Posted on 03/11/2022 8:48:34 AM PST by Nextrush
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would require Kyiv to make significant consessions in order to end Moscow's invasion, the Walla news site report.
Walla does not divulge the details of Putin's offer, but pervious reports from the news site said that Putin is demanding an independent Donbas region, but stopping short of regime change in Ukraine.
"If I were you, I would think about the lives of my people and take the offer," Bennett told Zelensky during a phone call on Tuesday, according to a senior Ukrainian official who spoke to Walla on condition of anonymity...
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Putin had what he wanted in the first 24 hours of the invasion. Then he got greedy and decided to try to take ALL of Ukraine, including installing his own subservient puppet.
If Putin is now willing to roll back his tanks, and allow the current regime to rule then this is a huge capitulation by Putin.
If I were Zelensky, I would take the deal and live for another day. It’s a fair offer by Putin.
There are no good choices for Zelensky.
If he continues the fight his popularity will remain high but his country be physically destroyed and he may die. It is hard to see an outcome where the Ukraine “wins” in the sense of Russian troops departing before they have destroyed Kyiv and much of the rest of the country.
If he takes a deal his people will ask “why did we fight and incur these losses?”
Leaders get elected to make tough choices. Sometimes the better choice is to live and fight another day.
Oh and do not blame the messenger (Bennett).
The 90% figure is meaningless. It comes from the 2014 referendum, where staying in Ukraine was not an option. The two choices were joining Russia and independence.
Because he wants the whole of Ukraine, and he wants regime change so that he can have a puppet in charge, as he did until 2014. The offer is a lie.
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