The Kremlin also appears to be resurrecting Putin's previous demands and information operations aimed at delegitimizing Ukraine and its government in the eyes of the West — notably ahead of the February 18 Russia-US bilateral meeting in Saudi Arabia. (1/3) - ThreadSky

thestudyofwar.bsky.social • 5 days ago

The Kremlin also appears to be resurrecting Putin's previous demands and information operations aimed at delegitimizing Ukraine and its government in the eyes of the West — notably ahead of the February 18 Russia-US bilateral meeting in Saudi Arabia. (1/3)

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thestudyofwar.bsky.social•5 days ago

2/ The Kremlin's apparent unwillingness to make territorial concessions, commit to honoring any future peace agreement with Ukraine...

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•5 days ago

3/ ...or involve any European leaders in these negotiations calls into question Putin's supposed willingness to engage in good faith negotiations that could bring about long-term peace in Ukraine and Europe more broadly. https://isw.pub/UkrWar021725

bozopilot.bsky.social•5 days ago

Was there ever any doubt about Putin’s duplicity?

digitalsack.bsky.social•5 days ago

Um, breaking news?

moderately-grouchy.bsky.social•5 days ago

"Putin's supposed willingness to engage in good faith negotiations"

found your problem

guidosarducci.bsky.social•5 days ago

There's nothing to call into question. Putin is a liar and a criminal. He should be arrested, not respected, and not negotiated with. He will say anything that gets him what he wants, and won't keep any of his promises.

klauskolonko.bsky.social•4 days ago

100% right

alexanderr.nafofellas.com•5 days ago

All Russia is doing right now is the minimal effort to give Trump cover to drop all support for the defense of Ukraine.

walkng.bsky.social•4 days ago

The “West” is not just the US. Here in Europe most are full of disgust at Trump’s apparent betrayal of Ukr. We understand Putin and Ru far better than he does. And we stand with Ukr.

amadiadebayo.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is what happens when trump rewards them before negotiations even began.

astill73.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

mpillwax.bsky.social•5 days ago

That ties into Trumps statement that "Ukraine is already gonne. All the buildings, tall and strong buildings - gonne". Interesting alignment.

donnamenner.bsky.social•5 days ago

That isn’t up to Russia.

todo2.bsky.social•5 days ago

Agreement between despots Trump and Putin ( brokered in Saudi !!) will not bring peace.

Ukrainians will continue to fight for their freedom with support from Europe and around the world.

The power of the US to influence international affairs has dwindled massively under Trump.

klauskolonko.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump doesn't understand anything about the world. He builds skyscrapers of dubious quality. But he's good at marketing. And that makes him think he's a great president who will win the Nobel Peace Prize.

outofthegates.bsky.social•5 days ago

Jake Sullivan not seeming so bad now, eh?

guidosarducci.bsky.social•4 days ago

Putin, and by extension Lavrov, are not legitimate officials of the Russian government, because Putin rigged the last election. We should refuse to speak with him.

lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social•5 days ago

Russia and Trump are doing to Ukraine what Stalin and Hitler did to Poland. They are colluding on how to invade and divvy up Ukraine.

klauskolonko.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, you could say that. And Putin can manipulate Trump as he pleases. You can't make the pie bigger here. The Russian regime must be kept small and defeated.

riverane.bsky.social•4 days ago

Many are missing the point; Trump isn't a Russian anything. He's a primitive real estate mobster trying to get "a piece of the action" on Blk Sea/Crimea shoreline deals. Want to cut him off? EU should write-in a 20Y zero-EU/US invest "pause" in "new" RU territory. Guarantee he'll go fckn' APESHIT.

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