Today, the dangers of military escalation are beyond description.

What is now happening in Ukraine has serious geopolitical implications. It could lead us into a World War III Scenario.

It is important that a peace process be initiated with a view to preventing escalation. 

Global Research does not support Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The history of this war must be understood.

The bombing and shelling led by Ukraine's Armed Forces directed against the people of Donbass started eight years ago, resulting in the destruction of residential areas and more than 10,000 civilian casualties.

A  bilateral Peace Agreement is required.

On March 18th, I headlined "How the Western Press Handles the Ukrainian Government's Nazism," but didn't, at the time, know that what is blocking a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia, is, in fact, Russia's demand, and Ukraine's refusal, for Ukraine's government to 'denazify'.

In other words: the Western press's handling of that very question, of whether Ukraine's government has a 'nazi problem', was actually crucial to enabling a peace-settlement to be reached. The war goes on — and will continue now to go on, because of  that impasse in the negotiations.

Later on March 18th, Reuters headlined "Russian official sees progress with Ukraine on neutrality, not on 'denazification'", and reported that the official who represents Russia in those negotiations,

Vladimir Medinsky said the two countries were "halfway there" on the question of Ukraine adopting neutral status.

"On denazification, the situation is quite strange because our Ukrainian colleagues on the other side of the table consider there are no Nazi formations in Ukraine and this is not an issue in modern Ukraine," he said.