Adam Zivo: Vladimir Putins neue „Friedensbegriffe“ sind eine räuberische Farce

Submission statement: This Monday, during the Istanbul peace talks, Russia presented Ukraine with a „peace memo“ that rehashed the Kremlin’s usual, maximalist demands (annexation of four Ukrainian provinces; disarmament of Ukraine’s military, etc.). This article summarizes these demands, explains why they are insane, and notes that the memo is structured in a manner that would allow Russia to conquer Ukraine within weeks or months, not years (mostly by forcing Ukraine to abandon almost all of its existing defence fortifications in exchange for a legally non-binding ceasefire).

*[NOTE: I am also the author of this article. For context, the National Post is one of Canada’s largest newspapers, and I’m one of their political columnists* and their resident Ukraine expert*. My name is in the post title because Canadian newspapers generally require that opinion pieces include author names in their headlines, and I’m obligated to use the exact headline as the submission title.]*

Ukraine needs to continue to target Russias nuclear delivery systems until Russia as a nuclear threat is in paper only.