Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1438 - If Putin Wants Peace with Peter Dickinson

Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Peter Dickinson, an editor of the Atlantic Council’s Ukraine Alert service based in Kiev, Ukraine, on if Putin wants peace. Peter goes into detail about Russia's occupation strategy in Ukraine and Putin's intentions to dismantle Ukrainian identity and culture in occupied territories. Putin aims to transform Ukraine into Russia without Ukrainians by dismantling Ukrainian culture, language, and identity in the 20% of Ukraine currently occupied by Russia. He explains how Russian authorities are forcibly deporting Ukrainians who refuse Russian passports, banning Ukrainian education, and importing people from less developed parts of Russia to populate the occupied territories.Peter argues that Putin does not want peace and is seeking to bring Ukraine back under Russian control as a vassal state. He suggests that the West should use strength and coercion to force Putin to end the war, rather than offering concessions. Peter attributes the West's limited support for Ukraine to fears of Russian escalation and the potential collapse of Russia as a state, which could lead to the emergence of new nuclear-armed countries.