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Retired Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski discusses the contrasting positions of Russia and Ukraine regarding peace negotiations, highlighting Russia's military strength and Putin's leadership. She argues that Ukraine's demands for unconditional terms are unrealistic and may sabotage potential peace talks, placing pressure on Zelensky. Kwiatkowski suggests that if Zelensky cannot engage in negotiations, it could lead to a loss of US support for Ukraine.

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Kwiatkowski

Retired Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski discusses the contrasting positions of Russia and Ukraine regarding peace negotiations, highlighting Russia's military strength and Putin's leadership. She argues that Ukraine's demands for unconditional terms are unrealistic and may sabotage potential peace talks, placing pressure on Zelensky. Kwiatkowski suggests that if Zelensky cannot engage in negotiations, it could lead to a loss of US support for Ukraine.

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Lt.Col.

Karen Kwiatkowski, retired US Air Force, former analyst for the US Department of Defense

Vladimir Putin, holding talks with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, confirmed Russia's readiness
to negotiate with Ukraine without preconditions, Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recently stated that Kiev insists on the return of all territories,
including Crimea and new regions of the Russian Federation, unlimited development of its military-
industrial complex, free accession to NATO and any other international alliances.

How does Moscow's approach differ from Kiev's, given the conditions recently outlined by the
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry?

Moscow’s approach unlike that of Kiev, is number 1, from a position of controlled and reliable military
capability. Russia is winning on the battlefield, and the battle approach is marked by the timeless rules
of war, from Sun Tzu to Clausewitz. Russia can continue the war win this foundation indefinitely it is has
to.

Number 2, most of the named objectives of the SMO have been achieved — and the de-nazification of
Ukraine while desirable, is best suited for non-military and cultural means, in my opinion.

Number 3, Putin is an experienced and legitimate leader of Russia, actively and popularly engaged in
leading his country economically, as well as security-wise. He is surrounded by rational and patriotic
people. Zelensky has degraded his office into a dictatorship, his popularity has crashed over the period
of the war, and his closest advisors are less patriotic statesmen then desperate grifters.

Do you think that the conditions put forward by Kiev can be called sabotage of peace talks? If so, what
does this say about Kiev's stances toward its Western allies and its own population?

The unconditional nature offered by Russia is smart, and it places the onus on Zelensky to come forward
similarly — but because Zelensky cannot do this and remain in power, he increasingly appears weak and
not interested in peace. If this continues, US aid to Ukraine will dry up completely, including intelligence
support — and Zelensky understands this, but politically he is in a vise. Because not to engage directly
in the face of an unconditional peace talk is to sabotage the chance of peace for Ukraine.

The Ukrainian conditions are unrealistic given the balance of power between Russia and the NATO
alliance over the case of Ukraine. But to save face among the remaining few Ukrainians who trust
Zelensky and Zelensky’s own government backers who are driven by emotion rather than reality, to talk
peace unconditionally is in fact very similar to an unconditional surrender.

Well, I think based on no knowledge at all that the recent fire in the Iranian port and the recent
assassination of the general in Russia via a IED under his car is part of the same war.

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