RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 15.11.2024
Including geopolitical issues affecting the balance of power in the ongoing end game war to establish our common future, a closely monitored prison planet or tolerance for diverse modes of governance.
THE ROAD TO THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR III RUNS THROUGH HERE.
*** RUSSIA INCREASES PRESSURE ACROSS ALL STRATEGIC AREAS ***
COLLECTIVE WEST-UKRAINE <-> RUSSIA
Ukraine Abandons Positions in Kurakhovo Amid Lack of Personnel, Ammunition, Low Morale.
Russia's liberation of the strategic city of Kurakhovo in the DPR would spell disaster for Ukraine's forces, Russian military experts told Sputnik earlier.
Ukraine’s military is retreating from the city of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and a number of nearby villages due to a severe lack of personnel, ammunition, and plummeting morale, a Russian gunner from the crew of a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system revealed.
Desperate attempts by the enemy to resupply ammunition, manpower, and equipment are being crushed with relentless firepower, the soldier from Russia's fierce Battlegroup Yug added.
Kurakhovo has served as the lynchpin of Ukrainian defenses in the region, as it is only 46 kilometers (approx. 28.6 miles) away from Donetsk.
The city’s liberation would open the way for Russian troops to Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), a key logistical hub for the Kiev regime.
Kurakhovo: Why Russia's Liberation of This City Spells Disaster for Ukraine?
Russian forces have been advancing on Kurakhovo from multiple directions with the aim of encircling it, while the Ukrainian forces dug in there are unable to hold their positions. As the Russian Armed Forces head toward the Krasnoarmeysk rail hub, they also appear to be gearing up for a new offensive in the Zaporozhye region, The Washington Post cited Ukrainian troops as saying.
The outlet added that after regularly dropping glide bombs and other explosives on fields to identify land mines and Ukrainian positions throughout the summer, Russian forces are now “ramping up” simultaneous drone and infantry assaults.
As awareness of a looming major attack spreads, Ukrainian soldiers expect “little let up in the onslaught,” the publication noted.
Liberation of Kurakhovo by Russia's forces would spell disaster for the Kiev regime's troops, Ret. Col. Anatoly Matviychuk, a Russian military expert, previously told Sputnik. He underscored that Kurakhovo is important for Kiev from the economic standpoint as well, since the local coal mining area is currently the only place under Ukrainian control where coking coal is produced.
Ukraine Abandons Positions in Kurakhovo Amid Lack of Personnel, Ammunition, Low Morale.
Russian Forces Liberate Five Settlements in Key Regions.
Russian troops have liberated five settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Kharkov region over the past week, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
The MoD said the Tsentr battlegroup has gained control of the settlement of Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
That brought the number of settlements liberated by Russian forces in the past week to five.
"Through the coordinated actions of the Zapad Battlegroup, the settlement of Kolesnikovka in the Kharkov region was liberated," the MoD said.
"Forces of the Tsentr Battlegroup continued advancing into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Voznesenka, Volchenka, and Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the statement continued. "As a result of decisive actions by the Vostok Battlegroup, the settlement of Rovnopol in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated."
Russian forces also made 42 large-scale strikes with precision weapons and attack drones over the past week targeting Ukraine's military-industrial enterprises, energy facilities used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) and Ukrainian military infrastructure.
"From November 9 to 15 of this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 42 group strikes using precision weapons and attack drones, resulting in the destruction of energy facilities used to support Ukraine's military-industrial enterprises, military airfield infrastructure, workshops producing components for Sapsan operational-tactical missiles, assembly and storage sites for attack drones and their components, as well as arsenals, ammunition depots, explosives, and fuel storage facilities," the military briefing stated.
The strikes also targeted training bases for new recruits, a UAF logistics center, temporary deployment points of UAF units, nationalist groups and foreign mercenaries.
Other Developments
The Tsentr battlegroup repelled 65 attacks and inflicted losses of over 3,235 personnel, five tanks including a German Leopard, 26 armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), 33 motor vehicles and 30 artillery pieces. Ukrainian units targeted include seven mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, two marine brigades, one territorial defense brigade, three national guard brigades and the Lyut assault brigade of Ukraine's National Police.
