https://unofficialbird.com/bidetmarxman/status/1621452328569307142#m
Somewhat overshadowed by yesterday’s “Chinese spy balloon” hysteria was the revelation that the CIA has recently been trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine that involves offering 20% of Ukraine to Russia.
Both Kyiv and Moscow rejected the deal but it does raise an interesting question: why might “high-ranking German foreign politicians” have leaked this?
One possibility is that a faction within the German government is rebelling against the continued subjugation of the German economy for the furtherance of US geopolitical objectives.
If so, the leaking of the US-backed deal can be seen as an attempt to embarrass the Biden admin by exposing the vast chasm between their public rhetoric and their private actions and intentions.
Leaking this attempted deal would also perfectly highlight the fantasy of Ukraine as a sovereign state, when a country on the other side of the world supplies all the weapons to extend the conflict while also drawing up the terms of your surrender.
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Funnily enough, a few hours after the Newsweek article was published, the White House issued a statement calling the existence of the offer “not accurate”.
As the old saying goes, never believe anything until it has been officially denied!
I have my doubts over whether or not this deal is true, but one thing I feel certain of is that Russia is more than willing to keep this going for as long as it takes to turn Ukraine into a completely ruined state functionally. Whether this comes as a result of significant annexation, a puppet regime, or doing to Ukraine what the US did to Libya, I’m not sure.
Russian leadership must know that if they leave Ukraine intact in any meaningful amount at this point it will be joining NATO and receive massive military funding, as well as a full decoupling with Moscow. Accepting a peace deal now will not have been a significant geopolitical material gain, in addition to guaranteeing another NATO state on Russia’s border.
ukraine has been a completely ruined state since 1991.
Of course everybody on this site knows that, but I’m speaking in terms of not being able to provide basic state functions
If by "basic state functions." You mean social-democratic functions like social security, health care, taxing businesses, that sort of thing, i would argue that the Ukrainian state has not been able to provide basic state functions since 1991. They are a hyper-privatized state run by oligarchs, gangsters, cops, and right wing paramilitaries. Things have only gotten worse since the IMF got involved.
Ruined for the US empire