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> I don’t fully understand what you mean with ‘negotiated settlement’. He may be thinking of the agreement that Putin and Zelensky almost came to in the 2nd we
by wrp 4y ago
> I don’t fully understand what you mean with ‘negotiated settlement’.
He may be thinking of the agreement that Putin and Zelensky almost came to in the 2nd week of the war. The Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, initiated contact between the leaders and thinks they were nearly at a settlement when Washington/London intervened to block it. (From about time 2:20:00, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK9tLDeWBzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK9tLDeWBzs)
- mopsi 4y agoThat has been taken out of context. He later clarified that Washington and London were nudging Ukraine towards a peace deal, but after Bucha massacre was uncovered, they stopped doing that and instead increased military support for Ukraine. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-bennett-walks-back-claim-west-blocked-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-2023-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-bennett-walks-back-cl...
- wrp 4y agoThat article misrepresents what he said in the interview. He did not "later clarify" that Washington and London were supporting a peace deal. He insisted they were very cool to the whole idea. Also, in the interview, he said that the negotiations were killed at the 2-week point, and then Bucha happened at the 4-week point. He said that after Bucha, it was impossible to resume the negotiations (which had already been blocked).