Sever Battlegroup inflicted losses of up to 2,760 personnel, 24 tanks including a British Challenger and German Leopard, 15 infantry fighting vehicles, five armored personnel carriers including two U.S. M113s, 76 other armored vehicles, 135 vehicles, and 30 artillery pieces. Formations targeted include one tank brigade, six mechanized brigades, three air assault brigades, one marine brigade, six territorial defense brigades, and two national guard brigades in the Kursk region and Kharkov direction.
Yug Battlegroup inflicted losses of up to 4,715 personnel, five tanks, seven armored vehicles, 39 vehicles, and 27 artillery pieces including 10 of Western origin. The battlegroup targeted five mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two airmobile brigades, one airborne assault brigade, one territorial defense brigade, and one national guard brigade. They also destroyed 15 electronic warfare stations, 22 ammunition depots, and repelled 17 counterattacks.
Zapad Battlegroup inflicted losses of up to 3,435 personnel, three tanks, nine armored vehicles, 40 vehicles, and 18 artillery pieces including seven NATO-made self-propelled systems. They targeted six mechanized brigades, one assault brigade, one airborne brigade, one airmobile brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and one national guard brigade. Additionally, 11 electronic warfare stations and 22 ammunition depots were destroyed, and 17 counterattacks were repelled.
Vostok Battlegroup liberated the settlement of Rovnopol in the DPR and inflicted losses of up to 960 personnel, two tanks, 12 armored vehicles including two U.S. M113s, 38 vehicles, and six artillery pieces. Ukrainian formations targeted include two mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, one marine brigade, four territorial defense brigades, and two national guard brigades. They also repelled 16 counterattacks.
Dnepr Battlegroup inflicted losses of up to 465 personnel, nine artillery pieces, 26 vehicles, and destroyed four ammunition depots. The battlegroup targeted three mechanized brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and two territorial defense brigades.
Russian Forces Liberate Five Settlements in Key Regions.
ALEXANDER MERCOURIS of THE DURAN: Lavrov: Russia Seeks Victory Ukraine, No Minsk 3.0; EU Energy Crisis Deepens; Huge Russian Offensive.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU & ALEXANDER MERCOURIS of THE DURAN: Trump shake-up; Deep State, Ukraine and Five Eyes.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN: Musk meets with Iran. Blinken, every dollar to Ukraine. Podolyak offers rare minerals to Trump.
DANNY HAIPHONG - BRIAN BERLETIC: Brian Berletic: Trump Drops Cabinet BOMBSHELL—WW3 with Putin, Iran & China Next?
GEORGE GALLOWAY: Trump and the future of NATO & Ukraine.
PASCAL LOTAZ - GLENN DIESEN: Russia WON the War. But Can It WIN The Peace?
ANDREI MARTYANOV: America's Unwinnable Wars… And Won’t Admit.
LEVAN GUDADZE: Battle of Kupyansk. Challenger 2. Washington-Tehren De-escalation. RFK Jr - HHS. English Channel. 5G.
Ray McGovern (Ex-CIA Intel Analyst) & Larry Johnson (Ex-CIA Intel Analyst): Weekly Wrap Up.
RUSSIAN NEWS: Zelensky has used his nuclear blackmail again.
Iskander-M Destroys Over 70 Ukrainian Military Assets in Sumy Region.
BORZZIKMAN: NATO is Shaking From ANGER: Ukrainian Generals Sided with Russia┃Russian Army Entered KUPYANSK.
Zelensky must go and Trump can make that happen – Ukrainian MP.
The outcome of the US presidential election signals the end of the Ukrainian leader’s “terrorist” reign, Artyom Dmitruk told RT.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky meets Donald Trump in September 2024.
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election means that Vladimir Zelensky will soon be removed from power, which will be great for Ukraine, exiled lawmaker Artyom Dmitruk has told RT.
The Ukrainian MP fled from his home country earlier this year, saying he feared for his safety after taking a public stance against Kiev’s crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He went to the UK and is currently fighting an extradition request, which he claims is based on fabricated charges issued at Zelensky’s order.
