The Ukraine war thread
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@Renauda I would be pleasantly surprised to see the Russians handing over Zaporizha to the Americans without any restriction.
@Wim said in The Ukraine war thread:
@Renauda I would be pleasantly surprised to see the Russians handing over Zaporizha to the Americans without any restriction.
Although an extreme long shot, I don’t think it is entirely out of the question. Time will tell, depends how badly Putin wants this to end.
I remain unconvinced of any sincere desire by Kremlin to concede any of its maximalist terms regarding Ukraine’s future.
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So… back to what Zelensky was saying in the White House. How do you trust anything Putin says?
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“There’s no place [in the U.S. plans] for our main demand today, which is resolving problems related to the root causes of this conflict,” he said.
Russian officials have repeatedly invoked the term “root causes,” which Putin said last June include Ukraine withdrawing from the partially Ukrainian regions and abandoning its NATO bid.
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The carrot is of the Trump Administration's own making and imagination. It holds little, if any, credibility outside of a few minds in Washington and Budapest. The Kremlin however immensely enjoys the black humour of the tragicomedy theatre it offers.