If true?
Condition?
He holds the Gains his forces have made after 818 days of the conflict….
Hmmmm?
One would think this IS a tough one for Ukraine President Zelensky who on first glance would reject it….
BUT?
Here’s a counterpoint that I’d bet President Biden would be whispering in Zelensky’s ear…..
End of fight means….
Your people are finished with violence, destruction and can sleep at night….
Your country would be able to find some sort of normalcy…..
The area’s Putin has now where NOT REALLY places that identifies with the Ukraine ….
Zelensky would probably need several things to agree…..
Ukraine entry into the EU….
Ukraine entry into NATO…..
US troops based IN THE Ukraine….
Economic assistance …..
“Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire – to freeze the war,” said another of the four, a senior Russian source who has worked with Putin and has knowledge of top level conversations in the Kremlin.
He, like the others cited in this story, spoke on condition of anonymity given the matter’s sensitivity.
For this account, Reuters spoke to a total of five people who work with or have worked with Putin at a senior level in the political and business worlds. The fifth source did not comment on freezing the war at the current frontlines.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in response to a request for comment, said the Kremlin chief had repeatedly made clear Russia was open to dialogue to achieve its goals, saying the country did not want “eternal war.”
Ukraine’s foreign and defence ministries did not respond to questions.
The appointment last week of economist Andrei Belousov as Russia’s defence minister was seen by some Western military and political analysts as placing the Russian economy on a permanent war footing in order to win a protracted conflict.
It followed sustained battlefield pressure and territorial advances by Russia in recent weeks.
However, the sources said that Putin, re-elected in March for a new six-year term, would rather use Russia’s current momentum to put the war behind him. They did not directly comment on the new defence minister.
Based on their knowledge of conversations in the upper ranks of the Kremlin, two of the sources said Putin was of the view that gains in the war so far were enough to sell a victory to the Russian people…..
Note….
Make no mistake….
A cease fire WOULD BE a Major win for NATO, Ukraine and the West who in a 180ty seem to wearing Putin out, NOT the opposite…