I clearly meant that Zelensky already offered to resign - I do not think he has any further interest in power, he can probably make a much better living writting books and giving conferences. Zelensky is the object of hate of Putin and Ruzzia simply because he dared to show how the "emperor was naked", but that is it... it does not have any other consequence for war, just for Putin politics to show as sign of "victory", and he is going to need lots of "signs" to make a "victory" out of this.

That was a month ago...
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My prediction of the outcome of the war: USA gets minerals, Russia expands its territory, Europe becomes more dependent on America out of fear of Russia, and Ukraine will be the country that suffers the most, losing both territory and mineral resources.
After all: Ukraine is just a piece of cake on the table, and the war is just an excuse for Russia and the United States to legitimize dividing the cake in half.

Seems like Putin is going to be a bad bad dog. He has his own pre-conditions to even a cease fire - such as Ukraine not receiving anything during the 30 days (while obviously he will be replenishing the front like crazy).

Also, he wants to keep pushing the full disarmament, recognition of territories under occupation... well, I think Trump and Rubio are about to discover how useless is to talk to Putin. First you need a significant military defeat, then another and then... may be the dog will sit.

All this publicly expressed so it now clear for Trump the degree of "respect" they have for the US.

It's quite hilarious that one side is openly admitting to running a proxy war, and now stopping that armament, but it's the proxy itself that's trying to deny it

If you can stop for a minute the stormshow of crap and false narratives, you may eventually see what this war is about.

Europe cannot do anything together because is not what?? You probably mean is not a single country under a dictator?

You probably have not heard about the European Union. It is not a single country, but when it comes to doing things together, eventually they do things together. Decades ago it was just a free trade zone, now has a political union and well, I guess we have to thank Putin for making Europe now have to be a military alliance.

I have seen the video too. If Macron is smiling I can already tell you that he got what he went to seek.

Macron held several meetings with Putin and phone calls at the beginin of the war, however he was not able to stop the war. Now Macron has spoken with Trump about deploying EU troops in Ukraine. Trump only cares about not spending resources in Ukraine because either he is being paid by Putin (likely) or he really does not get how important is to have Europe as ally.

Either way it does not matter, if there are European troops in Ukraine, the development of the country and the business opportunities that come with it should be good enough to create the European army. Ukraine will become a military production world class power and most likely Europe will launch an enhanced nuclear weapons programme - many countries were wondering what to do with all that Plutonium from the nuclear reactors anyway.

That is not a fact, it is your interpretation. Europe has not become a protectorate of Ruzzia, but it certainly getting ready to provide Ukraine with means of self defence... so, nothing like you predicted. Â Just keep it there and wait, who knows... maybe in 100 or 200 years your descendants will claim you were right or something like that.

Look, I know you watch the Ruzzian TV, that is not a problem, the problem is that you seem to actually believe it.



Nothing unites more than a common enemy.

But congratulations, your GDP is more than Spain. Or it was before Ukraine's drone strikes in the oil facilities, the embargo,... etc 

That is interesting, but it has not happened

BTW,... "I told you" like... a year ago.

Everything that is happening in Ukraine now is, by and large, not a story about Ukraine, it is a struggle for the redistribution of spheres of influence in Europe. Russia is not satisfied with the current state of affairs, in which Europe is actually occupied by the United States and is under the protection of NATO. According to Russia, this is a threat to its security and generally destabilizes the situation in the region. I think following the results of the special operation in Ukraine, continental Europe will pass under the military protectorate of Russia. That is, Russia will be the guarantor of security in Europe and ensure stability in the region.

All this depends on a very motivated player, Europe. Can Europe stick the finger out, pay what needs to be paid and start re-building the military industry? Only if the EU takes it seriously.

As far as I know, there are no conditions imposed in Ukraine as of now because there is nothing agreed. When negotiating nothing is agreed until all is agreed, except when talking to Ruzzia... in that case nothing is agreed even after everything is agreed.

The fact that there is an Ukraine o which to "impose conditions" tells you a lot about how well the plan of taking Kiev in three days went.

As far as I am concernt the plan would be:

- Guarantees to Ruzzia of Ukraine not joinin NATO in exchange for giving back territory.
- Deployment of 250 thousand EU / US troops, with all the means required to take Ruzzia back to Moscow.

And then... Ukraine joining NATO.

Why would you need to keep any agreement with Ruzzia? They are well-known for not keeping their side so...

The fact is that the Ukraine War is over. Trump has not come out and said this explicitly. But, in thought and deeds, the Americans under Trump have ensured that the war cannot be fought on. What’s more, the Russians have defeated Ukraine. By extension, Moscow has beaten NATO, too. At the very least, this is what Putin’s government will tell its people.

Russia is a hero just like Hamas and Hitler. Of course, there are always people who sympathize with the Nazis and aggressors.
Putin's regime not only kills Ukrainians, but also oppresses its own citizens.

Вот это действительно интересно. Для меня по крайне мере.

США освободили россиянина Александра Винника в обмен на американца Марка Фогеля - https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c93qver65rko

There is only one winner on this war. Not Ruzzia. Not Ukraine. Not Europe.

Zelensky should meet with Putin to Settle and talk face to face why he hiding ? Why zelensky using eu to talk ? Why he man up and go moscow face to face meet and talk right to way maybe drink vodka together and talk things out openly with Putin? Why not ?

Demilitarization of Ukraine and Ukraine not in NATO could have been a bargaining point but Trump gave it as a gift to Putin. Though I highly doubt Putin would have accepted anything less than that after all the lives lost.
 
The only bargain left is of size of land. The deal could be Donbass and Kherson east of Dnieper river given under Russian control and the region of Kursk occupied by Ukraine and Kharkhiv occupied by Russia exchanged.

Regarding the use of natural resources in Ukraine territory post war, Zelensky could get a better deal if he talked straight to Putin but there's very low chances of it.

You may need glasses, even with 2 minutes of thinking anyone could come up with some ideas...

- What if the aid to Ukraine triples for a year? It would not take much of the US budget to do so.
- What if the US decides that, after all, it is OK for Ukraine to join NATO?
- What if the oil production is increased until barrel at 35 USD? Ruzzia would not be able to finance the war, but not only that, the debt that is hidden all over the privates companies would be at default most likely.
- What if the US decides that Wagner should be expelled from Africa?

I am no fan of Trump, and be sure it is everyone's problem  

You are right about one thing there, he makes a lot of noise for every tiny thing he does, but he wants to end the war in Ukraine and he cannot be seen as a weakling, so... expect an inordinate degree of pressure to be on the table.

Biden, in my view, never wanted to really end the war, it would have been very easy to provide the right level of support for that, and not a few bradleys here and there.