Posted on 03/15/2025 12:12:26 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
MOSCOW — In an encouraging development for the seemingly deadlocked negotiations, Russia now says that it would agree to a ceasefire as soon as it is done conquering the rest of Ukraine.
Experts had been skeptical regarding the prospects of any lasting peace agreement after previous discussions had proven unsuccessful, but said Russia's commitment to ending hostilities as soon as it finishes defeating Ukraine was promising.
"We are ready for a ceasefire on only one condition," said Vladimir Putin. "And that little teeny tiny condition is that we finish conquering the rest of Ukraine. Then once that is done, I think we can have a good, lasting ceasefire."
Reports that Russian leaders were amenable to a ceasefire came after three years of grueling combat during which the front lines became static, devolving into a war of attrition with high casualties on both sides. "We are certainly willing to discuss bringing this conflict to an end," Putin said. "After we win."
It was reportedly during intense talks with President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, that the Russians began to see a path forward. "We can envision reaching a peaceful resolution as soon as we annihilate them," one Russian official was quoted as saying.
At publishing time, there were new reports that Russia was massing all of its tanks and infantry in the Kursk region, further signaling that it was willing to do whatever was necessary to reach a ceasefire.
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But first, they need to perform an Anschluss on Belarus.
Read it and weep.
When did you serve in the Russian navy?
Have You stopped Buggering Children with Zelensky?
Is this how Putin’s troll farms teach you to persuade Americans that your Russian propaganda is somehow true?
The Truth .
But Donnie promises to be really super mean to the KGB Butcher .
What a train-wreck Trump set up .
EU-Brussels neo-marxist globohomo needs to be defeated everywhere, not just in Ukraine
It appears that I hit a nerve. How much are you being paid? Or, rather, were being paid?
Yep. No doubt about it. You’re a paid human ‘bot.
You are just a troll.
Your razor sharp wit is astounding.
I refuse to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man. It just wouldn’t be sporting of me.
It sounds hyperbolic but it’s really not far from the truth.
Putin’s still insisting on maximalist terms including NATO effectively pulling all defensive alliance support from three NATO members. But there’s no mechanism to deliver that. The USA can’t change the NATO charter unilaterally. It’d be easier for the USA and Hungary to both quit NATO, than try to demote Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania while 25 other countries in the alliance have vetoes.
And that means Putin’s demands around disenfranchisement of the Baltics are for the birds - they’re utterly impossible as preconditions for a temporary ceasefire.
RF hasn’t even managed to put a single pair of boots in the northern half of Zaporizhzhia oblast, but still wants Ukraine to sign it over (in return for a ceasefire without guarantees).
Again - Putin wants all his war aims delivered as a precondition for even a temporary ceasefire... While offering no concessions (!)
So the Bee is exaggerating... But not in a big way.
*due to...
This is how Americans inform Degenerate Zeepers that they know what you Zeepers are doing.
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