Conditions.

This is coolbert:

"As soon as Kyiv says it is ready to do this and begins really withdrawing troops and officially renounces plans to join NATO, we will immediately — literally that very minute — cease-fire and begin talks," -  Putin.

"Putin Names Two Conditions For Ending The War 'This Very Minute'"

From https://www.zerohedge.com | BY TYLER DURDEN | JUN 14, 2024  https://tinyurl.com/5n73bzyu

"Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday speech addressed the West's efforts to host a major Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland this weekend. Though scores of world leaders will be there, Russia has not been invited, and China has snubbed the event citing that it's pointless without Moscow's representation given it is a party to one side of the war."

"Putin outlined his 'conditions' for peace. He said for the military operation to be halted Ukrainian forces would have to withdraw from the four regions annexed by the Russian Federation. 'Ukrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions,' Putin said in a televised address."

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"Putin also stipulated a second main condition for ending the war: Ukraine must reject ambitions to join the NATO alliance."

Light at the end of the tunnel? A negotiated settlement with an end to the Ukraine Conflict?

Conditions as stipulated USUALLY a STARTING POINT for COMPROMISE and DIPLOMACY.

Putin too with his announcement of "conditions" is tacitly saying that the war cannot be won on the battlefield with final and complete Ukrainian surrender? I hardly think Vlad and those closest to him EVER thought the Conflict would have lasted this long with all the travail it has posed for the participants, Ukrainian and Russian both.

coolbert.