@Crow
Yes. I am saying the US contributing far more money and arms to Ukraine than everyone else combined will have a lot to say about negotiations in any peace talks. Even the Russian trolls here know this. France and Germany are compromised to Putin, and they will not be the ones to determine the structure of a peace deal. Z will work with Biden or whoever else is President at the time and will take their guidance on any negotiated peace. Why? Because he wants the money to keep flowing in for reconstruction, and he will want foreign investment for job creation to being Ukraine people home.
Now with the first group of Ukraine soldiers trained on missile systems, those systems are being shipped. Expect a lot of push back from Ukraine starting next weekend. When the missiles start falling in Crimea the attitude of Russians will begin to change or we are in for a war for the next few years.
Meanwhile, Ukraine will get the green light today from the EU on beginning the candidacy for membership. This will of course make Putin more upset because it is the EU telling him to FO and that the EU is moving forward.
All the talk about a new pipeline to China is funny. It will take years, possibly a decade to build one that long and under to pretty extreme conditions. Meanwhile, Putin just asked the government for some ideas on what it can do to help the Russian Auto industry. Why? Because the cars are junk, and more Russians will die driving them. Happy gulag biatches!