Posted on 01/12/2025 8:41:32 AM PST by delta7
The walls are closing in on Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
In a meeting with allies in Germany this week, the embattled leader requested NATO troops on the ground in Ukraine.
“Our goal is to find as many instruments as possible to force Russia into peace. I believe that such deployment of partners’ contingents is one of the best instruments. Let’s be more practical in making it possible.”
Nothing about this proposal is “practical”. Even if Zelensky is speaking about peacekeeping troops as part of a settlement, which isn’t clear, it’s still a fundamentally crazy idea. Simply put, it would bring us to the brink of nuclear war.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Zelensky has suggested that NATO should send troops to fight and die in this war. But this latest instance is noteworthy because it comes just ahead of President Trump’s inauguration.
Given the circumstances, the move signals desperation.
Trump Stands Firm
President Trump has stood his ground on this issue thus far.
Just this week he acknowledged that NATO’s courtship of Ukraine was a major cause of the war, noting that if Ukraine were to join the Western military alliance, “then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep, and I could understand their feelings about that.”
Trump correctly blames Biden for promising Ukraine NATO membership and escalating the war.
In early December, Trump’s team conveyed the message that Ukraine would need to make major concessions to end the war. Those concessions will probably involve giving up land already captured by Russia, agreeing to a form of disarmament, and pledging to never join NATO.
This was an important shift, as it became clear even to the biggest hawks that Ukraine wasn’t going to recapture much, if any lost territory. And forget about Crimea.
Trump’s views on Ukraine are certainly unique in Washington D.C., But his base is ready for the war to end, and this issue was one of the keys to his landslide victory.
Meanwhile, it’s unclear whether Zelensky and the Ukrainian deep state would agree to such concessions. It’s also unclear whether they truly have a say in the matter, unless they’re prepared to go it alone against Russia.
But it’s also not clear if Russia would agree to such a deal. Putin could insist upon an end to sanctions on Russia, and a return of their frozen assets.
There’s also a chance that Russia won’t want to give Ukraine a break to re-arm itself. NATO has already pulled a fast one on Russia once, during the Minsk accords from 2014-2021. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted this peace deal was in actuality a stall tactic to give Ukraine more time to build its military capabilities.
So President Putin may want to press the attack, eliminate Ukraine’s military capabilities, and gain more territory. Russia is advancing along almost the entire frontline. Its use of hypersonic missiles, artillery, drones, and guided glide bombs has devastated Ukrainian strongholds.
Ukrainian forces have been forced to fall back into far less favorable defensive positions, and this does not bode well for their outlook.
True Costs
The waste of life in this conflict is exponentially larger than the public has been told. In December of 2024, President Zelensky claimed that only 43,000 of his nation’s troops had been killed in the war so far.
In truth, upwards of 600,000 Ukrainian soldiers have likely died. On paper, the Ukrainian army is over one million strong. But across the line, foxholes are empty. Where are all the soldiers?
Russia has likely lost at least 100,000 soldiers KIA as well, though they haven’t released any specific numbers.
When the truth about this war comes out, it will shock anyone who is still paying attention at that point.
Make no mistake. Trump has his work cut out for him. But he is the only person in the world today who stands a chance at ending this war.
I believe he’ll get it done. But the cost in terms of geopolitical capital may be high.
Ethnic Russian provinces remain with Vlad, no Nato, and Ukie demilitarization….cleaning the Ukie house of Neo Nazis the toughest one.
He isn’t going anywhere. It may be along time before there are elections again in the Ukraine.
It’s over, Zelensky. Stop wasting lives and losing land.
Russia has likely lost at least 100,000 soldiers KIA as well, though they haven’t released any specific numbers.
This war would have ended a long time ago if those numbers were accurate.
Zelensky and his pal Pooty saved the Ukraine from being overrun during Pedo Joe’s World Migration invasion. Never heard of the freeloading miggies invading the Ukraine looking for a taxpayer financed “better life.” The Ukraine is currently the only country on the planet not being overrun by freeloaders.
Sux when neither side deserves to survive
The war would been over long ago had Russian chauvinists had not had such maximalist demands and brutal “tactics”. They’ve done everything possible to make Ukrainians remember their history and want to defend their nation against another genocidal invasion from Moscow.
Zalensky is going to get his ticket to asylum in some friendly area and to keep the millions of maybe hundreds of millions he has embezzled. Putin will get the land and the Russian citizens living there and Ukriane will never get to NATO. We will probably have to pay to rebuild Ukraine.
I think it’s actually the opposite, is it not???
500 thousand plus Russians are dead, and now they’re even adding North Korean’s to their death total. Mind you... Most of those killed have been prisoners, old men and foreigners from Africa and the Middle East. But there’s still a lot of Russians who won’t be coming home.
The Neocon warmongers love to throw money at armies that are strong on paper.
Those clowns told us time and again how strong the Afghan Army was.
You should fight Russia to the last Ukrainian life, you war hero!
“Ukrainians remember their history and want to defend their nation against another genocidal invasion from Moscow.”
They couldn’t do it themselves so they depended on NATO, a huge mistake. They should have taken the deal they negotiated and not done the genocide of shelling Russian speaking civilians. Ukraine has paid a terrible price and lost much while gaining nothing.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
All the money being laundered through Ukraine is how Kamala had a billion dollar campaign fund.
Someone’s are getting very rich.
Adorno, you should take a break from advocating for greater H1B visa colonization and defend your hero Zelensky.
You sure love defending the Nazi Azov Ukrainians. The Ukraine lost. Get over it. Now it is just all about carving up a country that has lost two generations of men, where40% of its population has fled, and its cities are bombed out ruins.
You would be right if the Ukraine was a normal country, it is just a CIA-run proxy state and the poor Ukrainians have no say in this war except to die.
Oh yes, those infamous and foreboding ”Walls” That went after Trump since 2016 are apparently after on Zelensky now. We should put these walls right up there with a.” strongly worded letter.” In terms of effectiveness
You sound like Hitler in his bunker.
The Walls Close in on Zelensky, Getting Even Closer on Putin.
“The Walls Close in on Zelensky, Getting Even Closer on Putin.”
That’s backwards.
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