This is hilarious. Apparently the West will end the Ukraine war without involving the Russians. Maybe they’ll leave a transcript of the terms in Vladimir Putin’s e-mail in-box so he won’t accidentally violate them. I’m sure he’ll want to know that he’ll be handing back the provinces that he’s annexed and surrender himself to the Hague for war crimes prosecution.
“Kyiv has made a concerted effort in recent months to engage with countries such as China, Brazil and India. Ukraine is ready to talk with all countries and hear their opinions, Yermak said, including representatives of China and Brazil, who visited this month.
Zelensky’s 10-point peace plan calls for restoring Ukraine’s control over its territory, returning prisoners of war and prosecuting war crimes. It also proposes addressing nuclear safety, which it says is compromised by Russia’s occupation of a nuclear power plant, and food security, by protecting grain exports that are hampered by Russia’s invasion.”
Zelensky’s 10-point peace plan calls for restoring Ukraine’s control over its territory, returning prisoners of war and prosecuting war crimes. It also proposes addressing nuclear safety, which it says is compromised by Russia’s occupation of a nuclear power plant, and food security, by protecting grain exports that are hampered by Russia’s invasion.”
I kind of doubt China will be coming on board for this farce. I’m not so sure about India either.
This is my favorite line:
“The process is not possible without the whole world, including the leaders of the global south,” said Yermak, who is Zelensky’s top adviser.”
The whole world except the country they’re actually at war with. Delusional and in fact embarrassing.
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.”
—Alexander Hamilton
Put another way: The enemy gets a vote.
Yeah, I think they’re about to find out something unpleasant about poking the bear.
From a commenter on today’s ZMan post regarding Ukie-Rus conflict: Russia does not have an end game. For Russia, this is simply life. Ukraine is now the frontier, the dark forest which is never quite emptied or pacified. They are prepared for their campaign to last decades until the West is bankrupted, NATO is broken, and the Americans withdraw from Europe. They no more think about winning a war with Ukraine than a sailor thinks about wining a war with the sea or a Bedouin thinks about winning a war with the sand. They simply live with it until they understand it… Read more »
He may have a point. I equate this to what would happen if California was declared a sovereign state but the Mexican majority began harassing the Anglo minority. It wouldn’t surprise me if at a future time a resurgent United States began carving off pieces that still had a dominant Anglo population. The Russians are tired of what the State Department did after the fall of the Soviet Union. And I think they’re now capable of pushing back hard. The Russians living in Eastern Ukraine are the blood-brothers of the people five miles over the border in Russia. We shouldn’t… Read more »