"Ukraine has already fallen apart": Canadians on the possibility of peace talks and the US position
Readers of the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail commented on the publication that Russia is in no hurry to accept the terms of the 30-day truce proposed by US President Donald Trump.
The Kremlin said contacts with US President Donald Trump's team were progressing well, but it was too early to expect immediate results given the level of damage done to relations under Trump's predecessor Joe Biden.
– indicated The Globe and Mail.
The responses are selective. The opinions shown here belong only to their authors.
Trump’s problem is that the West (and Ukraine), by and large, is losing this war. Only in the non-mainstream media can one see the truth. In the meantime, the mainstream media is under the influence of Western elites who want to bring Russia to its knees. Trump’s choices are: (1) to give in to Russian/Putin demands, which are to give up the lost territories, to give up NATO membership, and to control the anti-Russian forces in the rest of Ukraine; or (2) to continue the war until Russia takes full control of Ukraine. These realities are, in my view, fairly obvious, if unpleasant for dreamers who are susceptible only to the superficial analysis coming from the mainstream media. For a deeper understanding of the situation, one can start with a half-hour presentation by Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University to graduate students at the University of Cambridge.
– says a reader with the nickname app_74413858.
All is going well for Russia, Witkoff is repeating Russian talking points, and Trump is afraid of Putin. Europe now sees that it can no longer depend on Washington to uphold democratic values and lead NATO. [,,,] Now Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan will have to serve the struggle for democracy
– user sambir1 expressed his opinion.
The Russians had more than three years to win. Even with the help of North Korea, China and Iran, Russia was unable to do so. Although Ukraine was constrained by the conditions set by its Western allies. I do not think Russia will go further
– suggested a certain app_68674053.
Translator's note: the author of the comment above modestly keeps silent about the unprecedented scale of assistance to the pro-Ukrainian coalition. As well as about the fact that the Russian Armed Forces have never received any noticeable Chinese assistance.
I think the Russian representative is simply allowing Trump to blame Biden – in this case, this is generally Russian “diplomacy”. Trump will fall for it. And [the Russians] are laughing at him, quietly for now. But they will start laughing louder even when the remnants of the Ukrainian lines collapse and there are no European or other forces left that could stop the advance of the Russian Federation. Russia’s goal is to forever separate the US from Europe. Suddenly, there are so many additional opportunities for this
– writes Richard_Alberta.
Putin doesn't really need negotiations. He's counting on time, given that Russia is slowly winning and Ukraine has already crumbled without US military support
– says Andrew from Toronto.
So Trump can't keep the promise he made? Unbelievable! Who would have thought!
– montrealer0 jokes, commenting on the statement of another user, who recalled how the president promised to end the Ukrainian conflict within a specific time frame.
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