Putin, for the third time this month have said that he is ready to talk to Ukraine.
— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) July 4, 2024
Just a few points that need to be considered of what Putin is ready to talk about:
-recognition of all Russian gains on the grounds and in Russian law (UA lands, under UA control)
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realistically censorship laws that would make parts of Ukrainian history extremists/illegal;
— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) July 4, 2024
Current Ukrainian leadership will have to go. Rada would be expected to reassemble new "legitimate government ";
That's a starting pack. Moscow is ready to wait. Moscow clearly thinks
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sovereignty. "New Ukraine" must be effectively left with not even a theoretical chance of claiming back its lands currently occupied by Russia.
— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) July 4, 2024
Would it be the end of it? I hardly doubt.
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Regardless of how many times Putin declares his alleged readiness for talks with Ukraine, what he is really up to is UKRAINE'S PARTITION AND TURNING WHAT IS LEFT OF UKRAINE THEN INTO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTORATE. To put it simply, he is ready to discuss the means, not his objectives
— Daniel Szeligowski (@dszeligowski) July 4, 2024
More than a third of Russians approve of nuclear strike on Ukraine
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