Posted on 03/07/2022 5:01:33 AM PST by blam
Belarusian state TV has said the Russian delegation has arrived at the location where on Monday at about 14:00GMT/09:00EST the third round of talks with the Ukrainian side are set to begin. So far the ongoing talks have been focused on establishing and maintaining humanitarian corridors for the safe evacuation of civilians still trapped in cities under siege by Russian forces. But these have been erected and collapsed in various locations with limited effectiveness, given Kiev has accused Russia of breaking the temporary ceasefire pauses through the resumption of shelling, something which Russia’s military has rejected.
Just ahead of the meeting, the Kremlin issued a list of demands to be accomplished if Ukraine wants the Russian invasion to be halted immediately. These includes, according to the Kremlin spokesman, the recognition of Crimea as part of sovereign Russian territory, as well as Donetsk and Lugansk as independent states.
The spokesman said that if these conditions are met, then Russian military action will “stop in a moment”. And crucially the statement said Ukraine must amend its constitution to definitively reject any claims or aspirations to enter any bloc – which is a condition obviously focused on the NATO military alliance.
Also on Monday, Russia’s defense ministry declared four new humanitarian ceasefires locally in Ukraine in order to facilitate a civilian evacuation window…
“The Russian Armed Forces announce a ceasefire from 10 o’clock in the morning and are opening humanitarian corridors from Kiev, Kharkov, Sumy and Mariupol, Russia’s Inter-Agency Humanitarian Response Coordination Center reported on Monday,” it announced according to TASS.
After trading near session lows at the start of the US session amid a sea of red that sent many European bourses into a red market, futures bounced hard after Russia floated the above-listed conditions to “immediately” end the war in Ukraine.
The MoD statement said further, “Considering the catastrophic humanitarian situation and its dramatic deterioration in the cities of Kiev, Kharkov, Sumy and Mariupol, and also at the personal request by President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the Armed Forces of Russia announce a ceasefire from 10:00 on March 7, 2022 for humane purposes and are opening humanitarian corridors.”
However, President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued fresh rejections that Russia honored its limited cease-fire agreements. “We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war,” he said Monday. “There will be no quiet place on this earth for you. Except for the grave.”
developing…
Deep States are giving up on the latest con...?
If so, hope to God it isn’t because they’ve gotten what they wanted.
Looks like this is going to devolve into brinksmanship for the next few years. Russia will stack up more and more forces in their breakaway areas, while Ukraine and other former bloc states will flirt more and more with NATO.
Russia ran out of missiles, ammunition and equipment. They need time to re-stock.
Ukraine was always happy to negotiate NATO membership away. NATO doesn’t want Ukraine, anyway. Ukraine wants EU membership. THAT is what this war is really about.
See my post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4044221/posts that gives a very plausable and 'rational' reason why Putin invaded in the first place.
I think Putin thought that Kviv would quickly fall with little bloodshed, and that he could then install a puppet regime friendly to Russia.
But Putin really just wants all of the territory East of the Dnieper River where the vast majority of Ukraine's oil, gas, and mineral wealth lies.
Maybe Putin is willing to end the fighting if Ukraine agrees to give up everything East of the Dnieper River.
Someone needs to give this other megalomaniac a clue. He is not exactly innocent in this, and the citizenry of the West is too clued into the level of propaganda that we are not willing to fight Hunter's War.
I always look back to the Cold War for insight into Russian thinking. If I remember correctly, the Russians actually did pull out of Austria under the condition that Austria remain neutral, which they did. They also left Finland alone after WW2 (but held on to a chunk of their territory) as long as Finland remained neutral, which they also did. Even so, both countries prospered as Western democracies.
At this point Russia is basically asking the same of Ukraine, be neutral. Of course if they agree, Russia could attack in the future...but then again, they left Austria and Finland alone in a similar situation...
Oh, man! You give the sheeple of the West, too much credit for being intelligent! So many buy the bravo sierra that the MSM is selling!
Read later.
Zelenskyy is just getting his people killed at this point.
I wonder what will happen, because Putin’s probably going to retire and give the office over to Alexey Dyumin in 2024. He’s got two short years to exploit Biden’s weakness.
If so, hope to God it isn’t because they’ve gotten what they wanted.
What are you thinking it is, that they want?
Putin blinked because the demented megalomaniac is now stuck in a quagmire and the sanctions are destroying Russia. He’s a dead man walking from his own side for the damage he has done to Russia.
Putin will not retire. Only way he leaves office is feet first.
From your link….
… A small handful of American, Canadian and German special forces veterans are also set to join the fight, according to interviews by BuzzFeed News. The outlet noted the group – numbering just 10 people in total – is “NATO-trained and experienced in close combat and counterterrorism.” A pair of retired American infantry officers will also fly over to provide “leadership” for the squad, while several other US and Canadian citizens also told Reuters they intend to answer Zelensky’s call …
,,, In the meantime, current and former US officials, such as ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have made vocal calls to arm up a Ukrainian “insurgency” suggesting Washington and its allies send weapons and gear to “volunteers” while making a direct comparison to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A deluge of weapons shipments has already begun to flow.…
Vlad screwed up big time with hus invasion stunt and now is like trapped animal trying to find a way out.
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