he wants to make peace at the bargaining table, if Moscow isn’t willing to compromise as much as Kyiv
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The people of Ukraine do not want to compromise because they know that Moscovia will just rest, rearm and attack again. Further, Ukraine government officials like Yemak and Zelinski would be killed, if they tried to compromise. No one in Ukraine wants Holodomor II.
Understood. And Ukraine might not accept a Trump ultimatum, especially one that looks like a surrender. But I could see that being a tipping point, with Trump dropping sanctions the first domino. China would see that as weakness, as would much of the rest of the world, leaving Europe isolated in their support of Ukraine and opposition of Russia.
On a larger scale, western influence declines, while BRICS ascends.