The Ukrainian leader governs like a king leading a “terrorist organization,” Dmitruk said in an interview on Thursday, citing the effects that Zelensky’s policies had on the country. The incumbent government does not care about Ukrainian lives, persecutes political opponents, and enriches officials through corruption, he alleged.
“This man, he has managed to steal more than all previous presidents who robbed Ukraine. His money certainly has more blood on it than anyone’s,” the lawmaker said.
Zelensky’s team was counting on Vice President Kamala Harris winning the election, which would have allowed the grift to continue, Dmitruk believes. He sees Trump's victory as “a clear signal that their power is coming to an end.”
“Zelensky must go,” he asserted. “I say: liberate Ukraine from Zelensky. This is my key political slogan.”
READ MORE: Ukrainian ‘anti-disinfo’ agency scrubs criticism of Trump’s intel chief pick
“As a citizen, I wish Ukrainian issues were decided by Ukraine itself,” he added. “But thanks to all our previous presidents we have lost… sovereignty. Unfortunately, others now have to decide for us.”
Dmitruk does not expect Trump to end the conflict “in 24 hours,” which he said he would do if elected. But reaching a peace deal would secure the president-elect’s legacy, which gives him a strong incentive to deliver, he reasoned.
Zelensky must go and Trump can make that happen – Ukrainian MP.
ISRAEL-WEST <-> PALESTINE-IRAN-SYRIA-IRAQ-LEBANON-YEMEN-VENEZUELA-DPRK
SCOTT RITTER: Hezbollah OBLITERATES IDF, Netanyahu Dooms Israel to EXTINCTION.
DANNY HAIPHONG - BRIAN BERLETIC: Trump Drops Cabinet BOMBSHELL—WW3 Putin, Iran & China Next?
Ray McGovern (Ex-CIA Intel Analyst) & Larry Johnson (Ex-CIA Intel Analyst): Weekly Wrap Up.
Journalist Goes Head-to-Head with US State Spox on Israel's Genocide in Gaza.
Journalists Press UN Spokesperson on Avoiding Genocide Label for Israel.
USA
JIMMY DORE: Trump Taps Mike Huckabee As Ambassador To Israel.
GARLAND NIXON: IRREPARABLE - THE DEMOCRAT BRAND CONTINUES TO COLLAPSE.
RACHEL BLEVINS - DAVE DECAMP: Day of Reckoning: Trump Chooses Neocons Who Want War with Iran, Then China.
AARON MATÉ: Is Trump a Neocon?
KATIE HALPER: ‘The Democratic Party Is A Walking Corpse’ - Thomas Frank.
Abby Martin, Francesca Fiorentini, & Kat Abu: Rage against the (corporate media) machine.
EUROPE / UK
HELGA ZEPP-LAROUCHE: Neocon Agenda Taking Over Europe.
MULTIPOLARITY - RUSSIA-CHINA / BRICS
Europe’s Rebellion Against Trump: Joining BRICS??
Dr. GILBERT DOCTOROW: Will Russia Protect Iran?
This is Real IRAN 🇮🇷 What The Western Media Don't Tell You About IRAN!! ایران
MULTIPOLARITY - RUSSIA-CHINA / BRICS
Russia and Ethiopia boosting economic ties.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has stressed the importance of Russian investments at an international forum in Addis Ababa.
A Russian delegation led by high-ranking officials met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the ‘Russia-Ethiopia: Time Doesn’t Wait’ international business forum in Addis Ababa, the press service of the Roscongress Foundation reported on Thursday.
Abiy Ahmed stressed the importance of attracting Russian investments into key sectors of the Ethiopian economy, including agriculture, information and communication technologies, mining, and engineering. The prime minister hailed Ethiopia’s longstanding relationship with Russia.
The Russia-Ethiopia Economic Forum was organized by the Coordination Committee for Economic Cooperation with African Countries (AFROCOM) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, with support from the Roscongress Foundation. The event brought together Russian industrial, agricultural, IT, and banking companies to explore opportunities in Ethiopia’s growing economy, and featured Ethiopian industrial giants such as Ethiopian Investment Holding, Ethio Telecom, Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation, Bole Lemi Industrial Park, and Kilinto Industrial Park.
