This was the comment from the president of Ukraine on Thursday. He did not mean that Ukraine had lost the war or was giving up fighting its Russian invaders.
Zelenskyy meant that Ukraine “was done” in halting its strikes on Russian refineries. Ukraine had, in good faith, proposed a an energy ceasefire and had abided by the energy ceasefire.
However, Putin refused to recognize it and continued to hit the energy infrastructure supplying power to many Ukrainian cities.
Finally, Ukraine had had enough. Ukraine is ready to hit more Russian refineries and more Russian energy infrastructure. We should expect the coming week to be a costly week for Russian refineries. We can expect there to be multiple hits per day.
We should expect Russian energy infrastructure also to take a hit and for Russians to experience life without electricity or heating, just as many Ukrainians are.
Your best finally realized that Putin is not ready or willing to negotiate.
They have accepted that fact and realize that the only way to get him to the negotiating table is to put him in a position where he no longer is able to find a war.
Trump, on the other hand, has not come to that realization. He still mistakenly believes that if you show generosity or kindness to Putin, he will respond in kind.
He is wrong. Putin will see generosity or kindness, not as a gesture of goodwill, but rather as a gesture of weakness.
Since January 20, 2025, the approach to the war by the West has been nothing short of Schizophrenic. This approach will never be successful.
All the Western allies need to agree upon a single, unified approach This approach would involve applying the maximum pressure to Putin and Russia.
With the realization that at some point in time when Russia is no longer able to fight the war, Putin will be ready to sit down and negotiate. But until that point, everyone is wasting their time by trying to get Putin to the negotiating table
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