« Tu crèveras et personne ne le saura » : comment les Russes ont organisé un système d’enlèvement, de tortures et de terreur à Melitopol, une ville sous occupation qui est devenue un centre important de la résistance ukrainienne

→ Voir le post original sur X — @deskrussie,

So, at this point there is not much to negotiate yet. Either Ukraine has to give up on its demands to have security guarantees that work or Russia has to give up on its demands for Ukraine not to have security guarantees. 20/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

The second option is to provide Ukraine with actual security guarantees that will work. But what can they be? Commitments of weapons and money from the West. Just look at the US attempts to get the funding for Ukraine through the Congress to see that those won't be credible too /

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

Given the history of the Budapest memorandum and Minsk agreements, as well as the treaty of the border demarcation between Ukraine and Russia, and the Kharkiv conditions on the Russia Black Sea fleet in Ukraine, there is no trust, Russia won't break whatever it promises. 15/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

Is there a political disagreement between Zelensky and his commander in chief? Is the job of Zaluzhny under threat? I don't think so and I don't see any symptoms. But perhaps the NYTimes knows more and better. 10/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

There is also talk that allies continue to persuade Ukraine to start negotiating with Russia. This is nothing new as well. There are voices and politicians who believe that the war can be ended by negotiations. "If only Russia and Ukraine were to talk and find a compromise"…11/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

There are constant differences of opinions between Zelensky and his team and this is normal for any government. This is exactly how better ideas are created and better decisions are made. 9/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

Now, some prominent Western media, in particular, the New Times were quick to conclude there is a rift between Zelensky and Zaluzhny. There is definitely a talk about some disagreements. But I have heard that talk throughout the entire war. 7/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

This is true. So far, the war has been a sequence of long brutal periods with very little change in control of territory and short periods of major advances by Ukraine. So, the real question is not about whether right now we are in such a period of brutal exhausting attrition5/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,