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Negotiations with Trump No Longer Needed: Putin's Ukraine Plan Worked, by Kirill Strelnikov for RiaNovosti. 12.17.2024.
The closer the date of Donald Trump's inauguration as the new-old President of the United States, the more Pavlov's dogs twitch from opposing impulses: some are salivating over the beautiful plans for final peace in Ukraine, others are squealing in pain and despair.
One thing is clear to everyone: Ukraine has lost, and with it the cardboard carnival under the sign "Support Ukraine for as long as it takes" has been soaked under the Donbass snow, and now the question is: who will call the tired waiter and pay the bill.
Yesterday, the role of maitre d' was taken on by The New York Times, which for the first time so specifically and unequivocally stated that the client was not showing any signs of life and had already begun to stink, which meant that "it was high time to plan the post-war phase of the conflict."
According to the publication's experts, there are only four options for final agreements, which should include some kind of security guarantees for Ukraine (in other words, that bloodthirsty Russia will not attack peaceful Ukrainian puppies and kittens again).
First, Russia remains with the liberated territories, the rest of Ukraine joins NATO. But there is a sharp and irreconcilable split in the NATO camp on this issue, and besides, Trump and his team are against it (we are not even talking about Russia’s clearly defined position). Nobody cares about Zelensky’s wishes and hysterics. We cross them out.
Option two: Russia remains with the liberated territories, but instead of the US, post-war security for Ukraine is guaranteed by a certain "coalition of guarantors", which is apparently understood to be a group of several European NATO countries. Considering that Trump plans to reduce US involvement in Europe and the Ukrainian conflict to a minimum, no three-finger combination will work by default in the absence of the US. Cross it out.
Option three: the same, but "peacekeepers", i.e. NATO soldiers, are brought into the remnants of Ukraine. No matter how hard Europe tries, the amusing Euro-regiments will not be able to play any role by definition, and Russia will not allow alliance troops on Ukrainian territory. Cross it out.
Option four: "armed neutrality." Russia stays "with its own," and Ukraine pumps up its military muscles on the condition that "there are no restrictions on the size of its army or any conventional weapons that the country can produce or acquire." According to the authors of the material, this is the most achievable option, although it is "the most disadvantageous for Ukraine."
Conclusion: Trump has already internally said goodbye to Ukraine and wants to end the war with minimal costs, without taking any responsibility, and in any case will never provide Kyiv with American security guarantees. All that remains is to bargain something with Russia in exchange for decency. Considering yesterday's statements by Trump's future security adviser Mike Waltz, who confirmed that "there will be no more checks for any amount to Ukraine", and future special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg, who voiced Trump's desire to end the conflict "within a few months", this conclusion seems to be true.
With one exception: Russia, in essence, no longer needs any negotiations or compromises, because everything has come to what our president initially warned and spoke about.
Since the 2014 coup, Vladimir Putin’s proposals for Ukraine and the collective West have been more than acceptable and doable, but as they have been rejected, they have become tougher, and the outcome on the ground has become more compelling and irreversible. Now, in the words of Bloomberg, “Russia has no incentive to compromise because it is winning.”
This means that if the West, with or without Trump, tries to raise the stakes again, then Putin’s latest conditions based on the Istanbul agreements will be revised towards tougher conditions without any internal torment – let’s recall the remark of the Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, who hinted that there could be more regions of Russia being liberated.
In other words, the conditions for ending the conflict have already been written and are lying in the Kremlin, there is nothing to discuss there and no one to discuss it with, and the opposing side is politely invited to sign them until the fairly soon moment when their expiration date expires.
As for the hysterical threats of the West regarding nuclear escalation, the rumours about a direct conflict with NATO and other mantras in the style of "until the last European", they were given a final answer at yesterday's meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which was attended by President Vladimir Putin and the head of the department Andrei Belousov.
The main points of the telegram on demand to Brussels and Washington:
• 2024 became a turning point for the special operation, and the Russian Armed Forces firmly hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of combat contact (everything you sent there was scrapped, and if you send more, we will write it off even faster);
• the regular number of the Russian Armed Forces has been increased to 1.5 million servicemen, Russia will maintain the potential and balanced development of nuclear forces, and the completely non-nuclear "Oreshnik" will soon be mass-produced;
• Russia is considering and preparing for any development of the situation, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade (it will not be possible to catch us by surprise, we see everything and take measures, don’t dream about it).
Apparently, this telegram was delivered. For example, yesterday, the co-chairman of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Tino Chrupalla, clearly worried, said that "the German government should recognize the fact that Russia has already won the conflict in Ukraine and help resolve it," and the Dutch Minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans called for an urgent agreement with Russia, "before Trump does it."
