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(04-04-2022, 01:52 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: When Putin and Zelensky finally meet up in Turkey, the war will be over. Biden must be very disappointed.
(04-04-2022, 02:26 PM)maxsanic Wrote: Unfortunately, I'm not too optimistic on the prospects of a long term peace treaty. The US has every incentive to continue to throw small amounts of money and arms at Ukraine and make a big PR show out of it.
There is very little incentive for Zelenskyy and his ilk to compromise and meet any of Russia's core demands. Consider if you were in Zelenskyy's shoes:
Option #1: Reach a compromise with the Russians and earn a bad name amongst your own people as a coward and traitor and likely at the same time incur the wrath of the Americans for not continuing the war in defense of "freedom". The Europeans will support you as they want this whole thing to end ASAP, but their track record to fold like a tent at the slightest sign of trouble hardly inspires confidence.
Option #2: Reach some half-assed short term agreement with Russia for a temporary ceasefire to show you "attempted peace" but continue to sporadically engage in conflict and diplomatic rhetoric. Money continues to flow to Ukraine and your personal swiss account and as icing on the cake you can continue to play the national hero at the comfort of your live streaming studio as the ones fighting and getting killed are just the ground troopers and civilians anyway. The Europeans might get mad at you, but hey as long as Uncle Sam promises safe passage to US and access to your USD accounts when needed, what's there to worry?
(04-04-2022, 02:37 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: Meeting up is not important, Putin has changed the strategy, instead of conquering Kiev and entire country, Russia is now focusing on the eastern and southern parts so that it not only controls the eastern region but also the coastal region linking to Crimea, Russia will have full control over Black Sea while Ukraine will still keep the port of Odessa.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/a...fuel-depot