Dimitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and prime minister, has publicly said that Russia will seek to occupy "remaining Ukrainian lands" even if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees to the Kremlin's most recent conditions for peace.
Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, "reaffirmed that Russia would not accept or uphold any negotiated peace settlements with Kyiv short of Ukrainian capitulation, the destruction of the entire Ukrainian state, and the full occupation of Ukraine."
Hal Turner Analysis
Ukraine could have had it all; had they abided by the Minsk Agreement. They would have had peace, no war, their army would still be intact, their country would still be whole.
Instead, Ukraine listened to the siren song of the West, and fought the Russians.
Two months ago, Russia again offered peace, with the offer being the four Oblasts (states) which had seceded (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporozhe, along with Crimea) would have to remain Russian. At that time, Russia also made clear that if the conflict continued, the terms would only get more dire for Ukraine.
Again, Ukraine listened to the promises of the West, and continued fighting.
Now, it appears their fate is decided. Complete capitulation with occupation of the whole territory, or complete destruction.
It didn't have to be this way. But the nitwits in the collective West were so impressed with themselves, so enamored with their own echo chamber of how powerful they were, they refused to believe they could lose.
Now, the reality is clear. Ukraine has no chance at all to prevail. The collective West is faced with losing on the battlefield, losing worldwide respect/fear, and losing all face.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
The West should have learned from World War 2, when the then-Soviet Union, lost twenty-seven million people fighting the German Nazis.
Did the West really think that Naziism could arise again in Ukraine . . . right next door to Russia . . . and the Russians would simply sit there and wait for a repeat of the World War 2 horrors? Fools they are in the West.
From all the way back in 2012 when the West tried to get Ukraine to shift from the Russian sphere of influence to the EU/USA sphere of influence, so the West could put US missile defenses in Ukraine, the Russians warned this was a "Red Line" for Russia.
Did the West listen? No.
The West then set about overthrowing Ukraine's democratically-elected President, Viktor Yanukovich, and installing a puppet government in Kiev, to achieve their long terms plans for Ukraine to enter NATO.
As part of this new puppet regime in Kiev, Ukraine massed troops on the borders of the eastern oblasts (states) of Luhansk and Donetsk. Those troops began firing artillery shells and mortars into both oblasts, ultimately killing about 13,000 civilians. there.
Then Russia sent in "Little Green Men" troops with no insignia on uniforms, which beat back the Ukraine army.
The fighting came to a halt when Donald Trump became US President.
When the Democrat Party stole the US Presidency through ballot fraud in 2020, the fighting in Ukraine began anew.
Only this time, the Russians weren't tolerating it.
Russia attempted, TWICE, to obtain "Iron-clad, legally enforceable, security guarantees" against further NATO expansion toward Russia's borders. The West laughed at the proposals and said "no."
Russia then tried again in December 2022, adding that if they could not obtain security guarantees via Diplomatic efforts, they would obtain them by military efforts. It took a little longer this time, but again, the collective West said "no."
On February 23, 2022, Russia telephoned Ukraine's then-President, Zelensky, telling him they had five hours to agree not to join NATO. Zelensky called the British Home Office and the US State Department, both of whom told him "ignore Russia's ultimatum."
When the five hours had passed, and Ukraine did not answer, Russia waited two additional hours, then sent its army across the Ukraine Border to fight it out.
ALL OF THIS trouble was fomented by, and facilitated by, the West; the EU and the USA.
Now, the EU and the USA are losing. Badly.
Again, it didn't have to be this way. Again, people who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Only now, there's more than a million dead or injured Ukrainian troops. The collective West is almost out of missiles and ammunition. The Billions of dollars and EUROS it has sent into Ukraine are gone, and Ukraine is STILL on the doorstep of complete defeat.
Fools in the West.
