Victoria Nuland Swoops in on Kiev

Dec. 5, 2022 (EIRNS)—Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, the woman who ran the February 2014 violent coup that made neo-Nazis the dominant political force in Ukraine, traveled to Kiev on Dec. 2 after attending the OSCE meeting in Lodz, Poland. “We came together with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba from the OSCE ministerial meeting, so I had time to talk to him on the train,” she said at a press conference on Dec. 3, reported Ukrainska Pravda. According to press reports, she held a significant number of meetings with representatives of the government, parliamentarians, public activists, and even had a reception at the embassy, which took place subject to non-disclosure of its fact until the end of the visit.

“Diplomacy is obviously everyone’s objective but you have to have a willing partner,” she said, reported Reuters. “And it’s very clear, whether it’s the energy attacks, whether it’s the rhetoric out of the Kremlin and the general attitude, that Putin is not sincere or ready for that,” she falsely proclaimed. “My main signal is a signal of solidarity in these days when Putin has moved to a new level of barbarism. However, Ukraine is winning this war, Putin is losing it, and we support you.”

Nuland also met with Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office. “Although Kiev is now almost without lighting, you will be able to personally see the real situation and make sure that Ukrainians remain courageous, do not leave their cities, and continue fighting. You are informed well about the situation in Ukraine. Everyone knows how much you support our country,” Yermak told her, according to a news release issued by the Ukrainian President’s office. He thanked the United States of America, President Joseph Biden and his administration, including the State Department, both houses of Congress and both parties for their support. “Ukraine’s victory, which we are sure of, will be our joint victory,” Yermak said.

Zelenskyy himself also dropped in to welcome Nuland. “During the conversation, the Head of State noted the strategic role and allied nature of the Ukrainian-American partnership and touched on major issues on the bilateral agenda,” the Ukrainian release said.