Posted on 03/28/2022 12:57:27 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia is no longer requesting Ukraine be “denazified” and is prepared to let Kyiv join the EU if it remains military non-aligned as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations, according to four people briefed on the discussions.
Moscow and Kyiv are discussing a pause in hostilities as part of a possible deal that would involve Ukraine abandoning its drive for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees and the prospect to join the EU, the people said under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalised.
The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia’s initial core demands — “denazification”, “demilitarisation”, and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine — the people added.
Envoys from both sides are to meet in Istanbul on Tuesday in a fourth round of peace talks designed to end president Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The concessions on Russia’s side come as its month-long ground offensive has largely stalled as a result of fiercer Ukrainian resistance than expected and Russian operational deficiencies.
But Ukraine and its western backers remain sceptical of Putin’s intentions, worrying that the Russian president could be using the talks as a smokescreen to replenish his exhausted forces and plan a fresh offensive.
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“There is no “American Media”, it’s all global now.”
How can it be global with only about 700,000 viewers?
It’s a question of who controls the media.
It might be a 2 member “NATO”. UK and Turkey.
The Anonymous sources for this article are the Russian negotiators. That is important to know.
It’s also important to understand what the Russian sources are leaving out in their leaks to the FT.
Which is Ukraine would only be allowed to keep 24,000-48,000 troops in the Russian proposal which is unacceptable to the Ukrainian side of course.
That’s why the Russians are framing things this way with no denazification and no NATO. They don’t want to talk about their proposed Ukrainian troop levels.
De-Putin Russia, for sure. Even when he is deposed, there will be a successor. Russia should be divided up for 50 years like Germany was after WWII.
“It’s a question of who controls the media.”
I understand that. But, if what you control is pretty much nothing (from a holdings standpoint), and the little that there is, is in America, I’d say that is “American media.”
Ukraine will be “denazified” when the last Russian сука crawls back to Russia.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Azov was started and funded by a Jewish oligarch Kolomoisky and is now fighting to the death to protect Jewish Ukrainian President Zelensky.
How about an internationally-supervised plebiscite in the areas that were in rebellion, without Russian interference, to find out what the local inhabitants really want. After the last 8 years many of them may prefer reuniting with Ukraine.
Guess the kook brigade here will have to drop the nazi angle.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride...
Yep. Thieving Putinists have raised the Russian flag on Mariupol while their useful idiots in the west cheer them on.
It seems to me that Ukraine should agree to this, just to stop all the death and destruction.
It seems to me the woman should just enjoy the sex since the rape is going to happen anyway.
In addition to leaving all of Ukraine, The Russians should be required to leave Transnistria and Kalingrad. Also, only soldiers should be allowed to leave. All their equipment stays behind.
If Putin and Zelensky reach an agreement, will Biden accept it?
Happily. Brandon can’t wait to get Ukraine off his plate and back to partnering with “Butcher” Putin on nuking up Death to America Iran.
That’s because the Azov bastards were squashed in their stronghold of Mariupol. The DPR flag was hoisted in the city center. Most of the rest of them in are in the cauldron in eastern Ukraine and will, know doubt, die.
No need to since the neo-Nazis vehemently hated in Russia given that original ones killed 2.7 million Russians during WWII.
Ukraine is the heart and soul of the neo-Nazi movement. Or was since they are being exterminated by the Russian military.
To be fair, Ukraine does have a lot.
That’s a hard no from both.
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