It IS becoming increasing apparent that no matter who the American President will be come late Jan. 2025…
The Western efforts to support Ukraine IS NOT getting cheaper and IS getting tired for the US and others..
And the Middle East is simmering right now…..
Ukraine President Zelensky IS most likely gonna have to cut a deal for a cease-fire that WILL allow Russia to Keep what it has taken from the Ukraine one would think….
As this dog has suggested ?
Zelensky would probably agree IF the US and NATO dropped troops on Ukraine soil and helped the country get back on it’s feet with Europe……
The move into Russia’s Kursk territory has been practically ignored by Russia , which is pushing to capture the Donbas region….
Zelensky’s administration has so far kept the points of the victory plan, which was shared with President Joe Biden and other top officials, a secret, but it probably hinges on either accelerated NATO membership or binding security guarantees from Ukraine’s Western partners….
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Zelensky’s U.S. swing reinforced the sort of unsettling limbo Ukraine now finds itself in going forward — reliant on the United States as its main ally to arm it against Russia yet unsure how long that support will continue as attention on the war fades in its third year and with the new escalation in the Middle East.
“Nobody is planning to abandon Ukraine, but Ukraine is definitely not in the top three of main issues for the U.S. right now,” said Mykola Davydiuk, a Kyiv-based political expert. “And maybe it’s because of a lack of preparation and understanding of what the U.S. is dealing with right now, but it does look like he was a couple of steps lower than during his previous visits.”….
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At issue for Ukrainian officials is that the looming U.S. presidential election — and a new administration regardless of the outcome — puts future security assistance to Ukraine in doubt. Zelensky’s team tried to persuade Biden to support the victory plan as a way to solidify Biden’s legacy before his term ends. But the White House is unlikely to take any action now that could be unpopular so as to not jeopardize Kamala Harris’s campaign, officials said.
Though Zelensky and his government have repeatedly said that ceding Ukrainian land to Russia, which occupies more than 20 percent of the country now, would be a nonstarter, ordinary Ukrainians are showing more acceptance for talks that would make temporary compromises on territorial integrity — as long as NATO membership or security guarantees from allies were part of the deal, said Anton Grushetskyi, the director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, which has been polling people’s attitudes….
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“In 2023, there were high hopes, but in 2024, there are a lot of disappointments and it’s unclear what will happen down the line — that’s a fact,” said Oleksiy Goncharenko, a member of parliament in the opposition European Solidarity party.
Oct 6, 2024 – ISW Press
Russian forces have reportedly lost at least five divisions’ worth of armored vehicles and tanks in Pokrovsk Raion since beginning their offensive operation to seize Avdiivka in October 2023.
Daily Kos report for today…….The give the details of the Ukraine effort….And the suffering…..
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