Kissinger Says Ukraine Should Give Up Eastern Territory to Russia to End Conflict

(Chaz Anon) Former Secretary of State and usual warhawk Henry Kissinger said that Ukraine must concede territory to Russia to end the war, and warned the West that a humiliating defeat for Russia could result in wider destabilization. 

The longtime globalist, now 98, made the comments in a conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Monday, reported The Daily Telegraph.

Kissinger was the architect of the détente with China under the Nixon administration, and one of the world's foremost advocates of realpolitik, in which nations put morals and principles aside to achieve their aims.

"Negotiations need to begin in the next two months before it creates upheavals and tensions that will not be easily overcome. Ideally, the dividing line should be a return to the status quo ante," Kissinger said.

"Pursuing the war beyond that point would not be about the freedom of Ukraine, but a new war against Russia itself."

Status quo ante means "how things were before." Kissinger's comments imply that Ukraine should accept a peace deal to restore the situation on February 24, where Russia formally controlled the Crimea peninsula and informally controlled part of the Donetsk region in east Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials have angrily opposed the idea that they should give up any territory.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine would only accept Russia giving up all claims to land in Ukraine, and staging a total withdrawal.

Kissinger in his remarks said that Russia had been an essential part of Europe for 400 years, helping balance the power structure at crucial times, reported The Telegraph.