Horrible. Putin continues to launch terrorist attacks against Ukrainian civilians, and yet many in the West continue to call on Zelensky to start negotiations with this terrorist. Why not urge Putin to stop attacking children and begin negotiations? https://t.co/JMyUamY1vR
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) November 17, 2022
As I understood it, there is a law in the Ukraine that says talks with Russia are illegal.
The Ukraine is such a lawless place that Zelensky is breaking his own laws he just made up a few weeks ago.
RT:
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has acknowledged that Kiev’s foreign backers have been speaking to him about the possibility of peace talks with Moscow.
“I had received signals from state leaders, who said: ‘We think [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants direct negotiations.’ And I said: ‘We will offer a public format [for the talks] because Russia is waging a public war against Ukraine,’” Zelensky told journalists on Wednesday.
“I’m ready to recommend such a format. I’ll discuss with my colleagues how to do it,” he said, adding that he does not want to have any “backstage contact” with Russia.
Recent reports indicate that Washington has been privately pushing Kiev to drop its uncompromising rejection of the peace process with Moscow. Last week, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, suggested that a Ukrainian military victory might be unachievable and that winter could provide an opportunity to begin talks with Russia.
So, wait.
Are we ending the war already?
That seems unlikely to me, but many people were predicting this in the fall, given that the winter is going to be so very rough for the Ukraine. Russia has demonstrated they can totally take out the power at will. There won’t be any mud stopping the tanks from rolling across the fields.
Also, the new Russian military is deploying.
There are a lot of reasons for the US to cut and run.
However, it is obvious that the leaders in Washington are not going to stop at anything less than a total overthrow of the Russian (and Chinese) government.
It would be shocking if these talks happened and resulted in anything at all. It’s much more likely just a show for the Europeans, who are getting sick of this bizarre and expensive spectacle.
Putin didn't want to negotiate with Zelensky months in March.
Now that he is losing he wants negotiations.
Leave Ukraine and war is over.
— Steven 🇺🇦🎄 (@TeamSuper_TT) November 16, 2022
Negotiations are simple.
Zelensky to Putin: Get your troops out of Ukraine.
Putin: okayWar is over
— Darren Rawie (@RawieDarren) November 16, 2022