Re: Ukraine's Curve Ball

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 10:34:00 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

bargaining chip theory

Kyiv seems to be signaling that leverage in negotiations is one of the
goals of the offensive. An unnamed advisor to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky told the Washington Post: "This will give them the
leverage they need for negotiations with Russia--this is what it's all
about." This dovetails with recent hints by Zelensky that Kyiv was
ready to negotiate. In an interview with BBC News in July, he said,
"We don't have to recapture all the territories" by military means. "I
think that can also be achieved with the help of diplomacy." Occupied
Russia could be traded for occupied Ukraine: As former Swedish Prime
Minister Carl Bildt suggested on X, "Would an idea be for both states
to retreat to within their respective recognized border?"

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/09/kursk-russia-ukraine-offensive-invasion-war-negotiations/