- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
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.
The U.S. secured control of Afghanistan in about two months, as everybody expected. Ukraine can’t win the war, whatever winning means…
You have incredible but completely missed confidence in Russian military and Russia on general.
You have incredible but unfortunately completely unrealistic confidence in the Ukrainian military, and in Ukraine in general.
Ukraine has stopped the worlds second army and made them deplete All weapons they had.
They have not stopped the world’s second army as Russia is making advances everyday. Besides, the only reason Ukraine has been able to resist this much so far is the extraordinary support it has received from both the United States and European countries; this level of support can’t last.
Fact: Russia is not making advances every day.
Fact: Ukraine has not received extraordinary support. It has received old US weapons headed for the dumpsters and even these reluctantly. It has received less artillery ammo than Russia got from North Korea.
Fact: this level of support is easy to maintain and increase as US has sold far more weapons in this time to various countries, than has donated to Ukraine.
Fact: Russia is making advances every day.
Fact: Ukraine has received hundreds of billions of dollars of aid, intelligence sharing, internet satellite capabilities, training, coaching, diplomatic assistance, etc etc
Fact: No, it’s not easy to maintain and increase as it costs a lot of money and people are not willing to keep assisting Ukraine for free indefinitely. Are you suggesting this can keep going on just because the USA has sold more weapons to other countries? Do you understand the difference between making a sale and donating something?
Russia is not making advances right now. It has hardly taken any significant land in the last year. At significant cost both in lives and material.
Ukraine has received 30 year old weapons headed for expensive decommission. Americans counted those like they are new.
Us and America have barely increased their defense budgets. Russia is in full war economy and barely making any progress.
Russia can lose. It has lost in the past. Every country can lose and did. The notion that this autocratic corrupt country without any real economy, any real local product besides fossil fuels cannot lose is bizarre and totally insane. They cant even build their own modern army, because it relies too much on parts from the west.
You are very disingenuous with your comments. So I will end it here. I suspect you might be some kind of troll or tankie.
You’re the disingenuous one and you are completely out of touch with reality for suggesting Russia hasn’t made advances in a year. Just last week they took back Kursk…
You are pretending as if the US support for Ukraine is not big whereas no country came remotely close to providing as much support as the US did.
Of course, any country can lose, but given the current circumstances it is quite unlikely Russia is going to lose. Being convinced that Ukraine will win is bonkers.
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