South Africa should be charging, not charfing, war criminal Zelensky

The South African

29-04-2025

While it made for endearing, virtue-signalling, political theatre, Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa last week was a well-intentioned waste of time, money and state resources and a lost opportunity.
Know what we should've done instead..?
Rather than welcome him, with open Rainbow Nation arms, our government should've arrested the illegitimate, self-appointed, de facto Ukrainian 'president' Zelensky the moment his corrupt, c*kehead, Banderite Nazi a** touched down on beloved, sacred, S'African soil.
Then, instead of entertaining and treating him to Zulu sushi and koeksisters, we should've charged him with corruption, treason, Nazism and genocidal war crimes against humanity – particularly his own people – and threatening the planet with a third (possibly nuclear) world war.
Once charged, he should then be dragged off to the Hague, ICJ or ICC for prosecution. Or at least handed over to the Russian Embassy.
Could we legally do any of that…?
While the SA government's mediation attempts to consider 'both sides' are laudable, they should be politically and legally consistent.
The ANC bravely brought charges of genocide against the Zionist, psychopathic, apartheid regime of Israel – and for good reason.
But, if you're going to hold Israel to account, the same should apply to Zelensky and his corrupt, drug-addled, suicidal Nazis in Kyiv for provoking and prolonging this conflict.
Here are just a few reasons to arrest, charge and prosecute Zelensky and his regime for war crimes…
Lest we forget, soon after the Ukraine conflict broke out in late February 2022 (when Russia launched its SMO to de-Nazify and demilitarise Ukraine), a peace deal was on the table, negotiated in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine in April. It was called the Istanbul Accords. That treaty officially ended the Ukraine conflict, and Zelensky initialled it. All that remained was for it to be signed and ratified by both parties.
But that never happened.
Instead, at the behest of US/NATO, the mass-murdering, warmongering, war criminal, ex-British PM Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Kyiv in late April and pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky to cut off peace negotiations with Russia.
Johnson convinced Zelensky to renege on the treaty – with the promise of support, funding and weapons from the West – and NATO membership (which, so far, has not happened and probably never will).
Boris Johnson scuttled peace, right there, and Zelensky went along with it.
That decision…between those two men…would end up unnecessarily costing more than a million Russian and Ukrainian people their lives.
Zelensky later denied that any such agreement had been reached in Istanbul and stated no deal had been signed.
But then…in June 2023, at a meeting with African leaders in St Petersburg, that pesky, pedantic, nitpicking Putin went and did a contrary thing. In a room full of the press and African delegates – including Cyril Ramaphosa, he pulled out a signed draft of the Istanbul agreement and held it up for the world to see. He accused Kyiv of throwing the peace deal into the 'garbage of history'.
Proving, right there, that Zelensky, NATO's patsy…is a warmongering liar.
Remember, Zelensky ran for office on the campaign promise he would end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Instead, he ramped it all the way up to a full-blown war.
On 18 March, President Putin shocked the world and stunned his critics when, after a phone call with President Donald Trump, he made an extraordinary and totally unexpected decision. He agreed to Trump's proposal of a 30-day ceasefire on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and immediately instructed his military to implement that directive.
Kyiv agreed to reciprocate.
Practically the same day the ceasefire was agreed to, 19 March, Ukraine began violating it, and repeatedly violated it dozens of times over the next month.
According to Russia's Ministry of Defence, since the truce was agreed upon, Kyiv has carried out countless strikes on numerous Russian energy facilities including oil pipelines and pumps, gas metering stations, power lines and substations. The Russian ministry said these repeated premeditated provocations by Kyiv were aimed at derailing the US president's peace initiative.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a press conference that 'Ukraine's constant continued attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure proves that Kiev clearly does not want peace.'
One of the more recent energy ceasefire violations by Ukraine was over the Easter weekend on Saturday 19 April when, according to the Russian MOD, Kyiv reportedly launched ten strikes within 24 hours, targeting energy facilities in Belgorod, Bryansk, Donetsk and Kherson.
Despite yet another ceasefire violation from Ukraine, on that same Saturday, President Putin, once again, went and did the totally unexpected…
Over the Easter weekend, on Saturday 19 April, Putin announced a temporary 30-hour Easter pause in hostilities with Ukraine. Commencing at 18:00 Moscow time on Saturday and ending midnight on 21 April, Easter Monday.
Putin expressed hope that Kyiv would demonstrate goodwill and adhere to the ceasefire.
'Ukraine's reaction to the ceasefire would be a clear indicator of whether Kiev is sincerely willing to engage in negotiations to end the conflict,' he said.
The Russian DefenCe Ministry called on Kyiv to reciprocate, stating: 'The ceasefire is being introduced for humanitarian purposes and will be mutually observed by the Russian Joint Group of Troops and the Kiev regime.'
