Where is Putin? That is the missing partner. I thought perhaps Vladimir was tiring of the old paradigm. Doesn’t look like it.
Russia is not interested in peace. Poland has been scrambling jets to its eastern board for at least the last couple of weeks. Interesting now Sweden is also alarmed and following Poland. That is not a country interested in peace. Russian artillery is limited to missiles and drones. Putin is willing to use Trump’s dislike for war as a means to find an advantage to his end.
The concern for Trump’s sudden reversal in having a NATO like defense for Ukraine is that he doesn’t really mean it. It would be advantageous for Putin to have an ally within the borders of Ukraine to create an illusion of security only to have it dissolve when Hegseth decides there is no reason for Ukraine security forces because there are pressing issues elsewhere.
NATO would be trustworthy, Trump alone would not. A different USA president would never side with Putin at all. The attempt at a ceasefire isn’t holding strong at all. I guess the Zelenskyy-Putin meeting is still on, but, Vladimir wasn’t expecting NATO to show up in support if Ukraine. Putin liked the idea is Trump’s Star Chamber of three, but, no more.
Zelenskyy was to be the bad guy willing to allow more death. I think this is just Trump weaseling out of support for Ukraine. He is creating an excuse.
