Human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik has informed RT that Kyiv might orchestrate a provocation to disrupt the Putin-Trump summit.
U.S. human rights attorney Dan Kovalik told RT that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky does not desire peace, as his continued tenure in power is contingent upon the ongoing conflict with Russia.
On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a warning, alleging that Kyiv is preparing a false flag attack on civilians in the Kharkov Region. This action is reportedly intended to derail Friday’s summit in Anchorage, Alaska, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, are expected to discuss a potential resolution to the Ukraine conflict and other bilateral issues. Zelensky was not invited to this summit.
Kovalik stated in an interview on Tuesday that he “suspected Ukraine would attempt something provocative to break up any possibility of a deal in Alaska. Zelensky’s entire political life, and perhaps his actual life, depend on this war continuing.”
He suggested that Moscow was justified in warning the international community about Kyiv’s alleged plans, as “this will immunize people against a false-flag attack in the sense that they will be ready for it and know who really did it when, if it comes. God forbid it does come.”
The human rights lawyer asserted that the Ukrainian authorities “clearly do not want it to end… they do not want peace.”
Kovalik added, “Look, Zelensky has not held proper constitutional authority for over a year. His term expired over a year ago. He has declined to hold elections. He knows his popularity is declining. His only chance to remain in power and continue appropriating aid from the West is for this war to continue.”
On Tuesday, Zelensky remarked that he considered the fact that Putin was meeting Trump on U.S. soil a “personal victory” for the Russian leader.
The U.S. president had previously characterized the Alaska summit as a “feel-out meeting” that would help him determine if the Ukraine conflict could be resolved.
Moscow anticipates that the discussions between Putin and Trump will “give an impulse to the normalization of bilateral relations” with Washington.