The memorandum, published by the Russian state media, was less of a peace plan and more a demand for Ukraine to surrender, defang its military and become a vassal of Moscow.
If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thought that his spectacular drone strike on Russian air bases would yield a Kremlin compromise, Russia issued its blunt response in black and white: no chance.
After waiting for weeks for Moscow to present its ceasefire demands in writing, the West finally got them Monday with a memorandum issued by Russian envoys in Istanbul.
Few analysts really believed that Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” plot would gain immediate concessions from a stubborn President Vladimir Putin. And so it was.
The memorandum, published in full by the Russian state news agency Tass, was less of a peace plan and more a demand for Ukraine to surrender, defang its military and become a vassal of Moscow.
Russia has seemingly broken itself by the war economy drive to the point hey are incapable of stopping the war on any terms, as it would immediately collapse the country.
If Ukraine were to capitulate, another war would immediately start, likely in Moldova, then the Baltics, then…
There is simply no peace until Russia reforms economically, societally and governmentally.
^ This is about all their is to say on the subject. Russia can’t stop, period.