He discussed this on his blog.
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Subscribe“When Zelensky talks about giving us weapons, it either means sending soldiers (but that won’t change much, it’s unlikely to resolve anything), or giving us missiles. And that signifies a different kind of war, one not of attrition but of annihilation, because Tomahawks can strike deep into the Russian Federation. The reverse would be true, but that would be a NATO-Russia war, not a war for Ukraine, not Ukraine's affair. That’s the crux of the debate,” explains Vadim Karasev.
Trump, the expert notes, realizes that there are attempts to drag him into escalation, which he wants to avoid, as it would resemble Richard Nixon’s predicament of having to continue Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam War.
“He’s caught in a dilemma: he cannot allow a sharp collapse in Ukraine, a retreat, so he must provide something, weapons, but what kind?” emphasizes Vadim Karasev.
However, he states, this is still a war of attrition that fits into the Russian paradigm, meaning Ukraine will receive weapons, mobilize more people, and the Russians will grind them down as they are doing now. After all, the expert reminds us, the Russians are not rushing to negotiations; they are stalling for time.
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As reported by ZN.UA, Gallyamov stated that if Trump were willing to hand Ukraine over to Putin, he wouldn’t need 100 days.
ZN.UA also wrote about Bortnik discussing whether Putin could speak to Trump and Zelensky from a position of strength.