Putin is specific “perhaps” on a ceasefire with Ukraine keeps the White House involvement

Despite the start of the worst war in Europe since Hitler and the blood of hundreds of thousands at his hands, Russia Vladimir Putin is not a well -known leader to make big decisions quickly.

Often, throughout his long term at the top of power pyramid in Russia, many analysts believe that Putin prefers delay and postponement instead of decisively acting.

Thus, when Putin’s answer recently came on Thursday about whether he would agree to a US -backed Ukrainian proposal to a 30 -day ceasefire, that was unique.

“We agree with the proposals to stop the fighting,” the Russian president said at a press conference in Moscow, along with the strong Belarusian man Alexander Lukashenko.

But in the next breath, Putin said a short stop in the war did not interest him, and instead he remained committed to a “long -term peace” that would “eliminate the original causes of this crisis.”

In other words, in theory, yes – but at the present time, no.

Details must be sorted-how the ceasefire will be carried out. Is Ukraine to re-put its forces, and will they be allowed to rearmaize?

Putin implicitly will take all these answers some time, and more direct discussions and talks with the American president.

Purchase

Meanwhile, the war will be grinded.

Putin’s strategy may be to buy his forces for more time to create more suitable front lines to freeze the conflict.

“Putin surrounds his bets,” said Mark Gallow, a Russian analyst in London.

“He is late so that his forces can complete the restoration of Kursk, as he is looking for more concessions, but he does not say” no. “

Throughout the summer, the Ukrainian army shocked the Putin army by seizing a large part of the Russian territories in Kursk, and carried it for more than six months.

But in recent weeks, when Donald Trump prompted Ukrainian President Volodimir Zellinski to commit to the ceasefire, which temporarily cut aid and intelligence, with the help of forces from North Korea – their attacks focused on Kursk, eventually Ukrainan.

Ukrainian leaders admit that they are now carrying a small part of the original Russian pocket. In his press conference, Putin said in the coming days, the remaining Ukrainians will face Russian territory: “Either surrender or death.”

Earlier in the day, Yuri Oshkov, the main foreign policy advisor of Putin, predicted the statements of his president, saying that Russia was only interested in a temporary stop of the war without achieving any of its broader goals.

“It does not give us anything. It only gives the Ukrainians an opportunity to reassemble their ranks, gain strength and continue the same thing,” said Ushakov.

Wide goals

Despite the suffering of tremendous Russian losses in the three years that have passed since his invasion and its failure repeatedly in obtaining the main regional targets in Ukraine, such as the capital Kiev, Putin has not given any indication that any of his wide goals of his attack on the country in 2022 had changed.

Putin continuously called for “canceling the cancellation” and “canceling the disposal of” Ukraine-a code to remove the current political leadership of Ukraine and replace it with the Russian friend system.

He also demanded from Ukraine to present a small army, and abandons any aspirations to join NATO or the European Union.

Putin called for a further return to its training before 1990, leaving the states of the Baltic, Poland and other Eastern European countries. Finally, he also insisted on Ukraine’s awareness of the four Ukrainian regions that Russia seized during the war as a permanent part of Russia.

They are all concessions, Zelinski said that no Ukrainian leader can accept him at all.

“We see a country that is still interested in war and invasion,” said Ian Garner, a Canadian academic who is now studying in Poland and has written widely about the Putin regime.

“Putin’s negotiation tactics that revolve around the edge of the abyss is more than a compromise. This is what we have seen over the past ten years,” said Garner, an assistant professor at the Bilky Institute, a Polish thinking center.

“I think (Putin) is participating in a tactic – he offers demands unacceptable to Ukraine, and therefore Putin says to Donald Trump,” We have tried, they are unreasonable, let’s make a deal. “

Garner says that “no” to the ceasefire maintains Trump’s dialogue, as well as the possibility of re -establishing political and trade relations between Russia and the United States

Trump’s comments

In his first statements to Putin’s response, speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said he hoped that Putin would do the “right thing” and that the statement of the Russian leader, while “promising” was not complete.

It is worth noting that Trump also suggested discussions that include the lands that Ukraine will lose – or perhaps restore it – as part of a peace agreement.

“There is a power plant.”

“Many details of the final agreement have been discussed, so we will see whether Russia is present, and if this is not a disappointing moment for the world.”

In the past, Trump said he could take steps that could destroy the Russian economy if Putin refuses to a ceasefire, but the US president took a more strict position with Ukraine, including temporarily cutting US arms shipments and intelligence participation.

In a statement on Thursday night, Zelinski described Putin’s statement about the ceasefire “manipulation” and an attempt to confuse and hide the fact that he wants to continue the invasion.

War continues

The following movements appear to be Trump.

His envoy, Steve Whitchov, was meeting with Putin in Moscow on Thursday night, and Trump said he was ready to speak to Putin directly in the near future.

Meanwhile, Russia’s invasion of Russia is scheduled to continue, as well as Ukraine’s defense of its lands.

CBC News reached a 52 -year -old Ukrainian soldier, Olet, a former history teacher, who was wounded while he was fighting in Corsak.

His 26 -year -old son is still fighting in the eastern Donetsk region.

Olya emphasized the massive military pressure that the soldiers are still facing on the front lines of Ukraine.

“Russia has a very large fire capacity – more than we have,” he said.

“We cannot respond to them adequately. Therefore, we must, in principle, have slowly retreat.”

He admitted that although most Ukrainian civilians want a ceasefire, soldiers are ready to fail the negotiations.

“We are soldiers, we will be asked to fight, and we will fight. But as a father, I don’t want to keep (go).”