“The key issue, of course, is now for the Russian side and the Ukrainian side to show their firm commitment to peace and to forge a compromise that would be acceptable to all parties. While he certainly wants the nascent Russian–US “New Détente” to evolve into a full-fledged strategic partnership after the conflict ends, his reaffirmation that the root causes of the crisis must be eliminated should dispel speculation that he’ll “sell out” by abandoning the special operation’s goals in exchange. To be clear, there’s no indication that this is being considered and it’s just educated conjecture, as is the proposal for a demilitarized “Trans-Dnieper” region controlled by non-Western peacekeepers that would encompass everything north of the LOC and east of the river.
Author: Andrew Korybko
Published at: 2025-05-20 22:05:19
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