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Moscow hardliners question off-ramp to Trump

2025-08-20 News & Politics
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Russian Military Momentum Challenges Ukrainian Diplomacy and Peace Off-Ramps

Understand how accelerated Russian tactical breakthroughs in Donbass are undermining Kyiv's negotiating position, forcing reassessments regarding potential ceasefires offered by Moscow.

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  • Russian forces are achieving significant, potentially decisive breakthroughs around Constantinovka and Sever, threatening the key fortified cities of Slavansk and Kamatsk.
  • Zelensky’s political necessity to hold Pakarovsk demands burning critical, scarce troop reserves across the entire front.
  • Moscow is providing a diplomatic "off-ramp" based on past negotiation concepts, but internal hardliners may prefer continuing military pressure for better terms.
  • Western support relies on easily communicable territorial metrics, often ignoring the underlying, devastating war of attrition Russia is executing.

This discussion details rapidly deteriorating military realities facing Ukraine in the East and analyzes the high-stakes political calculations Putin faces when dealing with a US administration potentially open to de-escalation.

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Moscow hardliners question off-ramp to Trump The Duran: Episode 2311 0:00 - Overview of the military situation in Ukraine 0:52 - Current situation on the front lines near Pakarovsk 3:00 - Russian advances into Constantinovka and Sever area 7:15 - Implications of temporary stabilization in Pakarovsk 9:00 - Discussion on Ukrainian troop deployment and reserves 11:00 - The importance of territory in the conflict narrative 15:00 - Analysis of the potential for a ceasefire and its implications 22:00 - The risks and calculations behind Russia's strategy moving forward 25:01 - Conclusion and potential outcomes of ongoing negotiations ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100

Top Comments (10)

@jeffbrewer1580 2025-08-20

I don't understand how Russia could sign a treaty with the US and have any faith that it would be upheld

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@DerekDominoes 2025-08-20

Honestly, I don't blame Moscow hardliners for their skepticism.

277 23 replies
@АндрейАнисимов-в7ь 2025-08-20

Greetings from Russia! Thanks for the video guys.

144 15 replies
@johnm7267 2025-08-20

The west conveniently forgets the humiliating debacle in Afghanistan and Vietnam

111 20 replies
@Michael.Virtus 2025-08-20

Putin would say to Trump: "I respect you and believe you. However after 4 years you will no longer be in office, so there is no guarantee the next US administration will follow through our deal."

104 8 replies
@JamieForest0 2025-08-20

Watching from the Middle East. Best analysis as always. Thank you gentlemen 🙌

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@TheDuran 2025-08-20

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@Jph-u9b 2025-08-20

Russia would be foolish, and betray their long term security, to make any such terms. Russia must continue until they achieve a 100% rock solid long-term security outcome.

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@michaeldubin8220 2025-08-20

They are not hard liners they are people with common sense.

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@Claus.klemmensen 2025-08-20

The main headline is that there is no ceasefire agreement. The war continues at full speed.

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