There is only one sad thing: in order to ultimately return to what Putin initially spoke about, the West sacrificed a million Ukrainians and destroyed our brotherly country with its own hands - and we will never forget this.
https://ria.ru/20241217/tramp-1989530861.html
The closer the date of Donald Trump's inauguration as the new-old President of the United States, the more Pavlov's dogs twitch from opposing impulses: some are salivating over the beautiful plans for final peace in Ukraine, others are squealing in pain and despair.
One thing is clear to everyone: Ukraine has lost, and with it the cardboard carnival under the sign "Support Ukraine for as long as it takes" has been soaked under the Donbass snow, and now the question is: who will call the tired waiter and pay the bill.
Yesterday, the role of maitre d' was taken on by The New York Times, which for the first time so specifically and unequivocally stated that the client was not showing any signs of life and had already begun to stink, which meant that "it was high time to plan the post-war phase of the conflict."
According to the publication's experts, there are only four options for final agreements, which should include some kind of security guarantees for Ukraine (in other words, that bloodthirsty Russia will not attack peaceful Ukrainian puppies and kittens again).
First, Russia remains with the liberated territories, the rest of Ukraine joins NATO. But there is a sharp and irreconcilable split in the NATO camp on this issue, and besides, Trump and his team are against it (we are not even talking about Russia’s clearly defined position). Nobody cares about Zelensky’s wishes and hysterics. We cross them out.
Option two: Russia remains with the liberated territories, but instead of the US, post-war security for Ukraine is guaranteed by a certain "coalition of guarantors", which is apparently understood to be a group of several European NATO countries. Considering that Trump plans to reduce US involvement in Europe and the Ukrainian conflict to a minimum, no three-finger combination will work by default in the absence of the US. Cross it out.
Option three: the same, but "peacekeepers", i.e. NATO soldiers, are brought into the remnants of Ukraine. No matter how hard Europe tries, the amusing Euro-regiments will not be able to play any role by definition, and Russia will not allow alliance troops on Ukrainian territory. Cross it out.
Option four: "armed neutrality." Russia stays "with its own," and Ukraine pumps up its military muscles on the condition that "there are no restrictions on the size of its army or any conventional weapons that the country can produce or acquire." According to the authors of the material, this is the most achievable option, although it is "the most disadvantageous for Ukraine."
Conclusion: Trump has already internally said goodbye to Ukraine and wants to end the war with minimal costs, without taking any responsibility, and in any case will never provide Kyiv with American security guarantees. All that remains is to bargain something with Russia in exchange for decency. Considering yesterday's statements by Trump's future security adviser Mike Waltz, who confirmed that "there will be no more checks for any amount to Ukraine", and future special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg, who voiced Trump's desire to end the conflict "within a few months", this conclusion seems to be true.
With one exception: Russia, in essence, no longer needs any negotiations or compromises, because everything has come to what our president initially warned and spoke about.
Since the 2014 coup, Vladimir Putin’s proposals for Ukraine and the collective West have been more than acceptable and doable, but as they have been rejected, they have become tougher, and the outcome on the ground has become more compelling and irreversible. Now, in the words of Bloomberg, “Russia has no incentive to compromise because it is winning.”
This means that if the West, with or without Trump, tries to raise the stakes again, then Putin’s latest conditions based on the Istanbul agreements will be revised towards tougher conditions without any internal torment – let’s recall the remark of the Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, who hinted that there could be more regions of Russia being liberated.
In other words, the conditions for ending the conflict have already been written and are lying in the Kremlin, there is nothing to discuss there and no one to discuss it with, and the opposing side is politely invited to sign them until the fairly soon moment when their expiration date expires.
As for the hysterical threats of the West regarding nuclear escalation, the rumours about a direct conflict with NATO and other mantras in the style of "until the last European", they were given a final answer at yesterday's meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which was attended by President Vladimir Putin and the head of the department Andrei Belousov.
The main points of the telegram on demand to Brussels and Washington:
• 2024 became a turning point for the special operation, and the Russian Armed Forces firmly hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of combat contact (everything you sent there was scrapped, and if you send more, we will write it off even faster);
• the regular number of the Russian Armed Forces has been increased to 1.5 million servicemen, Russia will maintain the potential and balanced development of nuclear forces, and the completely non-nuclear "Oreshnik" will soon be mass-produced;
• Russia is considering and preparing for any development of the situation, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade (it will not be possible to catch us by surprise, we see everything and take measures, don’t dream about it).
Apparently, this telegram was delivered. For example, yesterday, the co-chairman of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Tino Chrupalla, clearly worried, said that "the German government should recognize the fact that Russia has already won the conflict in Ukraine and help resolve it," and the Dutch Minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans called for an urgent agreement with Russia, "before Trump does it."
There is only one sad thing: in order to ultimately return to what Putin initially spoke about, the West sacrificed a million Ukrainians and destroyed our brotherly country with its own hands - and we will never forget this.
https://ria.ru/20241217/tramp-1989530861.html
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