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When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering
['Andrew Chakhoyan', 'Andrew Chakhoyan Is An Academic Director At The University Of Amsterdam', 'A Former U.S. Government Official At The Millennium Challenge Corporation. A Ukrainian-American', 'He Studied At The Harvard Kennedy School', 'Donetsk State Technical University.', 'Read More']
The Kyiv Independent
Russian tanks roll across Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2025.
(Stringer / AFP)Russia's war on Ukraine has yet to end because Russia keeps waging it.
Moscow's war of choice, an attempt to recolonize Ukraine, is surreptitiously repainted as a struggle between "the West" and Russia.
In an eerie echo of that logic, Putin, and now Melnichenko, blame Russia's war of choice on NATO.
In practice, it manifests as warmongering when such calls leave the aggressor rewarded, armed, and undeterred from striking again.