On Easter Sunday evening, 20 April, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on Telegram that, predictably, Ukraine failed to uphold the 30-hour Easter ceasefire. She accused Kyiv of violating the truce with American HIMARS systems.
On 21 April, Easter Monday, Russia's Defence Ministry reported Kyiv's forces had continued military operations throughout the 30-hour truce, logging approximately 4,900 violations during this period – including the deployment of short-range drones targeting areas outside the combat zone.
At the close of Zelensky's visit to SA last Thursday (which he cut short after being told we won't be providing Ukraine with any weapons), Cyril Ramaphosa praised Zelensky for agreeing to an 'unconditional ceasefire' in the war with Russia.
'It is a good signal from President Zelensky that Ukraine is agreeable to an unconditional ceasefire so that discussions and negotiations can ensue,' Ramaphosa told reporters after talks with the Ukrainian leader.
On 25 April, the day after Ramaphosa said that, the Kyiv regime killed a top Russian military general in a terrorist attack with a car bomb.
Does any of this sound like Ukraine sincerely wants to end the war with Russia?
Just before Kyiv's terrorist attack, Trump posted on his Truth Social that Zelensky is stalling peace in Ukraine.
According to the South African Presidency, Ramaphosa and Zelensky were coming together to explore cooperation in trade, agriculture, and education. While continuing discussions on peace efforts related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Really…?
There's just one problem. Zelensky's not in any position to negotiate anything. He's an illegitimate president. Any 'negotiations' our government has with Zelensky are redundant.
Zelensky recently delayed elections, again, and extended his own illegitimate 'presidency' by prolonging martial law measures and general mobilisation in the country for another three months.
Ukrainian (state-run) media reported that Zelensky would not extend his regime – but he did. The measures were set to expire on 9 May, but will now be extended to 6 August.
Zelensky initially invoked martial law following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Since then, he has extended the measure more than a dozen times and has cited it as the reason for not holding elections in the country.
Officially, Zelensky's presidential term expired nearly one year ago, and Moscow has since repeatedly rejected his legitimacy as Ukraine's leader.
Even Trump insisted that Zelensky has to hold elections at some stage.
Trump was right about something else…
When Trump blasted Zelensky in the White House in late February he told him, 'you don't have the cards right now'.
In other words, Zelensky is not in any position to demand a goddamn thing. Like military analyst, former Marine Intell officer Scott Ritter recently said in an interview, 'Zelensky needs to shut up and sit down. He's done.'
Because Russia's holding all the cards.
Speaking of…back in late March 2022, barely a month into the Russian SMO, Scott Ritter said; 'Russia is holding on to so many cards right now, and when they start slapping them down they're gonna pick us apart at the seams.'
Well, the Russians are slapping those cards down now, and most of them are non-negotiable – like the issue of returning Crimea to Ukraine. Not going to happen.
Right now, as we speak, the real adults and chief negotiators in this saga are Trump and Putin – through their reps, Witkoff and Lavrov. The US and Russia are negotiating Ukraine's fate and future, nobody else. Not Zelensky. Not Europe. Not Ramaphosa.
All Zelensky gets to do now is submit to whatever peace deal Trump and Putin agree on.
By now, we've all seen numerous videos of Ukrainian military 'recruitment' officers dragging random, reluctant men off the streets and busses, and out of nightclubs and cafes, to be sent to the 'meatgrinder' frontline – without adequate training – as cannon fodder.
Does that sound 'democratic' to you? That sound like respecting human rights and individual freedoms? Also, does that sound like an army on the verge of victory? Or rather, one on the verge of defeat and throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the conflict in final desperation?
And why is Ukraine so desperate for cannon fodder..?
Yes, you read that right. Western MSM has been telling you it's only a few hundred thousand Ukrainian soldiers killed and a few hundred thousand more Russians.
That's a lie.
More than one credible source, including Antiwar.com and Consortium News, military analysts Col. Doug McGregor and Scott Ritter, and ex-CIA analysts Ray Mc Govern and Larry Johnson – to name a few – have claimed that more than a million Ukrainians have lost their lives to date in that conflict, and the Russians have lost around 90-100k.
That's more than a million Ukrainians who, as we established upfront, never needed to die in the first place.
If only Zelensky had ratified that treaty in Istanbul back in April 2022, instead of selling out his country and sacrificing his people…for personal wealth.
Zelensky's culpability can perhaps best be summed up by a message Scott Ritter posted to former US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken in January this year:
'⁣You are singularly responsible for the deaths of more than a million people as a result of a conflict you could have avoided but facilitated. You took us to the brink of nuclear war with Russia.
You are a war criminal in every sense of the word. I hope you are investigated, charged, and found guilty of betraying your nation.
And I hope you are given the justice you so richly deserve.'
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