Boy, did Braindead Joe and his handlers F things up big time. Between the Russia hoax and greenlighting the invasion of Ukraine they sure hamstring Trump with a foreign nightmare. I bet Trump would rather be concentrating on fixing domestic problems that is another legacy of these commie bastards.
Trump just extended the sanction for 1 year to show his willingness to distance from Kremlin so I can understand that Kremlin doesn’t want to talk before the sanction is lifted.
In negotiations, this tactic is known as "reluctant seller" or "conditional commitment." It falls under the broader strategy of "anchoring" and "playing hard to get."
By resisting Trump, The Euros are actually sending a message of weakness to Russia. Perhaps Russia will decide that peace is not in their best interest and they will wait for The West to continue to fracture instead then take all of Ukraine. The law of unintended consequences or are they? Leave it our communist “allies” to work against their own country’s best interests. Anything to get Trump I guess.
Putin has more shortly to be defenseless Ukrainian civilians to murder.
Putin trying to play us now. He doesn’t want to cease fire, not even a pause. Zelenskyy may be an idiot when it comes to relations, but Putin is anything but a saint.