US diplomacy disaster. Ukraine military disaster
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Reviewing Ukrainian Military Disaster and Failed Diplomacy Under Trump's Shadow
Understand the disastrous military encirclements in Ukraine caused by Zelensky's political decisions and analyze why Putin is desperately seeking a preemptive deal with Trump before Ukraine's leverage vanishes due to battlefield collapse.
Short Summary
- Ukrainian forces face catastrophic encirclement near Pakovsk and in Kiyan, signaling the final crisis phase of the Donbass battle.
- Analysis suggests Zelensky prioritized PR over military necessity, clinging too long to cities, leading to traps.
- Putin attempted a major strategic trade (Donbass for ceasefire in South), which was derailed by US advisors allegedly lying to Trump about battlefield realities.
- Trump's grasp of the conflict appears critically shallow, making future agreements unstable due to White House and European intransigence.
- The discussion centers on the futility of current Russian diplomatic efforts via Demetriyev, as the military objective (liberating all claimed territories) trumps diplomatic pause.
This critical analysis unpacks the military collapse in Eastern Ukraine and critiques the underlying diplomatic failures stemming from flawed intelligence feeding into both Kyiv and Washington. The usefulness lies in understanding the immediate military consequences—the nearly guaranteed fall of Donbass—against the backdrop of deep political miscalculation concerning potential US negotiations mediated by Donald Trump.
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Top Comments (10)
I was watching King Charles meeting with Zelensky a few days ago. His mother would never have gotten involved in politics like this. The British monarchy ended when she died.
Has Russian Federation expanded or has NATO expanded? Is there 750+ American military bases surrounding Russia and China? Hasn't NATO, America, Europe funded and trained Ukrainian military to go to war with Russian Federation for a decade prior to the war? Did Boris Johnson not sabotage an almost signed peace proposal? Are you aware that around 30% Ukrainians are ethnic Russians? Almost every important industry, infrastructure, city was built by Russian led Soviets? Did Ukrain ban Russian language? Did Ukrain ban Church? Did Ukrain ban Russian media networks and arrest journalists? Did Zelenskyy ban 11 political parties? What if America ban Spanish? Why did Ukrain have a million+ military trained in Poland, UK, France, Germany, USA? Why did NATO countries train Ukrainian military, build military infrastructure, and arm them for a decade? Why did CIA have 11 bases in Ukraine? Why does Ukraine have *azi battalions (Azof) even banned by USA? Did Ukrain agree to neutrality upon freedom from Soviet Union? Why did CIA orchestrate Maydan coup? Did Zelenskyy promise peace with Russia to Ukrainian people at the election? You answer them and you will understand the entire conflict.
I have friends who should really know better say to me " how's your mate Putin doing " and other nonsense about what's happening in The Ukraine. They get their information from the BBC and ITV news. Starmer and his ilk though are supposed to know what they're talking about. Why is Europe so determined to cut its own throat in support of a country that we have no treaty with and would not empty its bladde on us if we were on fire. I am sick of The Ukraine and hope the Russians end this soon and shut the west up.
Thousands more men are dead for absolutely nothing.
The Duran is becoming a 24 hour real news chanell...keep it up as peace continues to be very important!
If Ukraine wanted to keep Donbas Then they should have not attacked the Russia Speaking Ukrainans living there. No brainer. They wouldn't be in this mess today.
I spoke to a mercenary who got out of there last week, nightmare, cold, wet, lack of equipment, food and water is low and constant bombardment. The morale is so low troops want to flee or surrender. no fight left in them.
As a casual observer, it would appear that the Russians try to minimise the amount of Ukrainian deaths and the Ukraine government is trying to maximise the amount of Ukrainian deaths.
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I was watching King Charles meeting with Zelensky a few days ago. His mother would never have gotten involved in politics like this. The British monarchy ended when she died.
Has Russian Federation expanded or has NATO expanded? Is there 750+ American military bases surrounding Russia and China? Hasn't NATO, America, Europe funded and trained Ukrainian military to go to war with Russian Federation for a decade prior to the war? Did Boris Johnson not sabotage an almost signed peace proposal? Are you aware that around 30% Ukrainians are ethnic Russians? Almost every important industry, infrastructure, city was built by Russian led Soviets? Did Ukrain ban Russian language? Did Ukrain ban Church? Did Ukrain ban Russian media networks and arrest journalists? Did Zelenskyy ban 11 political parties? What if America ban Spanish? Why did Ukrain have a million+ military trained in Poland, UK, France, Germany, USA? Why did NATO countries train Ukrainian military, build military infrastructure, and arm them for a decade? Why did CIA have 11 bases in Ukraine? Why does Ukraine have *azi battalions (Azof) even banned by USA? Did Ukrain agree to neutrality upon freedom from Soviet Union? Why did CIA orchestrate Maydan coup? Did Zelenskyy promise peace with Russia to Ukrainian people at the election? You answer them and you will understand the entire conflict.
I have friends who should really know better say to me " how's your mate Putin doing " and other nonsense about what's happening in The Ukraine. They get their information from the BBC and ITV news. Starmer and his ilk though are supposed to know what they're talking about. Why is Europe so determined to cut its own throat in support of a country that we have no treaty with and would not empty its bladde on us if we were on fire. I am sick of The Ukraine and hope the Russians end this soon and shut the west up.
Thousands more men are dead for absolutely nothing.
The Duran is becoming a 24 hour real news chanell...keep it up as peace continues to be very important!
If Ukraine wanted to keep Donbas Then they should have not attacked the Russia Speaking Ukrainans living there. No brainer. They wouldn't be in this mess today.
I spoke to a mercenary who got out of there last week, nightmare, cold, wet, lack of equipment, food and water is low and constant bombardment. The morale is so low troops want to flee or surrender. no fight left in them.
As a casual observer, it would appear that the Russians try to minimise the amount of Ukrainian deaths and the Ukraine government is trying to maximise the amount of Ukrainian deaths.
LIKE. SHARE. COMMENT JOIN THE DURAN ON SUBSTACK: https://theduran.substack.com/
The discussion is not about ukraine, the discussion just happens on ukraine. The discussion is about globalism.