My sense of the situation is that if the NATO-backed offensive fails then Ukraine might not listen to the US or NATO. Moreover, if the Ukrainian army decides that Zelensky has led them into a disaster, they will bolt and make a deal. I think we are at a possible tipping point.
Maybe Reznikov speaks for Ukraine, maybe not. If he does, will the US allow Ukraine to enter into an agreement with Russia?
If former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks truth, Ukraine was willing to enter into an agreement with Russia and the US vetoed it. So the question is not whether Ukraine wants, the question is whether the US will allow.
Does anything indicate a change of the US position? If not, it seems irrelevant what Reznikov says.
Thank you Richard. I would like to see this mess ended as there is little if any reason to continue the war (other than Washington's insistence and Zelensky, who keeps pushing the army. I saw some indications that the Reznikov overture has some resonation in Moscow. However, Washington told Zelensky, who apparently wanted to call off the offensive, to commit even more forces to the fight. We'll see what happens, but I think the Ukrainians may soon crack, at least that's my suspicion. The big problem is the loss of army manpower.
As Chairman, CEO, and only member of the The Neutralist Association of the US, I have to say, your June 9 article makes the case for neutralism, so we can put away the shovels.
My sense of the situation is that if the NATO-backed offensive fails then Ukraine might not listen to the US or NATO. Moreover, if the Ukrainian army decides that Zelensky has led them into a disaster, they will bolt and make a deal. I think we are at a possible tipping point.
Maybe Reznikov speaks for Ukraine, maybe not. If he does, will the US allow Ukraine to enter into an agreement with Russia?
If former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks truth, Ukraine was willing to enter into an agreement with Russia and the US vetoed it. So the question is not whether Ukraine wants, the question is whether the US will allow.
Does anything indicate a change of the US position? If not, it seems irrelevant what Reznikov says.
No one else is picking this up. If you prove correct, your rep is solid.
Your article was mentioned in antiwar.com in Ted Snider's article, Is Ukraine Ready To Negotiate?.
https://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Snider/2023/06/13/is-ukraine-ready-to-negotiate/
I don't know the publication but it is ideologically themed. I don't do ideology.
As someone who hopes for peace on equitable terms (not Blinken/Sully/Nuland') I hope you are.
Thank you Richard. I would like to see this mess ended as there is little if any reason to continue the war (other than Washington's insistence and Zelensky, who keeps pushing the army. I saw some indications that the Reznikov overture has some resonation in Moscow. However, Washington told Zelensky, who apparently wanted to call off the offensive, to commit even more forces to the fight. We'll see what happens, but I think the Ukrainians may soon crack, at least that's my suspicion. The big problem is the loss of army manpower.
As Chairman, CEO, and only member of the The Neutralist Association of the US, I have to say, your June 9 article makes the case for neutralism, so we can put away the shovels.