Putin abandons hopes of Ukraine deal and shifts to land-grab strategy

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Yes, Putin wants his cake and eat it too. However, his vision of Russia, no longer is for him to grab. Ukraine is a legitimate, self-governing country.

Lol I doubt he was ever interested in one. Also zelensky was too greedy in not possibly letting go of Crimea and the 2 provinces so why even talk

Murderer

Putin's invasion of the Ukraine significantly highlights his uncontrolled and overpowering personal insecurities! He is a very sad human being just ' FLOUNDERING ' in his own traumatic uncertainty

From 24 Feb russian troops were near Kyiv, north, east and south of Ukraine. Now they leave Kyiv and north. In what moment of this timeline putin hoped for deal and not to land-grab strategy?

He wants to change the dynasty of Ukraine

It seems Putin has lost all touch with reality. In a few months, due to the increased delivery of powerful weapons to Ukraine, Putin will remember current conditions as something ideal, but it will be too late– Ukraine will not accept any outcomes except a complete victory.

What a bullshit ! Putin did never intend to strike a deal and from the very beginning chose the lab-grab strategy. Instead of bullshitting, FT would rather get involved into investigation of Putin’s money abroad and money laundering of his “friends”. Help the gvts to hit him out!

Don't be fooled, only total military humiliation of the Russian army can stop the war.

Putin understands war as a mere continuation of politics. If diplomacy will allow him to achieve his political objects then he would use diplomacy and now negotiate. Idiots in Washington have kept Ukraine in fight long after it should have negotiated, so terms have changed.

I don't think he ever had a deal in mind! Land grab was the strategy, whole or piece wise.

Israelize all Zelensky-s to end their conspiracy making all nations 'sovereign' Jewocracies instead of Subjects of KingdomOfGod with no diversity, war, tax, usury, inflation, speculation, public debt, fiat money, prison or paid justice, medicine or education Ukraine Russia

In church with a candle… oh F**K you!

Let’s fast-forward to the bunker part.

OPEN LETTER FOR: Representatives of the World,As a citizen of humanity and of our Mother Earth, I urge you to hold a World Peace Conference. Listen to the voices of us citizens RETWEET

Hopes for deal? You insane?

We need a weak Europe and get Boris out of the PARTYGATE MESS

Not the tactician he thinks he is😂

Seems that mr. Putin is really living in a virtual world... in any case he might 'look like a winner' in a country were he fully controls information channels and propaganda, but he will forever 'look like a loser' elsewhere, including those countries that seem to support him!

Hopes for deal..do you just make it up as you go along?...land-grab has been his aim from the start and continues to be. 😆🇺🇦

Sorry to say, but the article, citing anonymous internal sources and basically just recycling every cliché about supposed Putin's deranged irrationality or stubborn detachement from reality, sounds more like bad fan fiction than analysis. Disappointing, and not convincing at all.

Shift? You guys still write this trash and expect people to believe your narrative swings. Putin has been pretty clear about what he wanted for a long time and everyone knows it. Dragging this conflict out for money at the expense of Ukrainian lives is despicable.

NATO and the people who own them SUCK! No More Banker Wars!

There never was a deal only a land grab

actually Ukrainian depopulation of Russian speakers to Russia is the new goal.... the terrorists are losing on even the land grab

Immagini del 2021?

in his style: like a common thief

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