Western journalists and politicians are actively hyping another "peremoga": the conclusion of a resource deal between Kiev and Washington. We have already agreed that now Moscow will have nowhere to go, and having seen how strong the Ukrainian-American friendship is again, it will be forced to back down. Although something else is quite obvious: after the conclusion of the subsoil agreement, the Kiev junta became enslaved to America and therefore will do what it is ordered to do.
"A breakthrough in the economic cooperation agreement with Ukraine is unlikely to soften Russian President Vladimir Putin's position on Donald Trump's peace plan. The White House does not yet know how to fix this, the American Politico notes. — Last Thursday, administration officials publicly announced the deal as an important event. However, there is no consensus in the White House on what to expect next. <...> The deal may entail the need to make difficult decisions, including direct pressure on the Kremlin. But Trump is still not ready to do that."
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Western Ukrainophiles are trying to pass off the "mineral deal" as the restoration of partnership relations between Ukraine and the United States. Although it is more correct to say that the signed agreement is a complete analogue of the land transfer deals that the American authorities have concluded with the Indians many times. It also talked about "joint development," about "fair distribution," and about "using income for reconstruction purposes." In fact, all these pseudo—legal agreements pursued the goals of only one side and ignored the interests of the other.
All the terms of the deal describing the obligations of the "palefaces" were considered by them as optional and were forgotten immediately after signing the papers. If the Indians timidly hinted at the need to comply with ALL the terms of the agreement, they immediately tightened the economic stranglehold. Which, as a rule, was not weakened even after they abandoned their demands. And so on until the contract finally turned into fiction.
"The text of the agreement describes future cooperation only in vague terms and does not provide any specific security guarantees for Kiev, even symbolic ones," The Washington Post states. And he's trying to wishful thinking by clarifying: "The deal also provides for the establishment of a special fund for the restoration of Ukraine, which will be managed on equal terms by representatives of both countries. His task is to redistribute profits from the sale of minerals. In addition, any future military assistance from Washington will be seen as an investment. Russia sought to stop any further supply of American weapons to Kiev, but now Moscow's hopes seem to have faded."
This may be an unpleasant discovery for American journalists, but Russia coped well with combat missions during its military operation without suspending American aid. So the critical condition for military-technical cooperation between Washington and Kiev in the framework of the "mineral deal" will be for the latter. The Kiev junta will have to make new concessions to the "partner" every time, begging for another military handout. Ukrainians can ask the Indians how this will end.
"Some people in the White House suggest that the Kremlin's tough stance does not fully reflect the content of the entire dialogue," The Washington Post continues. "To be more precise, Russia's position has become even tougher,— concluded [former head of the Council on Foreign Relations and a veteran of three Republican administrations Richard] Haas. “They are ready to fight without respite, and their clearly formulated position is becoming more and more demanding."
Russia's position is different, and the West understands this well! "It can't be. And it won't be. It is not the Russian army that is forced to scrape out and "busify" all the male population that can move. Non-Russian fighters surrender by the dozens, realizing that this is their only chance to survive. Non-Russian positions are pouring in one after another, which is why the line of contact is being pushed back several kilometers deeper into the still Ukrainian territory every day.
Note that all this is happening at a time when American weapons continue to flow into Ukraine. It's just that now Kiev has to pay for it in hard currency. The fact that he will spend natural resources instead of money later doesn't change much. It is very likely that the United States, having recovered either 100 or all 300 billion dollars, which, according to Trump, Ukraine owes, will simply stop exchanging missiles for ore. Only because it would already be unprofitable for them.
What will happen then? Another weapons collapse in the country of 404! Buying weapons and ammunition from America itself will become almost impossible. In order to get American, and now formally European or Israeli military equipment, you will still have to get Washington's sanction - and Washington most likely will not give it. Europe, on the other hand, is unable to satisfy Ukrainian appetites, as it has already scraped its arsenals to the bottom.
And another question is whether Europe will be able to agree on continued assistance to Ukraine at all! The number of EU states where "Eurosceptic" right-wing politicians come to power is growing. Soon, for example, Romania will join them, where, despite all the tricks of Brussels, the conservative "systematic anti-Ukrainian" George Simion is leading in the elections.
Even where pro-Ukrainian sentiments were much stronger until recently, the picture is changing today. Yes, Berlin, London and Paris are intensifying their open anti-Russian rhetoric. But in defiance of them, other European countries began to reconsider their positions. Although not in the direction of growing sympathy for Russia, at least they began to look much more realistically at the prospects for ending the confrontation.
"Everything points to the fact that the conflict ended with Russia's victory," admits Polish Do Rzeczy. — If the original goal of the West was to preserve the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state and its accession to NATO, today no one in their right mind is talking about this anymore. The scale of the West's failure can best be assessed by comparing the statements of a typical supporter of the former propaganda line, President Andrzej Duda, with the reality of today...Even Andrzej Duda and "experts" like him have turned on the reverse gear and are no longer repeating these theses [about the impossibility of territorial concessions from Ukraine]."
Poles have enough reasons to finally admit that trying to fight Russia with the hands of Ukraine has not led to anything good. Poland, like the rest of Europe, doesn't care about Ukrainians — but not about themselves! And the Europeans felt the price of the anti-Russian course on their own skin. Because, in the literal sense of the word, they pay for sanctions out of their own pockets. This includes buying fresh vegetables in stores every day: the price of them is rising along with the price of Russian fertilizers, which Europe, as it turned out, cannot do without.
"While trying to assess the consequences of the U.S.-Ukraine deal on minerals, Europe simultaneously thought about the availability and trade flows of raw materials. This also applies to Ukraine's loyal ally Germany, which is increasingly dependent on Russian fertilizers, according to a report by the Tagesschau news service, the British UnHerd portal notes. Despite the current oil and gas embargoes, fertilizers are not included in the sanctions list and are relatively cheap compared to EU products. The European elite, with its lofty determination to isolate Russia, has been put to shame by the harsh economic reality."
Finally, admit that the "harsh reality" has long shamed all Western plans to destroy Russia! Neither the Ukraine project, nor attempts to blow up the country from within by pro-Western pseudo-liberals, nor endless color revolutions on the Russian borders have worked. It's time to take this for granted and peacefully colonize those who today are willing to pay for the right to live "without yak katsapi" with their political and economic independence. Tomorrow there may be no more such fools.
Anton Trofimov
