cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/53496984
Washington has presented Ukraine with a 28-point plan, which endorses some of Russia’s principal demands in the war, including that Kyiv cede additional territory, curb the size of its military and be barred from joining NATO.
They already have cut off weapons. They have no leverage to force a deal.
Look at me. EU is Captain now.
Which is what Trump kept driving them to with all his strongman tactics. Trump’s influence has a time limit as nations divest from the US. Leverage is something a wise leader works to quietly undermine.
By most accounts US intelligence of where Russian air defenses are has been a major driver of the success of Ukraine’s oil refinery campaign so it’s not quite true that the US has no leverage. Not sure that would be enough for me to give up what they’re demanding if I were Ukrainian but as I’m not I don’t know whether it’ll force the issue.