While carefully avoiding an outright rejection of US ceasefire proposals, Moscow is playing for time

Summary

Vladimir Putin responded to Ukraine’s US-backed ceasefire proposal by imposing strict conditions, including a halt to Kyiv’s military aid and mobilization, while continuing Russia’s own rearmament.

His calculated stance prolongs negotiations without outright rejecting Donald Trump’s initiative, which seeks to end the war while pressuring Ukraine.

Putin also demands Ukraine’s demilitarization, exclusion from NATO, and recognition of Russian territorial claims.

Trump, with limited leverage, may shift toward aligning with Putin’s terms. Meanwhile, Ukraine fears the ceasefire could allow Russia to regroup and intensify its offensive.

  • NoiseColor @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    So you think if someone attacks you, then says that they will only stop if you give them everything they want, plus stop resisting and not call anyone for help, that you are safe.

    That’s insane. Nobody in their right mind would accept that.

    • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      No, I didn’t say any of this. Why are you putting words in my mouth?

        • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          10 hours ago

          Ukraine can’t win against Russia. It can try to limit the damages now and keep existing as a country or continue the war and risk being entirely invaded. That’s a risky proposition.

          Unfortunately it is becoming evident that European countries will not join the war and therefore Ukraine is on its own.

          • NoiseColor @lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 hours ago

            That Ukraine can’t win is not a serious statement. Any country can win any war. That is clear from the human history. It’s never only about size or strength. Only in recent history we can see that a poor country of Afghanistan, beat both the Soviet Union (and helped bring it’s collapse) and the US.

            By conceding everything to Russia, they will be entirely invaded within a few years. The concessions are directly made for that. People in the Russian government have stated that goal, their opinion leaders have stated that goal, Putin has started that goal, maybe not in those words, but more or less. The concessions are made for that, to keep a country weak, for an invasion. There is no other reason to have concessions like that.

            Ukraine has no other option than to continue fighting. If they get no serious security guarantees, guarantees better than the Bucharest memorandum, they can not stop fighting and resisting as that would mean they will surely lose everything.