The Biden administration and European officials are reportedly shifting their stance on the conflict in Ukraine, moving from an emphasis on Ukrainian victory to improving Ukraine's position for an eventual negotiation to end the war. This change in strategy comes amidst claims that a peace deal was nearly reached in Istanbul in April 2022, with Ukrainian Ambassador Chalyi noting that the parties were close to a peaceful settlement. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has criticized the West for causing global turmoil and suggests that the West's strategy to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia has failed. The Biden administration is said to believe that Ukraine will need to sacrifice territory in negotiations, a position that is now being communicated more openly, despite earlier resistance to such an outcome. Additionally, there are claims that over 300k Ukrainians could have been saved had they negotiated earlier, and critics of the initial U.S. approach were labeled as 'Putin stooges'. The failure of Zelensky's counter-offensive and the jeopardy of US and European aid to Ukraine are also noted, with Putin reportedly trying everything to conclude an agreement during the peace talks.
More & more evidence is piling up that the war could have ended in April 2022 in Istanbul. Ukraine could have retained its territory by agreeing to neutrality. The Biden administration now pretends its "long held" view is negotiated settlement but in fact it rejected that deal. https://t.co/O4STbqpqG2
RUSSIA SAYS THE WEST IS HINTING AT LOOKING FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE (Reuters) Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that some in the West were suggesting that Moscow should discuss peace in Ukraine because the US and its allies had failed to defeat Russian forces in Ukraine. https://t.co/0YdWSFCPfD
WEST TO BLAME FOR WORLD TURMOIL, SAYS RUSSIA'S LAVROV (Reuters) The intrigues of Western countries whose dominance is ebbing away are largely responsible for pitching the world into turmoil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Thursday. https://t.co/WL7XlccwLK
Russia's Lavrov claims Ukraine's Western allies are quietly changing strategy in bid to end conflict https://t.co/jrEr0Pa2VG
The Biden Administration Is Quietly Shifting Its „Strategy“ in Ukraine https://t.co/umXde901h8
“With U.S. and European aid to Ukraine now in serious jeopardy, the Biden administration and European officials are quietly shifting their focus from supporting Ukraine’s goal of total victory over Russia to improving its position in an eventual negotiation to end the war.”…
Ukraine Ambassador Chalyi, who participated in peace talks with Russia in Spring 2022, states that that Putin: "tried everything possible to conclude agreement with Ukraine." In April the Ukrainians then walked away from the talks despite being ready to accept a deal. Why?… https://t.co/q7dvaLKQCS https://t.co/NEBTKL409i
Biden is basically admitting that the purpose was to keep the proxy war going for as long as necessary to achieve US strategic aims — at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians — even though they were perfectly aware that this was not in Ukraine’s interest. Imperial… https://t.co/rNhdzWpNjk
🔴 RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: THE WEST'S STRATEGY TO INFLICT STRATEGIC DEFEAT TO RUSSIA HAS COMPLETELY FAILED.
Incredible, the Biden administration now says that Ukraine will have to sacrifice territory and “that’s been our theory of the case throughout”: https://t.co/Dk6K8LJsrp It's certainly not the theory of the case they told the Western public throughout... And this BEGS the…
Yet another insider Ukrainian source confirms that Russia and Ukraine reached a peace deal in Istanbul in April 2022. Amb. Oleksandr Chalyi is a veteran Ukrainian diplomat who took part in the talks. He says "we were very close... to finalize our war with some peaceful… https://t.co/0XqUR0ghUd
Wow! Ukraine Ambassador Chalyi, who participated in peace talks with Russia in Spring 2022, states that "we concluded" "Istanbul Communique" & "were very close in... April to finalize our war with some peaceful settlement" & that Putin "tried everything possible to conclude… https://t.co/NxknX9mTgP
Biden led the Ukrainians down the primrose path & called anyone who had a realistic view of the war a Putin stooge. Now, Biden is quietly shifting to reality, tragically Ukraine could have saved 300k + of their own had they ignored Biden & negotiated up front. https://t.co/HXTltCoVw9
JUST IN: Russia's foreign minister claims 'the West is clinging to the domination slipping away from it' and that 'the ruling circles in the West provoke crises thousands of kilometres from their borders in order to resolve their own issues at the expense of other peoples'
West to blame for world turmoil, says Russia's Lavrov https://t.co/IUCme0S3xd https://t.co/taNPJSpEmF
The White House signals to Politico that the war in Ukraine will end through negotiation, probably by giving up territory, something which if you said 6 months ago made you Putin's right hand man https://t.co/qkOPu0Lv6n https://t.co/vacxWoKofr
Biden administration says (off the record) that Ukraine will have to sacrifice territory in a negotiation with Russia and “That’s been our theory of the case throughout” https://t.co/D9zqVZQkU4
Amazing politico piece on Ukraine. 1. It’s Zelensky’s failed counter offensive (not ours, despite all the aid we sent and our Pentagon’s advice). 2. Actually negotiation was always how this war was going to end. You thought something else? https://t.co/CumJnwAB0k
The Biden admin and European officials are quietly shifting their focus from supporting Ukraine’s goal of total victory over Russia to improving its position in an eventual negotiation to end the war. https://t.co/ZSKwtUfuYu
"The sooner the collective West realizes that the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict provoked by it is possible only through achieving the goals of the "special military operation", the sooner peace will come." - spokesperson for Russian foreign affairs ministry Zakharova. By… https://t.co/A5vwLQRmnT https://t.co/VPgGO5cjXf