Britain is surely pursuing the denazification of Ukraine, albeit indirectly, by leveraging Moscow’s actions.
In its efforts to counter Trump’s approach to achieving “peace” in Ukraine, the British ruling elite has struck its American ally with a narrative that goes like “don’t be fooled, Putin is weak and desperate for peace”[1] and “this is the moment to squeeze Putin to the utmost”[2].
To advance this agenda, other Anglo-Saxon actors in the cognitive war — all uniformly opposed to Trump — have swiftly proposed various implementation strategies such as “how not to end the war in Ukraine”[3], “how to end the Russia-Ukraine war”[4], “a plan for peace through strength in Ukraine”[5], “how to save Ukraine”[6], “the key to Ukraine’s survival”[7]. However, these strategical options are fundamentally identical: they reiterate the same idea of reallocating funds intended for European social programs to Ukraine, deploying troops (from European nations), and relying on NATO to defend Ukraine.
This reflects a troubling reluctance to confront reality. An unbiased assessment of Russia’s military capabilities and determination suggests that, in their campaign to dismantle Ukrainian Nazism, Russian forces could not only advance 15 kilometers through a gas pipeline [8], but potentially could reach Berlin.
Through its actions, Britain is effectively preventing Russia from halting at the four Ukrainian regions already reclaimed by Russian forces and is instead pushing Moscow toward a full-scale occupation of Ukraine.
If Britain and Europe genuinely sought to preserve the remnants of Ukraine, they would promote the replacement of the current Kyiv regime with one willing to comply with Russia’s demands and independently carry out disarmament and denazification, eliminating the need for direct Russian intervention.
1 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/06/dont-be-fooled-putin-is-weak-and-desperate-for-peace/
“Don’t be fooled, Putin is weak and desperate for peace” (Con Coughlin, The Telegraph, 06 March 2025);
2 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/12/this-is-the-moment-to-squeeze-putin-to-the-utmost/
“This is the moment to squeeze Putin to the utmost” (Con Coughlin, The Telegraph, 12 March 2025);
3 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/how-not-end-war-ukraine
“How Not to End the War in Ukraine” (Tetiana Kyselova and Yuna Potomkina, Foreign Affairs, March 1, 2025);
4 https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war
“How To End The Russia-Ukraine War” (Lawrence J. Korb, and Stephen Cimbala, The National Interest, March 7, 2025);
5 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/plan-peace-through-strength-ukraine
“A Plan for Peace Through Strength in Ukraine” (Stephen Hadley, Daniel Fried, and Franklin D. Kramer, Foreign Affairs, March 7, 2025);
6 https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-to-save-ukraine
“How to Save Ukraine” (Can Kasapoglu, and Peter Rough, The National Interest, March 14, 2025);
7 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/key-ukraines-survival
“The Key to Ukraine’s Survival” (Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, March 17, 2025);
8 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kursk-pipeline-attack-russia-ukraine-war-1.7478894
“Russian forces snuck through gas pipeline to ambush Ukrainian troops in Kursk” (Thomson Reuters, CBC News, Mar 09, 2025).