RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: A TRAGIC COMEDY OF ERRORS
Russia and Ukraine: A Tragic Comedy of Errors Syed Atique Hussain Naqvi, Toronto, Canada After more than 30 months of armed conflict and hundreds of thousands of deaths, the fact who started the Russia-Ukraine conflict has lost its relevance amid the propaganda drummed up by the two governments. The war propaganda vehicle has been further accelerated by the so-called Western allies of the Ukrainian regime who need to justify to their populations the huge amount of money and aid that they are pouring into Ukraine ignoring the sufferings of their people. Until September 2024 first week, the United States has poured in US$55.7 billion in military assistance since the conflict began on February 24, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in parts of Ukraine, according to the US State Department. The right-leaning US think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), put the total US aid at US$175 billion. It says: “It’s important to not