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Did the UK torpedo peace talks on Ukraine?
The West is hell-bent on prolonging its proxy war endlessly. IAN SINCLAIR provides the evidence
The tail of a rocket sticks out of the ground near the recently recaptured village of Zakitne, Ukraine, Wednesday, November 9, 2022

SINCE 1976 the award-winning US media watchdog Project Censored has printed an annual list of the most under-reported news stories in the US media – the “news that didn’t make the news.”

Should someone start publishing a similar book about the UK media, the top under-reported story of 2022 will almost certainly be the news the British government worked to prevent a negotiated settlement to the Ukraine war in March-April 2022.

Here’s what we know.

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