Re: mafia shakedown

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:03:45 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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If I was Zelensky, I'd shop around and see how many military troops the EU
would station in Ukraine along the borders, in return for say 30% of the
mineral rights or something like that.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov - Rejects Proposed European
Troop Deployments to Ukraine
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47359
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Zelenskyy is well aware that "a ceasefire can be a trap," says Evelyn
Farkas, a former Pentagon official in the Obama administration and now
executive director of the McCain Institute, a nonpartisan organization
with programs focusing on democracy and human rights.
...
...
Russia is no stranger to using ceasefire deals not as the basis of a
lasting peace, but to further its short-term military and political
aims, according to Plokhy, author of Chernobyl Roulette: War in the
Nuclear Disaster Zone. That's what the Kremlin did in Chechnya in two
separate conflicts that spanned some 15 years, from 1994-2009, he
says.
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https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5302560/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-trump-putin

Of course! Only a fool would trust Putin. Also note that they are not negotiating about peace here, they are negotiating for a window in which both combatants can recharge their batteries, and then continue the war at the most opportune moment.