The forum took place November 12-14 in Addis Ababa. “The Economic Forum in Addis Ababa should lay the foundation for promoting Russian high-tech products and localizing enterprises whose products are in demand in the Ethiopian market,” AFROCOM Chairman Igor Morozov said.
READ MORE: Ministers from over 40 countries came to Russia’s Sochi. Why?
This approach, according to Morozov, will help Russian entrepreneurs assess export potential and establish critical local partnerships.
The forum brought together Russian and Ethiopian business leaders, with speakers including Vladimir Padalko, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, and the deputy minister of internal affairs of Ethiopia, Mesganau Arga.
Just weeks before the forum, Abiy Ahmed took part in the BRICS Summit in Kazan held from October 22 to 24, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Following this, a high-level Ethiopian delegation led by H.E. Dr. Gedion Timothewos took part in the inaugural Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi November 9-10.
Russia and Ethiopia boosting economic ties.
MAPPING CHANNEL UPDATES
Harvest Time, Russians Strike Chernihiv, Offensive In Zaporizhzhia Gains Momentu. MS For 2024.11.15
Russia Is EVERYWHERE! Key Advances Recorded On EIGHT Fronts This Week.
Massive New Russian Zaporizhzhia Offensive Starts l Multiple Russian Advances.
Ukraine War Frontline Changes Report.
Inevitable Collapse Of Ukrainian Army, Russians Launch Major Offensive In Zaporizhzhia. MS 2024.11.15
Zaporizhzhia Offensive BEGINS | Kurakhove Near Collapse | Full Front Offensive.
Collapse - Grim Reality Of Attritional War | Infantry Shortage As Pockets Form | Ukraine Map Update.
CRAZY Russian pincer on V.Novosilka!!! Kurakhove Front is collapsing... | Ukraine War SITREP.
Russian Forces Break Into Kupyansk Causing Panic For Ukraine.
VICTORY BELONGS TO RUSSIA: IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
Each day that passes makes a conclusive Russian victory in the Donbass and beyond more certain. As Russia bolsters her forces, and weaponry, those of Ukraine decrease. Russian forces gain ready access to rest and recuperation as troop numbers increase. The increasingly exhausted and demoralised Ukrainian troops have an ever decreasing prospect of such respite. This situation is likely to bring them to complete breakdown as Russia unleashes the firepower of the more modern and advanced weaponry that is arriving with the newly mobilised Russian troops.
The various Ukrainian offensives are now weak when confronted by the reinforced Russian lines. A few futile efforts achieve quite miserable results before fire reigns down on the Ukrainian troops and they are forced back to their starting positions.
And now, all this being said, we have arrived at the wet, and later, freezing conditions where these pathetic Ukrainian forces will be subject to myriad forms of abject misery with death and injury all around them while they lie sodden or frozen, abandoned to their fate by Kiev.
The pitiable young and old of Ukraine have been frogmarched to their deaths as cannon-fodder while the bestial elites of the collective West urge their "president" to add more to their number there at the gates of Hell and their doom. We must feel for the majority of them as they are not the Nazis we revile, in most part they are decent men, fathers, sons, brothers, husband and uncles, who no doubt saw through the coup of 2014 for what it was. But sadly, their fate seems sealed.
Nothing will stop Russia now. Every factor favours them. Victory will be Russia's. In Donbass and beyond and in due course across the world.
Victory belongs to Russia: It is now only a matter of time.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
TRUMP IS NOT AGAINST WAR PER SE, IT’S ONLY EXPENSIVE WARS HE DOESN’T LIKE
What is it called when you pursue a policy where you actively aim to weaken, subvert, undermine or achieve regime change in another nation if not 'war'?
