenario of Kiev de facto acknowledging Russia\u2019s control over its former regions, hence why he desperately sought to put maximum pressure on NATO to finally give them all that they\u2019ve demanded. To that end, he publicly admitted that Ukraine is a NATO proxy in the hopes of guilting his patrons into complying, but he also unwittingly humiliated its propagandists and discredited their \u201cofficial narrative\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/korybko.substack.com\/p\/ukraine-humiliated-western-propagandists?\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov has just exposed all the WESTERN MSM propaganda over the conflict with Russia as a fraud. 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