Russian President Vladimir Putin is on an official state visit to India today, having been warmly received by India Prime Minister Mohdi. While there, Putin gave an interview to India Today TV and, just two days after meeting in the Kremlin with US negotiators, re-stated "Russia will liberate the entire Donbas militarily . . . "
After the Moscow meeting, leaked information included the assessment Russians that "We are no closer, but we are no farther apart" on the Ukraine conflict. So, it seemed to most observers, status quo; nothing changed.
President Putin's remarks to India Today TV confirm that: Nothing has changed.
Weeks of Diplomacy. Weeks of meetings. High level talks over weekends at Mar-a-Lago . . . . and . . . . nothing has changed.
Here is a segment of that India Today Interview:
🇺🇦🇷🇺 “The Ukraine conflict will end when our goals are achieved!”
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) December 4, 2025
— Putin is NOT ready for any compromise pic.twitter.com/Xr4lxGhoDb
Hal Turner Analysis
The US and Europe need to embrace the reality that Russia is not going to budge one inch from it's position that Russia will achieve its goals in Ukraine through their Special Military Operation.
Any rational observer can see there is no negotiation, there is only Russia's TERMS. Either Ukraine and the collective West agree to those terms, or the conflict continues.
Since Russia is winning the conflict, and since neither Ukraine nor the West can muster enough weapons, manpower, or money, to change the outcome before Ukraine collapses on the battlefield, continuing to adhere to Ukraine's "red lines" is a futile effort.
The only possible action that could change that would be direct NATO entry into the Ukraine war against Russia. In such a circumstance, such NATO entry would trigger immediate World War 3, which would likely go nuclear within a matter of hours.
Einstein once said "The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistake, over and over, expecting a different outcome." By that definition, Ukraine and the collective West are being "insane." Ukraine and the collective West are adhering to ideas and positions that have been rejected by Russia countless times! Yet they persist.
Lunacy.
