Putin has a choice
Putin may pull a fast one on Trump...He is a Communist BTW...
Absolutely.
As I cited earlier, the ukes aren’t stupid. They probably had a bunch of crazy demands, some of which skated through.
Russia will counter, and negotiations - including fighting - will go on...
“Accept???” Never accept the first offer.
Europe, Neocons, and Deep Staters won’t allow it. I expect a false flag any day now. I think we will see “Russia” to bomb some NATO nation.
The first thing to consider, is what are Trump’s goals with this? It has been suggested that Trump thinks he can win a Noble Peace Prize for stopping the fighting. Obama won one for nothing, so the thinking goes that Trump wants one too. Other explanations are that Trump is doing this to show his supporters that he kept a campaign promise. Many here think the Putin is just a nice guy who is misunderstood, and the world would be a better place if we just trust the KGB man and give him want he wants, then all will be right with the world. When Putin breaks another peace treaty these simpletons might finally understand that Putin is not to be trusted, and the U.S. should ramp up support of Ukraine. The last option I can find is that Trump views China as the main rival for the U.S., and it’s better to prop up Putin, despite the immorality of doing so, to have Russia an ally against China.
Again, it has to be part of an overall regional agreement.
What about Belarus, which also borders Poland. Also the status of the Baltic states must also be taken into account.
The opening offer will not close the deal at this point. A deal will get made eventually. Putin isn’t interested in serious talks yet.
I heard the “ceasefire” deal involved ongoing weapons from the US. How should Russia respond to that? I think Ukraine (ie. Zelensky) is playing games yet again.
I hope so, but I don’t want to be overly confident.
This is sort of like the West Bank. Two sides both think that an area of land should be theirs. Neither side wants to have peace until they win. Both sides can’t win.
War stinks.
I am more worried about Zelensky taking any deal. He doesn’t want peace because martial law will end and he will have to allow elections. He wants to hold on long enough to help impeach Trump again.
Every time we are told Trump is finished, will fail, can’t win, etc, He proves them all wrong.
But, isn't agreeing to a ceasefire.
I doubt Putin will make a deal until he regains Russian territory currently in Ukrainian hands (Kursk?). Then...maybe.
A cease fire is very much in Russia's interests and the Ukraine's interests.
It is also in the Trump Administrations interest.
Trump promised an end to the fighting and he will have delivered after a huge amount of public effort. The Trump Administration and the Russians have likely already agreed to a framework to end the war. Now they have to get the Ukrainians to agree.
We are going out of our way to bring Peace here, but if ETHIER side doesn’t we should wash our hands of it.
Hegseth is going to fix weapons procurement.
When he does, Ukraine will not lack for high-quality weapons.
The clock is not Russia’s friend. Russia has only a limited amount of time to fully recover the Kursk salient and expand its Donetsk and Luhansk holdings.
A 30-day operational delay via a ceasefire isn’t in the cards.
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