Another popular Russian military blogger named Starshe Edda delivered a fitting capstone with the following gut-tickling variation on Tsar Alexander III’s famous exclamation:
“Russia has only three allies: the Army, the Navy, and North Korea.”
Trump and Rubio continue to claim that a ceasefire deal is “very close” to happening, with Reuters having published the full Trump “plan”, after a week or two of teasing ‘leaked’ versions of it:
⚡️Reuters has published the final terms of the US peace proposal.
The plan was presented to European officials by Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff at talks in Paris on April 17. It is the final US offer to both sides:
▪️ Both sides shall immediately enter into negotiations on the technical implementation of a permanent ceasefire.
▪️ Ukraine refuses to join NATO, but may become a member of the EU.
▪️ Security guarantees for Ukraine are provided by a military contingent of European states, which non-European countries can voluntarily join.
▪️ The United States de jure recognizes Crimea as Russian, and de facto recognizes Russia’s control over Luhansk region and the “occupied” parts of Donbass, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions.
▪️ Ukraine regains control over the “occupied” areas of the Kharkiv region.
▪️ Ukraine regains control over Kakhovka Dam and Zaporizhzhya NPP. The station will be managed by Americans, electricity will be distributed to “both sides”.
▪️ Ukraine will gain unimpeded passage along the Dnieper and control over the Kinburn Spit
▪️ The United States and Ukraine are implementing an agreement on economic cooperation and development of mineral resources.
▪️ Ukraine will receive full restoration and financial compensation.
▪️ Sanctions against Russia, imposed since 2014, will be lifted.
▪️ The United States will cooperate with Russia in energy and other industrial sectors.
In the meantime, the message being sent by Russian officials is the opposite.
In an interview with Face the Nation, Lavrov categorically rejected the ZNPP plant being transferred over to the US, while again reiterating Russia’s main demands:
Sergey Lavrov once again approved Russia’s demands for ending military operations in Ukraine:
▪️Ukraine must refuse to join NATO and remain neutral.
▪️Kiev is obliged to stop legislatively and physically destroying everything Russian in Ukraine – language, media, culture, traditions and Orthodoxy.
▪️Crimea, Sevastopol, DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions must be internationally recognized as Russian territory .
▪️All sanctions against Russia must be lifted , lawsuits and arrest warrants cancelled and frozen assets returned.
▪️Moscow must receive reliable security guarantees against the threats created by the hostile activities of NATO, the European Union and their individual member states on our western borders.
▪️The task of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is not removed from the agenda .
▪️All of Kyiv’s obligations under the peace agreement must be legally enshrined, have enforcement mechanisms, and be permanent.
In fact, this even sounds like a toughening of the negotiating position, since previously a ceasefire required only the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from new regions of Russia. Now, Kyiv is required to internationally recognize their Russian affiliation.
My (Roth’s) observations: What with pushing China into a corner, the flare-up between Pakistan and India, the NORKs getting actual combat experience in Kursk, the Poles considering closing the Baltic to Russia, NATOs refusal to accept Russian victory over Ukraine, our own political instability, and many other issues, we must assume that the Fourth Turning is in active mode. A big war is likely. Prepare accordingly.
When the Golden Golem and his minions are wasting America’s time on the Ukraine Clown Show which is none of our business, you know the fix is in somewhere. I naively thought when Trump took office, we would see justice for working Americans and the exposure of the criminal conduct of the swamp. Yes, Musk and his associates have done a yeoman’s job of exposing fraud and waste. But where are the indictments? Where is our restitution?
As Yogi Berra said: “It’s Deja vu all over again!” We are watching a repeat of his first four years. I keep waiting for his bombast about “forget the due process.” The MAGA lemmings are still listening to the platitudes and propaganda spewed out by “Pastors” such as Dave Scarlet/HIS GLORY MINISTRIES-a Zionist stooge, and a “Prophetess” on RUMBLE-Julie Greene, who says God refers to Trump as “His David”. I am not making this up. As I have posted before, I will give the bottle blonde AG and the Bongino/Patel tag team until 06/30/2025 to fish or cut bait. In the meantime, I will prep as though Harris/Waltz won. Bleib ubrig.
Ukrainian’s and Russians HATE each other. There can be no peace, especially since Putin wants to exterminate the Ukrainian’s and make their land part of Russia. Stalin’s treatment of Ukraine has made it almost impossible for them to get along. Putin’s megalomaniac agenda isn’t helping.
Only some of Ukraine is really Uke. The Donbass is and wants to be Russian, they petition Putin, but Putin told them to work it out with their own government, that worked well, the uke army slaughter more 14,000 civilians prior to the commencement of the SMO. The Russians fought the Ukrainian Waffen-SS. The biggest problem is the US, continuing to support the little obummer and nuland install dictator.