In this video –produced November 10 ’25– Brian Berletic provides a foundational understanding and a status update on the Ukraine conflict.
Understanding the US Proxy War in Ukraine: First Principles vs. Fantasy
– The Western media continues presenting narratives divergent from reality to the public;
– The key to seeing through these deliberately misleading narratives is having a first principle understanding of the conflict in Ukraine, how and why it began and how it has been perpetuated since it began;
– Understanding that the US politically captured Ukraine, that Kiev no longer serves Ukrainian interests and instead serves Washington’s interests, and that the US military and intelligence agencies run the Ukraine war simply through their Ukrainian proxies, helps cut through claims that “Ukraine” refuses to compromise to US “peace” efforts;
References:
Kalibrated Maps on X:
https://x.com/Kalibrated_Maps
Kalibrated Ukraine Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?client=safari&mid=1VcGZiwrEi8t9kXvVnWNEmO5ScvBWK6A&ll=48.22252164540759%2C35.858824899999966&z=6
CNN – How Trump-Zelensky meeting turned acrimonious over demands for territorial concessions (Oct. 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/20/politics/trump-zelensky-meeting-territorial-concessions
Guardian – US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
RAND Corporation – Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
NYT – The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html
NYT – The Secret History of America’s Involvement in the Ukraine War (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
Reuters – US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports (Oct. 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-intelligence-helps-ukraine-target-russian-energy-infrastructure-ft-reports-2025-10-12/
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