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I am certain I never said I am against negotiations. There is no way to end a war without negotiations of some other that the killing of absolutely every single oponent and I do not recall anything like in recent history (it did happen in ancient times though).... may be frozen conflicts and eternal wars are possible. That could potentially be an outcome.
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The negotiations are a big NOTHING. Russia won't deal with Ukraine for 3 major reasons, and everybody knows it:
1. Zelensky is a terrorist... anybody can see his lies... and nobody deals with terrorists;
2. Z is not the authority for Ukraine since he won't-allow/hasn't-allowed elections, and isn't the rightful Ukrainian leader because of this;
3. The negotiation delegates from Ukraine have no authority, because Z is dictator of his own country. This means that there isn't really any Ukraine. It's just a bunch of media words from the West that Ukraine even exists any longer.
Russia is simply trying to restore Ukraine.

EDIT: Note that as of today the Ukrainian people are organizing and protesting against Zelensky. There are only a few hundred thousand people doing this all around Ukraine, now. Most Ukrainians are afraid of Z backlash. It will be interesting to see how much success freedom they really have, or if Z will start turning into another Stalin.
Seems that, Zelensky, not having been able to receive fast enough help from the West, has turned on his Western puppet-masters. In order to save his own corrupt practices, he has forcefully shut down the US ant-corruption organization in Ukraine, that was getting too close to finding out the truth.
Now Z is making strange overtures to Russia... his position as Ukraine president to be maintained by Russia, in return for letting Russia have the half of Ukraine that they have been looking for.
The whole thing is rather difficult to understand. If you are truly interested watch the first half of "Military Summary"'s Youtube Channel at...
Doomsday☄️Unforeseen Consequences🤯Russians Confidently Expand Foothold Near Pokrovsk⚔️ MS 2025.07.23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDPE0Cooeow
1 - Zelensky is not a terrorist. You whitewash real terrorists using the term so randomly.
2 - Zenlensky is the legitimate president of Ukraine. He was elected democratically and, as the constitution of Ukraine is written, he is the current legal president.
3 - The delegates sent by Ukraine are legitmate and legal as per Ukraine's law.
The negotiations cannot yield any great result because Putin is sending an aidee who has no power to decide or negotiate.
Ruzzia has made an incursion in Pokrosk and it could eventually be taken, which would take Ruzzia to the next kilometer of Ukranian fortifications that may or may not take along months of time.