The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread

[Feanor]

Your opinion. Mine is that Ukraine is ready for negitiations but not under Russian conditions.

It's the same thing. Ukraine wants everything they want, and they're not willing to give anything in return. Their argument amounts to that it's unfair. And it's fundamentally correct, but what does that have to do with negotiations? Negotiations aren't about justice, they're about making a deal. What do you want to get and what are you willing to give in return?

Inacceptable for the UA.* You are knowing that. And in the Anchorage talks Lawrow said that Trump had assured that he will force Zelenskij to accept the Russian terms, and that Russia is disappointed that Trump was not able to deliver.

*Emphasis mine.

I think that's the essential part. For an actual peace treaty Ukraine wants a deal that they can't get by offering anything of comparable value. Therefore they don't want to negotiate.

The Russian terms were a little bit more than the Luhansk and Donezk oblasts. No souvereign country can agree to this kind of surrender.
Why rewarding the aggressor and war criminal? Ukraine currently is retreating (not losing) at the front, but is winning strategically in the Russian backyard.

I don't think Ukraine is winning strategically and I don't think they themselves believe that either.. I think they found a way to deliver some pain and they will use it. But it's far from anything resembling a strategic victory. And Ukraine's willingness to now take a ceasefire along the line of contact, and openly talking about future deals proceeding from that logic is a departure from what their position was back when they themselves thought they were winning strategically.

Just one question...

How is Ukrainian backyard doing?

Fiery but mostly peaceful.