The Russian leader sees potential for Ukraine negotiations, but condemns the West's backing for President Zelensky.
  • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
    421·
    11 days ago

    I hope any “negotiations” would include denazification of Ukraine. Otherwise, it’s just kicking the can down the road. Like making a ceasefire with israel.

  • idriss@lemmy.ml
    14·
    11 days ago

    As somebody who’s not affected by this at all, I pray this will be true.

  • FistOfTheRedStar@lemmygrad.ml
    111·
    11 days ago

    Is this really trustworthy, I mean, do we really believe that the Russian SMO will end because Russia wills it? Neither Russia nor Ukraine show any peace propensity so even if Russia was honest (which I doubt; and I’m not judging, if I was Putin I probably would have done the same) who’s to say that the “western bloc” doesn’t see it as more reasonable and profitable to continue this war of attrition conflict. Or in Marxism:

    • Thesis: Russia’s ruling bloc seeks to terminate the war only on terms that secure its regional-strategic objectives and domestic legitimacy.
    • Antithesis: Ukraine, backed by Western imperial blocs and their military-industrial interests, resists settlement on Russian terms because defeat would mean subordination, while continuation also serves Western strategic and capitalist interests.
    • Synthesis: The war will not end through declared peace intent, but through a transformed balance of class, state, military, and imperial contradictions. Most likely being exhaustion, elite recalculation, or a frozen compromise that preserves unresolved antagonisms.

    So: who is suffering more, who is loosing more and who has the higher depletion rate in this war of attrition?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
      32·
      11 days ago

      You have to add material analysis to the mix here though. It’s not a war of wills, but of industrial bases and logistics. What we’re seeing is a broader economic war between the West and BRICS with Ukraine and Iran being the kinetic manifestations of the conflict. So, the real question is which side will be able to keep the war going longer. Will the west have sufficient production to keep up with the rate of attrition in the war. Russia has shown over the past four years that their industrial base is able to outproduce NATO militarily, and Russia is backed by China because it would be a disaster for them if Russia lost. On top of that all, the US is engaged in conflicts all over the world, and cannot devote all of its resources to Ukraine, while Europeans lack the industry and the conflict in Iran is making the situation worse.

      So, what I think Putin is saying here is that the west is going to have no choice but to concede the war soon. There are numerous articles talking about the severity of the energy crisis that’s unfolding in Europe right now, and we haven’t even hit peak shortages. If Europe folds then the war is over.