The publication also suggests that the Western intelligence agency is right in their belief that President Putin is not interested in compromise. The memorandum codifies what Putin has been saying for a long time. The “root cause” of the war is to promote the Eastern expansion of NATO in Ukraine and Nazism.
The memorandum “is intended to remove the underlying cause of this conflict,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists Tuesday. “It would be wrong to expect some immediate decisions and breakthroughs here,” he said, adding that he is “waiting a response to the memorandum” from Ukraine.
Ukraine and its Western supporters say that Nazi Russia’s claims are ridiculous, especially when the country is ruled by Jewish Zelensky. NATO and its supporters argue that the alliance has only grown as former Soviet republics such as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia voted to participate in hopes of gaining protection from Russia.
Not only is Ukraine less likely to accept the absolute terms of Russia, but scholars previously interviewed by NBC News believe that Russia knows not to do so. Many view peace negotiations as a charade that both sides know to fail, and are lingered solely to avoid President Donald Trump’s rage and impatience.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who was always the voice of Hawkish, was embarrassed about how he saw these arguments in His Highness’s Palace during the gorgeous Ottoman era.
“Negotiations in Istanbul are not necessary for peace of compromise on unrealistic terms invented by someone else,” Medvedev, now vice-president of the Russian Security Council, wrote on the messaging app Telegram. Rather, he said the aim was “a quick victory and a complete destruction of the neo-Nazi government.” He said the goal was “the point of the Russian memorandum published yesterday.”
Meanwhile, Russia continues to attack Ukrainian civilians, unlike attacks on Ukrainian military targets. On Tuesday, it “brutally attacked” the city of Smee that fought, saying Zelensky killed at least three people and injured “many more.”
With both sides still opposed the opposite, Trump’s next move could prove crucial.
Once promised to end the war in 24 hours, he was extremely annoyed by the cumbersome reality and threatened him to leave.
There is hope for another Russian-American prisoner exchange and even a meeting between the two presidents. And when the memorandum of understanding inevitably stumbled upon Trump’s desk and he was asked about it in one of his questionable attire sessions in an oval office, according to London’s Russian expert Nixie, the president was able to respond in several different ways.
“He said, ‘Yes, but look at what the Ukrainians did to Russia, so this memorandum is not surprising,” Nixie said. “Or he’ll say, “Putin isn’t playing ball. This isn’t what I thought. I’m washing my whole hands.”
Kiel Simmons reported that he had reported from London from Dubai and Alexander Smith.
