Sorry Ukraine but you are going to need to give up the rest of the Donbas, we all know you would lose it to the overwhelming military might of russia anyways.
Oh also, you are kicking russia’s ass too hard can you slow down? Maybe just don’t beat them as badly? It is impacting all of our economies and we are so very fragile like we have incorrectly narrativized you to be.
Sincerely,
Your “Allies”
Trump always saw the Iran War as an opportunity to fire all the Tomahawaks he was being pressured into giving Ukraine and to take pressure off of his daddy more broadly.
I don’t like that this is even a concern. Ukraine is under zero obligation to pursue peace talks in good faith. The fact this is even a concern is a capitulation imo. Russia’s stance is “we want everything and Ukraine gets nothing” and Ukraine is the problem? BS
It is in Ukraine’s best interests to pursue peace talks in good faith, russia not doing so is what is undermining it as a global power. It is the same with the US in its catastrophic approach to pretending to engage genuinely in diplomacy and peace talks with Iran while using them as cover to launch attacks.
There is no such thing as in good faith. They already had good faith peace talks in the 1990s, that they are not “good enough” prove that there is no point in more. Russia will do whatever.
The fact that russia isn’t negotiating in good faith sucks but it also makes Ukraine stronger on the world stage when Ukraine genuinely pursues an end to the war in good faith negotiation, the world knows the difference and it matters even if the leaders of our countries say otherwise.
When russia sabotages peace talks yet again, all it does in the end is isolate russia more from the international community and make Ukraine more sympathetic to people on the fence.
This doesn’t mean Ukraine has to be naive about this, rather I am pointing out that there is a very real long term and short term benefit to remaining genuine in negotiations even when russia isn’t.