Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and start negotiations if Kyiv began withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected what he called an ultimatum by Putin to surrender more territory…
I saw a different interpretation of the same news on Hexbear. The gist of it was as follows:
- Putin is being bold because he’s winning and at this point can make such demands.
- He’s even being generous, he’s winning and gives Ukraine the opportunity to stop the deaths.
- Ukraine is not expected to accept these terms, because “the West” won’t allow them.
So yeah…