Zelenskyy says Putin’s vow not to hit Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ‘at odds with reality’

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1. >~~Zelenskyy says~~ Putin ~~vow not to hit Ukraine’s energy infrastructure~~ ‘at odds with reality’

   That sums up the entire conflict pretty well. Putin started the war under lies and false pretences, and he will continue to lie and decieve until the day he finally rots in the dirt.

2. There’s just one thing I can’t understand. When Ukraine insisted on a ceasefire “on land, sea and air,” it was realistic, but now that Russia has agreed not to strike energy infrastructure under a treaty (which Ukraine hasn’t yet accepted), it’s no longer realistic. How does it work?

3. > “Even last night, after Putin’s conversation with … Trump, when Putin said that he was allegedly giving orders to stop strikes on Ukrainian energy, there were 150 drones launched overnight, including on energy facilities,” Zelenskyy said at a news conference in Helsinki with Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

   > Kremlin says Ukraine not keeping its end of the bargain
   Russia responded by saying it had halted its targeting of Ukraine’s energy facilities and accused Kyiv of attacking equipment near one of its pipelines.

   It is pretty clear that both actually do not want a genuine cease-fire and they’re only talking about it in the hopes of achieving one that would only make them the biggest winner.

   > “What we have now, in effect, is a competition or rivalry between Kyiv and Moscow to persuade Trump that it’s the other side that is responsible for preventing Trump from achieving his goal of ending the war,” Gould-Davies said.

   Pretty much this.

   > “For us, the red line is the recognition of the Ukrainian temporarily occupied territories as Russian,” he said. “We will not go for it.”

   Korean war scenario it is then.

4. Given Ukraine hasn’t yet weighed in on whether or not the proposed “energy and infrastructure” ceasefire plan, im not sure why it would be ‘at odds with reality.’

   Theres no deal made yet, why would they stop attacks before anything has been signed? Did Ukraine stop fighting when Zelensky proposed their ceasefire? Why would Russia do any different?

   Putin and Trumps phone conversation is nothing more then an early negotiation. For example, what does “infrastruture” even entail? Is it only energy infrastructure? Is it roadways? Bridges? Factories? Airports? Ports? What about dual use infrastructure?

   All of this needs to be ironed out before any deal is made, and of course Ukraine needs to participate and accept or decline.

   This is a nothing burger and posturing on behalf of Ukraine. Theres no deal to speak of yet.

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