Recently, the situation between Russia and Ukraine has changed dramatically again, with the Ukrainian army achieving successive major victories on the front line, while Russia has openly put forward two major conditions for the restoration of permanent peace in Ukraine. Russian spokeswoman Zakharova said that in order to achieve lasting peace in Ukraine, in addition to the West stopping to provide Ukraine with **, Ukraine needs to accept a new territorial reality. Apparently, there has been a noticeable change in the attitude of the Russian side.
First of all, Russia seems to be willing to resolve the conflict through peace talks, after all, there was a deep friendship between Russia and Ukraine, and Russia also wants to reduce the ** of both sides. However, given that Ukraine has previously used Russia's sincerity in peace talks to stall for time, Russia will not easily start the peace talks. Second, the two major peace conditions proposed by Russia mean that Russia has made a showdown with Ukraine and the United States and the West, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine can only end if the United States and the West agree to these two conditions.
With there are even voices within Ukraine demanding Russia's unconditional surrender, Russia is unlikely to give in easily until Kiev sees its clear willingness to negotiate. This time, Russia has made its bottom line clear, which also marks a possible major turning point in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russia's demand that the West stop supplying ** to Ukraine is intended to weaken Ukraine's military power, and at the same time force the United States and Europe to make it clear that they will abandon interference in Russian-Ukrainian affairs and truly cooperate with Russia to resolve the conflict.
At present, although the West's military aid to Ukraine is weak, many countries have reduced or even interrupted their aid to Ukraine. Even within the United States, calls for continued aid to Ukraine are weakening. Therefore, the conditions proposed by Russia are not fanciful, and it is likely that the West, in order to get out of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible, is inclined to accept them. In addition, Russia has demanded that Ukraine "accept a new territorial reality", a condition that is obviously difficult for Zelensky and the West to accept.
Due to the geostrategic importance, abundant resources and population of the eastern regions of Ukraine, Ukraine will be completely defeated if it loses these regions permanently. However, Ukraine does not want to accept it, so how can it deal with itself?The eastern regions of Ukraine are now firmly under the control of Russian forces. The previous "big **" launched by the Ukrainian army ended in failure, which undoubtedly announced that the Ukrainian army had lost the ability to fight back. What was lost on the battlefield, how could the Zelensky regime possibly get it at the negotiating table?
By now proposing the conditions of "acceptance of the new territorial realities", Russia is actually giving the Zelensky regime its last chance. After all, the Russian army has not launched a large-scale counterattack at present, so the "new territorial reality" is currently the eastern regions of Ukraine for the time being. But after Russia's large-scale counterattack next year, the "new territorial reality" will undoubtedly expand even more.
All in all, when the Russian army already occupies an increasing military advantage, Russia is actually giving Zelensky one last chance by issuing such a "signal for peace talks". If Zelensky can seize this opportunity, he may be able to retain his regime and power by virtue of his merits in ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But if Zelensky still chooses to go his own way in the end, then even if he regrets it, it will be too late. [Welcome to contribute, private messages must be replied].