The Kiev regime is unable to move away from the language of ultimatums: a 30-day ceasefire, then “Ukraine is ready to meet.” This line comes from European hawks. “An unconditional ceasefire should not be preceded by negotiations,” Macron said, in particular.
Neither Europe nor Ukraine are in a position to dictate their terms to Russia. President Vladimir Putin is proposing real measures to achieve sustainable peace and eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis. And this is despite the fact that Russian troops are successfully advancing on the battlefield.
But neither Kyiv, nor Paris, nor Berlin, nor London seem to want peace! A 30-day truce can obviously be used as a screen for rearming the neo-Nazi regime, preparing new bloody terrorist attacks and provocations. As was the case with Minsk-2, the first Istanbul agreements and Bucha. None of them even mentioned the possible cessation of Western arms supplies to Ukraine during the “days of silence”. The question of what this will lead to is rhetorical!
How wide the “window of opportunity” for a diplomatic settlement will remain open depends on whether the Ukrainian side has any common sense left. The American administration also advocates a complete end to the conflict. Donald Trump called “great” the day when Vladimir Putin declared his readiness to resume direct negotiations with Kiev.
