I agree with you there, I think one misjudges Putin and Russia (now that the propaganda has been rampant for 3.5 years, many are probably becoming heavily influenced). Possibly one might be interested in agreements the day the economy has hit rock bottom, but that’s a long way off.

Good thoughts regarding my post.

It may be that one is not easily fooled and believes that it will be possible to get over Russia on one’s side, but simply does not have a better solution and feels that one must try. It could be true if it is the Pentagon behind it.

Although I have no idea if it is the Pentagon that is in control, completely independent of who is president.

If so, they have had a strategy during Biden (to only give Ukraine enough to keep the Russians at bay) to suddenly turn just as Trump became president and instead aim to achieve peace as quickly as possible.

This could be explained by the realization that the “Biden strategy” is not working as they have seen that China is gaining more and more control over Russia, and therefore they choose to try to achieve peace.
Perhaps not so much to really become friends with Russia but to stop China’s increasing influence.

But it doesn’t quite feel right either.
Trump’s insistence that the war must end long before he was elected president.
Of course, it could be a combination, the Pentagon may have felt that China’s grip has become stronger and thought that it might not be a bad idea to follow Trump’s line.

Regardless, you are absolutely right that many are probably afraid that nuclear weapons will go astray if Russia were to be defeated and the whole country collapse. There is a risk that extremists get hold of them and that China gets their hands on them (China is almost a better option there).

Yes, unfortunately, Ukraine has really ended up in a dilemma.

Glory to Ukraine!

The 1,279th day of large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the occupiers’ advance, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

In total, 159 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile and 79 air strikes, used one missile, and dropped 130 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 4,735 shellings, including 26 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 4,711 kamikaze drones to strike targets.

The aggressor carried out air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Sumy, Nova Huta, Stara Huta in the Sumy region; Bilohirya in the Zaporizhzhia region; Naddniprianske and Lviv in the Kherson region.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, four artillery systems, one command and observation post, and one enemy electronic warfare station.

In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled ten attacks by the invaders over the past day. The enemy also carried out 14 air strikes, using 23 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 206 shelling attacks, including one from a multiple launch rocket system.

In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units near the village of Vovchansk and in the direction of Dvorichanskyi five times.

Yesterday, there were ten attacks by the invaders in the Kupiansk direction. Our defenders repelled enemy assaults near Kupiansk, Zakhidne, Holubivka, and Zelenyi Hai.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked twenty times. They tried to break through the defenses near the settlements of Novyi Mir, Hrekivka, Torske, Ivanivka, Ridkodub, Karpivka, and in the direction of the settlements of Serednie, Dronivka, Shandryholove, and Serebryanka.

In the Siverskyi direction, the enemy made twelve attempts to break through in the areas of Serebryanka, Fedorivka, Vyimka, Pereizne, and in the direction of Siversk.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked six times in the areas of Maiske and Chasove Yaro.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out five attacks near Shcherbinivka and Rusyn Yar.

In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 46 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Zatyshok, Nikanorivka, Nove Shakhov, Novoekonomichne, Udachne, Shakhov, Myrolyubivka, Mykolaivka, Sukhetske, Lysivka, Zvirove, and in the direction of the settlements of Rodynske, Novoukrainka, Chervonyi Lyman, and Pokrovsk.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy carried out 31 attacks near the settlements of Zelenе Pole, Iskra, Vilne Pole, Maliivka, Voskresenka, Shevchenko, and Temyrivka, in the direction of the settlements of Filiya, Novomykolaivka, Novogeorgiivka, and Komyshuvakha.

Defense forces repelled one attack by the occupying forces in the Orikhiv direction near the settlement of Primorske.

In the Huliaipole and Dnipro directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the past 24 hours.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in terms of manpower and equipment and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 870 people. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed one tank, eight armored combat vehicles, 48 artillery systems, 291 tactical-level unmanned aerial vehicles, 79 vehicles, and four units of special equipment belonging to the occupiers.

Join the Defense Forces! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!

870 KWIA

1 Tank

8 AFVs

48 Artillery systems

291 UAVs

79 Vehicles and Fuel tanks

4 Special equipment

Slava Ukraini!

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Being competent doesn’t help when you’re forced to defend something so obviously corrupt. Even if the current MAGA crowd can dismiss it, a new generation will see this and be disgusted. One might even wonder if a few less brainwashed Trump voters wish for the days of Clinton and her Foundation back, at least they handled it a bit more elegantly.

Can anyone point out anything positive that Trump has done for Ukraine? I mean, just one thing? And not that he has restored something that his regime itself has worsened (such as access to intelligence). I’m serious, I would like to know for real. Because all I see is empty words and a constant backing off and withdrawing of support. Or at best one step back and then one step forward, with a total of zero steps.

Another sign of institutional imperialism in Muscovy is that it is the FSB, the national security service, and not the SVR, the foreign intelligence service, that handles espionage activities in former Soviet states.

Good analysis there.

The USA has several reasons to be cautious towards Russia.

– A Russian collapse means the risk of nuclear proliferation. It went well last time, but now it could be different.

– The USA wants Russia on its side against China.

– The USA wants to bind Russia to itself for their natural resources.

– A cornered rat becomes unpredictable, and if Putin feels he has nothing more to lose, he might push the button.

The mistake that both the USA and China make is that they believe they can control Russia through trade and agreements. Russia respects no agreements or arrangements where any other party has gained something. They believe that anything someone else has gained is at Russia’s expense, so such an agreement cannot be respected. Violence and military strength are what they respect, so in order to reach an agreement, one must first punch them in the face, and then discuss. However, the agreement obtained only applies until Russia has built up its strength, then they will try their luck again. The best scenario is a fragmented Russia, with small states that can develop separately, without metastases from the mother tumor in the Kremlin.

Yes, that’s how it is, but as long as they make progress in Ukraine, they probably tolerate a poor economy longer. We in the West should ensure that Ukraine has the opportunity to push the Russians back, then the collapse will come.

One is starting to get heartily tired of that old man, but I understand that the Russian likes him, he is a first-class liar.