Putin is convinced that time is on his side and therefore is in no hurry to end the war - NBC News
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not going to end the war against Ukraine, but is planning a new offensive in the spring. He is waiting for the normalization of relations with the White House.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not going to end the war against Ukraine and is planning a new offensive in the spring. At the same time, he wants to normalize relations with the White House and believes that time is on his side, UNN writes with reference to NBC News.
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This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent one of his close allies, Kirill Dmitriev, to Washington for diplomatic talks. This was the first visit by a high-ranking Kremlin official since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
At the same time, Putin ordered the mobilization of 160,000 servicemen, the largest in the last 14 years. At the same time, his drones continue to bomb the Ukrainian civilian population at night, and according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Russians are planning a spring offensive.
These dual approaches perfectly illustrate Russia's strategy, according to some Western foreign policy experts. They say that Putin is in no hurry to negotiate with President Donald Trump in order to carry out his offensive in Ukraine, while betting on achieving normalization of relations with a friendly White House.
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Once promising to end the Russian war in Ukraine in 24 hours, Trump has found the reality to be much more complex.
His team has tried to negotiate a ceasefire, but so far even a partial or temporary truce has been blocked by the Russians. Putin and his envoys have said they would agree to a ceasefire only if Ukraine agrees to extreme conditions tantamount to surrender and subjugation.
Many Western officials and experts say that Russia knows that they cannot be accepted.
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This frustration is also felt in the White House, which under Trump has taken a much more friendly approach to the Kremlin than previous administrations.
Thus, Western experts and analysts have come to the conclusion that Russia has no intention of ending this war. Moreover, Putin intends to actively wage it and conquer new territories.
Addition
The envoy of the aggressor state of Russia to the United States, Kirill Dmitriev, on the American channel Fox News continued to promote the Russian narrative that Ukraine is allegedly violating the energy truce.
During the broadcast, he once again stated that the world allegedly does not want to understand Russia's position and that President Trump's team allegedly managed to succeed in this regard.