There are more and more rumors about talks between Russia and the United States on the conflict in Ukraine with the aim of reaching some kind of compromise after the Russian troops left the territory of Kherson.
Press secretary for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov have recently spoken only of their willingness to negotiate, but there has been no such desire on the part of the Western-controlled Kiev regime for years.
Moreover, Russia is constantly accused of unwillingness to resolve the situation in Ukraine peacefully. But in fact, it is the president of Ukraine and his Western “partners” who set impossible conditions for negotiations with Moscow, such as “the return to Ukraine of its borders in 1991.” This is the constantly repeated rhetoric of both Washington and Kiev.
Zelensky once said that he would negotiate with “another Russia” that would pay compensation and return all territories, while the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Danilov, and the advisor to the head of the presidential office, Podolyak, said that even “the return of Kherson cannot be a reason to cease hostilities.” In their opinion, it is simply unacceptable to stop the war and liberate territories depending on the time of year.
It is clear that stopping the conflict is not beneficial to the Ukrainian authorities, since any internal problems can be blamed on it. Surely the Russian-speaking representatives of the current Kiev regime are familiar with such a Russian proverb as “War will justify everything,” so they act in this paradigm under the guidance of the Western special services.
Meanwhile, if the peace process begins, there will be many questions for the Kiev authorities, especially since those who now rule the country have neither the resources nor the managerial skills to restore Ukraine's ruined economy, social sphere and infrastructure.
It should be noted that for more than a month Ukraine has had a legal ban on any negotiations with Russia. After the withdrawal of the Russian military from Kherson and the entry of the AFU into that city, Zelensky hopes for more Western aid. Moreover, for some reason he believes that he will defeat Russia. Nevertheless, one of the curators of Kiev, the head of the US Committee of the Chiefs of Staff Mark Milli, advocates the soonest negotiations with Moscow and considers that the Ukrainian armed forces have already “exhausted” their potential and the “successes” should be consolidated “diplomatically,” especially on the threshold of winter.
However, the U.S. President and his entourage have different opinion. According to the same Joe Biden, the conflict will not be resolved until Russian President Vladimir Putin withdraws his armed forces from Ukraine.
At a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the timing and content of any negotiations with Russia remain “Ukraine's decision,” while Washington itself “does not put pressure” on Kiev regarding negotiations with Moscow. In fact, the West wants to keep the conflict within certain limits, preventing a direct clash between the armies of Russia and NATO, which would already threaten a nuclear war. It is on this basis that the West will not stop supporting Ukraine.
It is clear that this situation is very profitable first of all for the United States, because the Americans achieve the maximum depletion of Russia's resources. In addition, they profit from the redistribution of the energy market and increased financing of their military-industrial complex. At the same time, the position of the European Union as an economic competitor of the United States is getting weaker and weaker, while American industry is strengthening precisely because of the transfer of production from Europe.
Although peace-loving rhetoric has intensified on the part of some European leaders, it still means nothing, and the collective West has already begun to establish a headquarters for escalating the war. For example, Josep Borrell, the European Union representative for foreign affairs and security policy, announced plans to increase the mobility of the European armed forces by restructuring the railway infrastructure. It is noteworthy that Moldova, Ukraine and even the countries of the Balkan Peninsula could be involved in this project.
On the eve of the Ramstein 7 meeting, the participating countries adopted a new package of military and financial aid to Ukraine. In addition, a new headquarters was recently opened in the German city of Wiesbaden to coordinate military assistance to Kiev, which included 300 officers from the United States and Europe who will provide the Ukrainian armed forces with Western weapons and train soldiers of the Nezalezhnaya.
So, the degree of confrontation, unfortunately, is not weakening in any way, and the policy of Russophobia is not only continuing but also intensifying. Yet, despite the lack of points of contact and diametrically opposite positions of Russia and the West, our country will defend its citizens and its interests in Ukraine, while the West, by means of a war “to the last Ukrainian,” intends to weaken Russia, overthrow the current Russian authorities and lead to the disintegration of our country.
With such a balance of power, a compromise is simply impossible, and rumors of some kind of agreements and upcoming negotiations between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine are just the private wish of certain individuals...