RT editor-in-chief is under fire from some even more pro-invasion pundits for saying in an interview released yesterday that Russia could settle in Ukraine for the already occupied territory and nothing more (“not even Odesa!?”), plus a pledge not to e...

Kevin Rothrock

RT editor-in-chief is under fire from some even more pro-invasion pundits for saying in an interview released yesterday that Russia could settle in Ukraine for the already occupied territory and nothing more (“not even Odesa!?”), plus a pledge not to expand NATO to Ukraine. https://youtu.be/WjywprIqqM8

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@kevinrothrock cool, so Russia just gets to keep the spoils of it's aggression gimp their future geopolitically. great deal

Kevin Rothrock

@vitriolix You expect an advancing army to surrender its gains? Honestly, Ukraine would be lucky beyond belief to score the kind of ceasefire described by Simonyan, hence the Z-patriots’ rage.

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@kevinrothrock not by choice, this stalemate isn't helping them at all, I think there is room to negotiate Kursk for parts of the east

Kevin Rothrock

@vitriolix Nobody loses a war by choice. I don’t see any reason to think Russia would accept any bargaining over Kursk. It will drive out Ukrainian occupation forces sooner or later.

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@kevinrothrock they have held the line for years now, being propped up by NATO, not sure why Kyiv would accept anything less

Kevin Rothrock

@vitriolix Unfortunately, Kyiv is not really in a position to set the terms of the ceasefire to come, given that the state headed by Zelensky probably cannot exist without foreign support. In other words, Ukraine’s Western sponsors (namely, the USA) will set the terms, especially with a more openly transactionalist incoming administration in Washington.

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@kevinrothrock

I wonder if Europe could step in and increase aid if Trump cuts it off