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Let’s Be Honest: There Will Be No Ceasefire In Ukraine
Putin and Zelensky are both implacable in their demands, and so it will be war “to the last Ukrainian”.
Every day, it seems, the world’s media are being led in circles by the Trump Administration as they continue to dangle the elusive “ceasefire deal” in front of the cameras.
Now a ceasefire on arial attacks on energy infrastructure has been agreed (and was promptly violated by Ukraine), and perhaps a similar ceasefire on attacks on shipping in the Black Sea may also be in the offing.
But let’s be real: there is no way the war in Ukraine will end unless it is with Ukraine’s total capitulation — an unconditional surrender similar to the Japanese in 1945.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is simply not in any position to acknowledge the territorial claims of Russia, and President Vladimir Putin does not even consider Zelensky to be legally authorised to execute any sort of peace agreement.
Meanwhile, for Ukraine as well as its Western benefactors, complete neutrality for Ukraine with a permanent rejection of NATO membership is simply not on the cards.
