The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for almost two years, and it is now clear who is the loser. The United States originally intended to give Ukraine some decency, but it suffered a double blow, and now Putin does not seem to be very happy. Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and the West have been supporting Ukraine on all fronts and strongly supporting Kyiv in the international community. According to common sense, the United States and the West should be on the side of Ukraine. However, an interesting thing happened recently, when Ukraine lashed out at the more influential ** of the United States, and even accused them of "collusion with Russia". According to the Observer, the American ** New York Times recently published an article entitled "Putin quietly sends a signal: he is open to a ceasefire in Ukraine".
The article claims that Russia is using so-called "secret diplomacy" to show its willingness to negotiate peace, and Putin himself has been signaling through intermediaries that he is open to a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict and freezing the current front. At first glance, does this report suggest that Putin is now expressing a willingness to negotiate peace with Kyiv?However, it was this seemingly overture that was strongly attacked by Ukraine. Ukraine's state-run "Anti-Disinformation Center" has sharply criticized the New York Times' reporting stance and accused it of "working for the Kremlin" in order to paralyze the West and prevent further military assistance from Western countries to the Ukrainian armed forces. From Ukraine's point of view, the accusation seems plausible and plausible. However, looking at the whole situation, things may not be as simple as they seem.
We all know that Ukraine and Russia went to war because of the instigation and support of the United States and the West behind the scenes, and tiny Ukraine completely relied on the best equipment and technical guidance of Western countries in order to confront the behemoth of Russia until now. Perhaps in the early days of the war, some strategic mistakes by the Russian army gave Kyiv and the United States and the West some advantages, making them seem to see hope for a small country to triumph over a large country. So the United States and the West have been constantly giving Kyiv assistance, hoping for a surprise victory. However, after all, Russia also has the title of "fighting nation", and this war machine quickly adjusted its state in the later stage, and good news continued to come from the battlefield, making Ukraine's hope of victory more and more slim. At the same time, U.S. and Western aid is also being depleted for a long time, and there is little left. Ukraine is in the midst of a crisis of a severe shortage of "human resources", and this crisis is especially pronounced during the cold winter.
In the nearly two years of the Russia-Ukraine war, the identity of the loser has become obvious. Current reports in the United States may be seen as Biden's attempt to get Kyiv to end the war in a decent way, hence Putin's idea of peace talks. This is a rather obvious signal, which can be understood to some extent as a manifestation of the softening of the United States. As Russia's superiority on the battlefield grows, the United States' "propensity to surrender" will become even more pronounced. Therefore, the news of peace talks is only to keep Kiev decent, and at the same time to leave a ladder for the United States to get out. However, Ukraine did not accept this approach and directly rejected the US proposal. It cannot be ignored that Russia expressed its unacceptability with the New York Times report and clarified that Russia's military strategy towards Ukraine has not changed, and that negotiations will only be conducted in order to achieve Russia's goals.
It can be seen from this that the loser of the Russian-Ukrainian war has become obvious, and the United States' attempt to fight for decency for Kyiv has been met with a double counterattack from Russia and Ukraine. The current situation is no longer determined by the United States or Ukraine, and it is unlikely that any solution will be realized unless Russia's ideas are taken into account, and this time it really depends on Putin's attitude. After all, the winner has always been king, and only the winner has the right to speak.