Trump would like the Ukraine war to come to an end. Not due to his remorse concerning lives lost, solely due to the cost to the USA of that war which shows no sign of ending. He is, as we used to say in the Sixties, a Breadhead. He thinks in terms of the bottom line, of dollars and cents gained or spent. He sees that the Ukraine war is being lost but that the Europeans are determined to see it continue. If the Europeans get their way the U.S. cannot help but contribute still more billions to the Ukrainians. To leave the Europeans high and dry and having to carry the entire burden of continuing the war would bring significant risk to Trump’s reputation and the USA’s standing and interests in Europe. So, he wants to end this war.
Trump wants to end the war in Ukraine so he can concentrate on the other wars he has chiefly in mind, the economic war against China and Israel’s hot war against Iran. These two wars he finds very worth his time and some finance supporting. His cabinet is currently being filled with anti-China, anti-Iran and pro-Israel warmongers. If you thought Trump was anti-war per se you could not be more wrong. As well as the wars of various kinds against China and Iran you can add the war against Venezuela which he will undoubtedly pick up on again along with his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, one of the main regime change wannabes against Venezuela along with John Bolton in Trump’s previous term.
The Ukraine war has been massively expensive for the U.S. government even while it has been massively profitable for the USA’s military industrial complex. However, with a national debt just about to touch $36 trillion Trump can hardly afford to keep shelling out just for the sake of the burgeoning bank accounts of America’s merchants of death. He needs to do something for the folks at home who voted for him, those who have been suffering price hikes that have squeezed them hard for the last four years. He wants to spend money at home and improve things there, even if the Neocons who still hold major sway within the deep state still see foreign policy interference worldwide as a far higher priority. Having said this, just like last time, Trump has tapped Neocons like Rubio for some of the most important positions in his upcoming administration.
If Trump manages to cajole, threaten, wheedle, argue or bribe the two warring parties in Ukraine into having negotiations and this, just possibly (he hopes) leading to at least a temporary ceasefire, the conditions may then be set for a more favourable way to end U.S. payments to Ukraine. He surely can’t possibly believe his boasts about ending the war completely. Anyone who knows the fundamentals of how each of the sides sees this prospect in the most negative of terms sees how unobtainable this is in anything approaching the short term. Russia cannot afford to allow the regime in Kiev to rearm and bolster its fortifications readying itself for another counteroffensive. The Ukrainians cannot allow any suggestion that what they maintain to still be territory belonging to them be acknowledged to be Russian. No matter what Trump says, be it composed of threats or bribes, he can’t square this circle and at best can only hope for some modification of the circumstances that lets him off the hook regarding the constant draining away of U.S. finances.
Trump is desperate to help Israel pursue its genocidal policies against the Palestinians.He and his team will provide Israel with 100% support across all issues, no matter what new atrocities they commit. Likewise he and his team are lusting to hit Iran hard in whatever way short of outright war they can manage. This without doubt will be done via their unanimous and unending support of the Netanyahu regime in Jerusalem. Iran will be hit by every possible sanction the USA and its allies can through at it. On China the Trump policy of setting tariffs and bans on Chinese good, continued by Biden, will, without doubt, be ramped up to further heights while using semantic doublespeak with the Chinese over Taiwan. Trump will leverage the pressure on the Chinese regarding Taiwan to ever higher levels. Trump is very likely to use rhetoric against China that comes as close as he dares to instigating outright hostilities, but not quite. He will certainty wage economic war against China, that cannot possibly be in doubt.
Anyone who believed Trump would bring peace, sweetness and light, universal understanding and tolerance to the world and, who knows, acknowledge the USA’s place as just another nation among many seeking to get by in a multipolar world will have their hopes dashed big time. No. ‘America First’ remains Trump’s aim. First and foremost, “democratic” dictator, global police force and ultimate arbiter of what should be, and what shouldn’t. Trump will not deviate from the external U.S. policy of protecting its interests and suborning all other nations to its will to do so. The sovereignty of others will continue to bow to the security and national interests of the USA under Trump, just as it has been for every U.S. administration in living memory. Whether you call what Trump and the USA does to others in order to achieve this ‘war’ or not… that is, if we are being completely honest about it, exactly what it is.
