Russian-Ukrainian war: The West's policy leads to an escalation of the war

The article aims to prove the hypothesis that the West contributed to the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, that its current policy towards the war is an obstacle to a negotiated settlement, and that this policy could lead to a NATO-Russian military conflict. According to the author, the West could certainly have prevented the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war in three cases: 1. By forcing the implementation of the agreement signed on 21 February 2015 between the Ukrainian President and the leaders of the parliamentary opposition on the formation of a provisional unity government, constitutional reforms and the calling of early elections. 2. By implementing the 2014 and 2015 Minsk agreements aimed at resolving the status of the separatist region of Donbas (Donetsk and Lugansk provinces) and the situation of the Russian minority. 3. By refraining from interfering in the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks held in March-April 2022. The West has missed these opportunities, clearly demonstrating that it has never been in favour of a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The current policy of the West is based on increasing and expanding sanctions against Russia, increasing military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine and fully supporting Ukrainian strikes against key military and infrastructure facilities on Russian territory. However, after three years of war, this policy has not resulted in either the liberation of the occupied Ukrainian territories nor in bringing Russia to its knees, and can lead only to an escalation of the war, the outbreak of the NATO-Russia military conflict and a deepening military cooperation between Russia and China, Russia and North Korea, Russia and Iran. Only the United States can prevent the West from becoming directly involved in the Russia-Ukraine war. The present article is related to previous papers written by the author on the Russian - Ukrainian War: "Doubts About Western Policy on Russo - Ukrainian War" UAI Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (UAIJAHSS), volume-1 issue-5, Dec 15, 2024, "Two Years after the Outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War - Narratives of Putin's War in Hungarian Media", Global Journal of Human-Social Science: F Political Science, Volume 24 Issue 3 Version 1.0, May 2024, "Political and Military Lessons of the Russian-Ukrainian War", SCIREA Journal of Sociology, Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2023.