by Larry Johnson at SONAR21
Congrats to Volodymyr Zelensky for cementing his position as the champion at choosing to always do the wrong thing. Before Marco Rubio and the European foreign ministers assembled in London for negotiations with a Ukrainian delegation, the Z-man rejected any recognition by the US of Crimea as Russian territory. As a result, Rubio and Steve Witkoff ditched the talks, and were followed in short order by the other European foreign ministers. This potentially pivotal meeting turned into a complete fiasco.
Zelensky, if he had any smarts, could have kept his mouth shut and said nothing about the Kellogg Plan, and given Mr. Witkoff time to take the proposal to Moscow, where Mr. Putin would have said, NYET! That would have made the Russians the villains in this piece of Kabuki theater. Instead, Zelensky gave the Russians a perfect gift by reinforcing Russia’s longstanding assertion that Zelensky is not capable of negotiating in good faith.
President Trump and Vice President Vance responded quickly to Zelensky’s defiance by repeating Secretary of State Rubio’s warning from last week… the United States will wash its hands of the bloody mess and leave it to the Europeans and Zelensky to sort out.
Meanwhile, back in Moscow, President Putin’s spokesman issued a statement that signals Russia’s negotiating position is going to become tougher. Peskov, speaking to a reporter from Le Point, said the following:…
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