While carefully avoiding an outright rejection of US ceasefire proposals, Moscow is playing for time

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.

  • Docus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    22 days ago

    Trump does not have the cards to force a peace deal, or the skills to negotiate one. Ukraine and Putin are simply too far apart to meet in the middle.

      • NoiseColor @lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        22 days ago

        Thats completely naive. Reality doesn’t work like memes. People are dying, lives are being destroyed.

    • NoiseColor @lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      22 days ago

      Definitely not skills. But both sides in the war want to have a strong start to the negotiation. Ukraine might give up Crimea officially for NATO membership. Russia will do anything that will look like they won.

    • MrNesser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      21 days ago

      I’m convinced Trump is chasing the nobel peace prize because Obama has one and he’s still butt hurt over it.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      22 days ago

      It is not about Trumps skills. My guess is that there might have been a deal, if Trump didn’t get in the way of his advisors by posting on social media and going off script in interviews