BY TYLER DURDEN
SATURDAY, APR 26, 2025 – 10:30 AM
This week Vice President JD Vance reiterated the Trump Administration’s position that "walking away from Ukraine" and the peace negotiations after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded that Crimea be "liberated" as part of the terms. Zelensky argued that the "war against the entire free Europe" began with Crimea and must end with the return of Crimea.
Vance’s frustration with Zelensky is understandable. As he noted, Ukraine is in no position to demand anything given their precarious position on the battlefield. Russia’s attrition tactics have been highly effective in countering western arms and intel support on the eastern front while also whittling down Ukrainian troop strength. They have also retaken almost all of the gains made by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region while they amass troops to take Sumy to the south.
Furthermore, Vladimir Putin’s latest missile salvo on Kyiv proves that the Kremlin has actually been holding back, and heavy bombardment of the capital is entirely possible. Ukraine does not have the ability to defend against such an attack should it occur.
At bottom, Ukraine has no options. They need to settle now, give up the Donbas and Crimea, or lose everything. A deal would probably have been secured by now if it weren’t for interference from the European establishment.
The Europeans have once again organized a peace talks event, this time in London, as a means to make the situation about them rather than make it about achieving a legitimate end to the war. Russia is, yet again, not included in the talks which makes the event nothing more than irrelevant pomp for the media. This is likely the real reason why Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cancelled his attendance at the meeting and the European elites are left to jabber in their echo chamber. Nothing is going to be accomplished anyway.
It’s clear that no matter what the US does the Europeans are going to do everything in their power to sabotage a formal peace agreement. It was Europe (Boris Johnson and others) that reportedly convinced Zelensky to avoid diplomatic options and continue fighting. Ukraine’s leverage has degraded to nothing since then and it’s impossible to know for now how many tens-of-thousands (or hundreds-of-thousands) have died. It’s Europe that is currently giving Zelensky false hope that troop deployments are coming and that they will make a difference in the end.
Please read more at the below link
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/walking-away-ukraine-best-option-trump-and-us