Putin is attempting to negotiate now precisely because he is losing militarily and experiencing catastrophic mobilization problems; he seeks a ceasefire to regroup and recover, not because he genuinely wants peace, and the West must understand this as a tactical maneuver masquerading as diplomacy.
causalpending
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“Putin currently is speaking so much about peace negotiations and he does not want peace now that he wants negotiations he wants that somebody would make uh president zielinski and Ukrainian government to uh sort of uh take this what what happened on the ground as a feta complete so that because he he sees the losses he's suffering”
Source
Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster | Lithuania: On the Frontline of European Security— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 4:44:48 AM
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