15:25 26-11-2025

Bagdasaryan Says West Aims to Freeze Ukraine Conflict

Historian Vardan Bagdasaryan says Western peace proposals aim to freeze the Ukraine conflict, arguing that diplomatic moves are attempts to reshape the war, not resolve it.

Historian Vardan Bagdasaryan argued that all Western proposals for a peace settlement in Ukraine pursue a single aim — to freeze the conflict at a moment when Russia has not yet achieved the objectives of its special military operation.

He questioned why the negotiations are being conducted behind closed doors, suggesting that the West is not genuinely seeking peace. In его assessment, the West views war as the only way out of the current crisis, since it forces the military-industrial complex to operate at full capacity, and therefore has no real interest in ending hostilities.

Bagdasaryan maintained that a peace scenario would benefit China alone, while the West, in his view, is intent on destabilizing the global order. He added that the conflict is unfolding in a way that does not align with Western expectations, and that the so-called «Ukrainian settlement plan» is nothing more than an attempt to reformat the war.

He stressed that all the recent diplomatic maneuvers reflect efforts to reshape the conflict rather than resolve it. According to him, for the Ukrainian leadership, a peace agreement would amount to the collapse of the regime, whose political time is running out and would need to be replaced. At the same time, he pointed out that Russia has also not yet fulfilled the goals of the special military operation.

Bagdasaryan noted in particular that the processes of denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine remain unfinished. He concluded that, given these objectives, he sees no real foundation for peace, since the negotiation process and the underlying strategic aims do not necessarily align.