NO MORE MINSK BETRAYALS - NO CEASEFIRE - ONWARD TO VICTORY!
Trump will insist on trying to end the Ukraine war but will fail. This war must not end in anything but a total Russian victory. Nothing less will do in order to ensure Russia's future security.
It appears certain that ‘for show’ peace negotiations will begin between Ukrainian and Russian representatives within the next several months. Trump needs these to start for reasons such as his standing re. presidential campaign promises made. Ukraine and Russia, for public relations reasons and due to Trump pressure will agree to take part. Under no circumstances however should Russia agree to a ceasefire, the reason being that this would allow the Ukrainian military to regroup and rearm as well as reinforce its fortifications.
Putin’s willingness to be reasonable was abused for years while he became enmeshed in a fruitless charade in Minsk. Betrayed by Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko initially and later also by Macron and Zelensky, Putin must ensure no more such tricks are played. No matter how much he may desire peace and an end to this conflict he knows he cannot afford to put the security of Russia and of the Russian-speaking population of the Donbass at risk. To allow the western powers in combination with the Ukrainian regime to freeze the conflict would risk just that.
I suspect that both Ukrainian and Russian delegations at such a peace negotiation would be play-acting. I do not believe either side sees a stable and lasting peace being within reach as things stand currently. But to pacify their allies both must make a show of appearing to be engaged in delivering this impossible outcome. Meanwhile the war will continue with Russia continuing to win using the same slow-grinding attritional tactics as before though increasingly speeded through further collapses in Ukrainian troop morale, desertions and the taking of vital locations allowing faster advance.
Russia needs to take the fight all the way to the Dnieper River to ensure the maximum security of Russia as it will then stand, all the way from the eastern bank of the Dnieper to the most easterly town in Russia, Anadyr. I believe Putin and the Russian higher command know this now, and have for some time, ever since it became clear that the Kiev regime and its western sponsors had no intention of coming to a peaceful settlement but were determined to use the situation as a means to undermine and sufficiently weaken Russia to then break her apart. There is precisely nothing to be gained and everything to lose for Russia in freezing things as they stand now. It would only result in a permanent state of danger for Russia.
If a ceasefire was agreed before, during or after negotiations between the sides we would see an immediate influx of NATO troops greatly boosting the regime’s armed forces. Every opportunity would be taken to deliver and position NATO weaponry also. Every advantageous option would be maximised to thwart Russia’s required goal of reaching the Dnieper. The theatre of upcoming pseudo negotiations will be played in similar style as those which concluded in Istanbul just a few short months after Russia’s operation in Ukraine began. It is very likely that it will once again be the Ukrainians who break them off. Finding some fraudulent justification for this will not be a problem and western news media and political elites will mirror whatever Kiev says. At that point Trump will have to cook up some excuse of his own which he too will not find too onerous.
With the spurious “peace negotiations” out of the way all parties will resume their various strategies. The war, having continued throughout the farcical negotiations, will sooner or later bring about total collapse in Ukrainian military morale with almost every major Ukrainian-held city in the Donbass having been liberated. Russia, having broken through Ukraine’s fortification line in southern Donbass, will move speedily forward through the land beyond to finally arrive at the Dnieper. Shortly thereafter, even if Slavyansk (Sloviansk) and Kramatorsk have not yet been fully liberated, they will then quickly fall to Russia. Only Kiev will remain as a subject of negotiations to be held once a new president and government have been elected in what remains of Ukraine.
There must be no more debilitating delays initiated by untrustworthy Kiev regime or western sources. Nothing of this kind should be agreed to by Russia and not in Putin’s wildest dreams contemplated. Russia has been subject to enough abuse on this score. The war must continue no matter what ersatz diplomacy seems to be at play. Pretend negotiations? Fine. But never, under ANY circumstances must there be a ceasefire. Russia must hold firm to the task at hand, crush the enemy day on day until the Dnieper is reached and all land then held secured and made impregnable to attack. At that point Trump can say whatever he likes, it will have been Russia that ended the war. Then, with all taken and secured Russian troops right across the entire Russian Federation can proudly roar… “VICTORY IS OURS!”
