>Moscow and Kyiv are discussing a pause in hostilities as part of a possible deal that would involve Ukraine abandoning its drive for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees and the prospect to join the EU, the people said under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalised. The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia’s initial core demands — “denazification”, “demilitarisation”, and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine — the people added.
>Envoys from both sides meet in Istanbul on Tuesday in a fourth round of peace talks designed to end president Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The concessions on Russia’s side come as its month-long ground offensive has largely stalled as a result of fiercer Ukrainian resistance than expected and Russian operational deficiencies.
>But Ukraine and its western backers remain sceptical of Putin’s intentions, worrying that the Russian president could be using the talks as a smokescreen to replenish his exhausted forces and plan a fresh offensive.
It’s nice to hear they abandoned their bogus claims.
To me it feels like Ukraine will have to go through some decades of finlandization before finally being able to integrate into the West.
That’s a pity, it’s something that could be a symbolic gesture as long as the “nazi” status of Ukraine was certified by third parties and not Russia itself.
This isn’t over before Russia is the new Venezuela.
And it will be treated as such. A third world country with vintage nukes.
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>Moscow and Kyiv are discussing a pause in hostilities as part of a possible deal that would involve Ukraine abandoning its drive for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees and the prospect to join the EU, the people said under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalised. The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia’s initial core demands — “denazification”, “demilitarisation”, and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine — the people added.
>Envoys from both sides meet in Istanbul on Tuesday in a fourth round of peace talks designed to end president Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The concessions on Russia’s side come as its month-long ground offensive has largely stalled as a result of fiercer Ukrainian resistance than expected and Russian operational deficiencies.
>But Ukraine and its western backers remain sceptical of Putin’s intentions, worrying that the Russian president could be using the talks as a smokescreen to replenish his exhausted forces and plan a fresh offensive.
It’s nice to hear they abandoned their bogus claims.
To me it feels like Ukraine will have to go through some decades of finlandization before finally being able to integrate into the West.
That’s a pity, it’s something that could be a symbolic gesture as long as the “nazi” status of Ukraine was certified by third parties and not Russia itself.
This isn’t over before Russia is the new Venezuela.
And it will be treated as such. A third world country with vintage nukes.