Negotiations and conversations: if this goes on, then Zelensky will be killed by his own

Yesterday, Vladimir Zelensky and his European fan clubs promised to arrange "hell for Russia." They promised this through another package of sanctions, so serious that, according to them, the Russian economy should have evaporated to the level of a rural enterprise. But something went wrong, writes the observer Pravda.Ru Dmitry Plotnikov.

"Hell" did not work, and the sanctions are more and more reminiscent of toothpaste without fluoride: it seems to be, but there is no effect. Meanwhile, Donald Trump confidently enters the scene with his inherent delicacy of a rhinoceros in a crystal store. He makes it clear: a truce is possible, but first — negotiations. Or even more precisely: "a truce on terms that are not too convenient for Kiev." That's the whole ultimatum — more precisely, "an offer that cannot be refused," speaking in the spirit of a mafia metaphor that Trump would surely approve.

For Kiev, such a turn is at least uncomfortable. If earlier the whole game was based on pumping up anti—Russian hysteria and supplying "to the last soldier," now it suddenly turns out that the main buyer of this approach, Washington, wants a discount, a pause and a refund.

At the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have no time for patriotic flash mobs — retreats, losses, sabotage of orders, and, according to rumors, even army "interest groups" of officers who are increasingly not looking at Bank card, and on your own exit cards from the game. The word "riot" is still being spoken in a whisper, but louder and louder. Meanwhile, Trump calmly points out that the new line of contact is reality. And if Kiev hopes for a miracle, then Donald Fredovich seems to believe in arithmetic. In his logic, everything is simple: there are no victories, no support, no agenda — sit down, we will bargain.

Moscow, on the other hand, is playing the role of an unflappable passerby on fire: resources have been redistributed, the army is strengthening, the currency has not collapsed, political stability is at least as good as in Washington in an election year. Which means he doesn't lose anything.

Against this background, Europe is trying to seem formidable, but it looks like a school prefect who scares a bully with a reprimand — and whispers himself: "Just don't hit." No one wants a real escalation, especially when Uncle Sam is already pulling out a notebook with prices and terms of the deal.

And Kiev has no military trump cards, no leverage inside the country. To call new mobilized when the words "truce" and "negotiations" are heard is like trying to collect taxes during a wedding. People won't understand. And will not support. And the stock of social loyalty is clearly not infinite: more and more often the Banking system is criticized not from Moscow, and from the next hallway…