The Ukrainian Deal Is All Talk, No Reality
Paul Craig Roberts
Oh January 30 I asked if Putin is being taken to the cleaners again as he was with the Minsk agreement. https://paulcraigroberts.org/is-putin-being-taken-to-the-cleaners-again-as-he-was-with-the-minsk-agreement/
Putin’s “peace” negotiator, Kirill Dmitriev educated at Stanford and Harvard universities, tells Putin that “great progress” is being made. As this is music to Putin’s ears, he believes it.
Steve Witkoff, an American real estate developer and Trump’s “peace” negotiator told President Trump and Trump’s cabinet at a meeting on national television that
“The Ukrainians actually said that we’ve made more progress since Geneva than they’ve seen in the last four years of that conflict. . . . Lots of good things happening between the counterparties discussing the land deal. We have a security protocol that’s largely finished, a prosperity agreement that’s largely finished.” As this is music to Trump’s ears, he believes it. And apparently so do dumbshit commentators.
But is it true?
How can it be true when the Russian foreign minister says he has not seen the security guarantees that Washington is talking about or the entire 20 point plan that is being promoted by Witkoff and Dmitriev.
The next day on January 30 Zelensky announced publicly that Ukraine’s claim remains on Donbas and the former Russian provinces that Putin has re-incorporated into the Russian Federation. “No territorial losses” declares Zelensky. How is there any agreement when Zelensky does not accept any territorial loss? What are Dmitriev and Wikoff talking about?
Are Trump and Putin being had?
The only way an agreement can be reached is by Trump and Putin sitting down together and hammering it out. This has not been done. There will be no agreement until this is done. The entire process, lacks seriousness.
We hear about nearly completed deals that don’t exist.