1991 borders or no deal.
Anonymously sourced nonsense.
Putin has no reason to stop until he has liberated the rest of the Donbass and other Russian speaking regions along with whatever he considers necessary for future defense needs.
Ukraine had its chance for a negotiated peace with limited losses early on but it threw it away and now Putin will dictate terms that are all in Russia’s favor.
If Russia does not take ALL of Ukraine, it will be a failure.
One million dead Slavs (Ukrainian and Russian) which is what the Globohomo’s wanted. The Deep State in Europe and Washington DC won’t be happy until all Slavic people are exterminated.
Ukraine should take this generous offer from Putin. It is imposable for them to win. Otherwise WW3 is on the horizon.
This is not news. Putin has made it crystal clear he has always been ready to negotiate. This was his position prior to being forced to invade, this was his position when Ukraine and Russia negotiated a peace deal two years ago. The unfortunate reality for Ukraine is there are still hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian cannon fodder soldiers left for the West to feed into its meat grinder. There will be no deal with the West until Ukraine is bled dry.
So much for the claim that Russia’s tanks would roll through Poland or the Baltics next.
The Ukes are critically short of manpower. The situation is not going to get any better in fact, its only going to get worse. Of course if we had remotely competent leaders in charge in the West, they would have seen that 2 years ago and would not have killed the peace deal on offer. Now at least half a million Ukrainian men are dead and Russia has conquered more territory.
Fighting to the last Ukrainian will only result in Russia seizing even more territory.
Just as NATO, even the French, are going to send in troops. Any minute now.
See, the thing about negotiating with Russians is that they NEVER live up to the spirit of an agreement. As one EU diplomat put it: “You get them to agree not to park their car on your lawn anymore, and the next morning they’ve parked a TRUCK on your lawn.” The voice of experience.
This is symptomatic of internal politics in Moscow, certainly not the current military situation. Military is now headed by an accountant with no team to back him up, and Shoigu is retired to a sinecure desk job. Key men have been arrested for theft and corruption (like arresting a bear for crapping in the woods; not the real reason). Something is afoot in the Kremlin.
Churchill said that Soviet politics is like two bull dogs fighting underneath a carpet. You can’t tell exactly what’s going on, but you hear growling and yelps of pain, and the carpet shifts around.
In the alternative, after two years of quagmire, Putin wants a face-saving exit ramp. But that can’t be. Right now, he’s winning, which would be much more face-saving. On the other hand, all these new toys are arriving in Kiev and on the way to the front line. But even so, I’m going with political shakeup. The carpet’s moving. I hear growling and yelps of pain.
It would be great to stop this war in its tracks even if it means letting the Ruskies keep what’s captured.
But like most war news, this is likely propaganda, especially considering all the sources are anonymous. Would anyone close to Putin dare leak supposedly sensitive info like this? I seriously doubt it.
Russia is not the West where leaks are abundant with no consequences. Anyone defying Putin will find themselves flying off a 20 story building or in an airplane nose diving towards the ground.
This story is BS.
From the river to the sea.
The Russians are suffering sometimes > 1,000 casualties per day. And even in places where they have gross numerical superiority they can only make grindingly slow progress due to mines and drones. The Ukrainians have also adapted by doing more defense in depth, using a thin screen of drone operators backed by artillery and dispersed units. When the Russians have overwhelming tactical advantage the Ukrainians retreat. But when the Ukrainians exhaust local Russian reserves, they make tactical gains and retake some lost territory. The situation is getting worse for the Russians now that Ukraine is being resupplied with artillery.
The fact of the matter is neither side has enough men and equipment well trained in combined arms to make an operational level breakthrough leading to the defeat of the other side. In particular, neither side has air forces with anywhere near the capability of Western air forces.
Putin is increasingly reliant on foreign mercs from Cuba, India, Nepal and even China, which shows political weakness in Russia- he can't simply rustle up more conscripts and has to use cash reserves to buy men.
Ukraine would be better off holding on to see if Trump wins. He would require Ukraine to make concessions, of course. But probably far less than the Obamabot cowards in DC who were willing to write off the whole country in March 2022 would demand.
Faulconbridge and Osborn are stringing readers along.
There is nothing new about this offer, the West has refused it before and will again until the Last Ukrainian dies.
GloboHomo demands it.