President Zelenskyy speaks very highly of Boris, so despite his domestic unpopularity I would surmise he really tried to help the Ukraine nation.
He can be a twat and an arse at times, but whilst being partly shit domestically he can see a bigger picture internationally.
I seem to remember these talks at the time and the speculation then, even from those in Kyiv was that the talks were basically a facade, the negotiators around the table may have come to some ‘agreements’, but none of them were or would be appealing to Putin who was the ultimate arbiter.
Unless there is solid proof that the proposals were acitively accepted by Putin then they were all just for show and the advice of “Putin cannot be trusted to keep his word” would seem correct.
Even *if* Putin would have agreed to them, and even with ‘security guarantees’, does anyone believe this would stop them from invading again when they thought it was a good opportunity? Russia still tries to spread the separatist movement, and then rolls tanks in and the west are going to do what? Declare war against Russia? The ‘guarantees’ wouldn’t be worth the paper they were written on if the bluff was called. In time I think the course they chose would probably be seen as the correct one.
Russia: “We demand a peace deal by Ukraine surrendering”
Ukraine: “You what?”
This poster: “Did Boris Johnson help stop a peace deal in Ukraine?”
Posts like this by op are the epitome of stupidity.
The waters are deep and murky. But hell, he wouldn’t want to hamper arms deals, US ambition or the broader NATO expansion. After all, where there’s a war there is money to be made. Call me a cynic …
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President Zelenskyy speaks very highly of Boris, so despite his domestic unpopularity I would surmise he really tried to help the Ukraine nation.
He can be a twat and an arse at times, but whilst being partly shit domestically he can see a bigger picture internationally.
I seem to remember these talks at the time and the speculation then, even from those in Kyiv was that the talks were basically a facade, the negotiators around the table may have come to some ‘agreements’, but none of them were or would be appealing to Putin who was the ultimate arbiter.
Unless there is solid proof that the proposals were acitively accepted by Putin then they were all just for show and the advice of “Putin cannot be trusted to keep his word” would seem correct.
Even *if* Putin would have agreed to them, and even with ‘security guarantees’, does anyone believe this would stop them from invading again when they thought it was a good opportunity? Russia still tries to spread the separatist movement, and then rolls tanks in and the west are going to do what? Declare war against Russia? The ‘guarantees’ wouldn’t be worth the paper they were written on if the bluff was called. In time I think the course they chose would probably be seen as the correct one.
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Russia: “We demand a peace deal by Ukraine surrendering”
Ukraine: “You what?”
This poster: “Did Boris Johnson help stop a peace deal in Ukraine?”
Posts like this by op are the epitome of stupidity.
The waters are deep and murky. But hell, he wouldn’t want to hamper arms deals, US ambition or the broader NATO expansion. After all, where there’s a war there is money to be made. Call me a cynic …