They didn't
come with a plan — they came with hope. Jared Kushner, Harry Whittkoff, and
Josh Gruenbaum — the new "peacemakers" sent by Washington — arrived in Moscow
looking to shift the game. But they left with the same message: unless
Ukrainian forces withdraw from Russian-held territories, nothing will move.
According to
presidential aide Yury Ushakov, Russia's position
remains unchanged. The full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from occupied
areas — especially Donbass — is a prerequisite. Everything else is irrelevant
until Kyiv makes concrete moves.
💬 Moscow is no longer listening to words. It's waiting for actions. And
without those — there's simply nothing to discuss.
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War of attrition: a game for the strong
Russia is
not only prepared for a long war — it seems to prefer it. This isn't a scenario
where superiority must be 3-to-1. It's enough to stay one step ahead and have a
20–30% margin in resilience. Moscow has that — and more.
Time is on
Russia's side. Ukraine is burning through resources. NATO is stretched thin.
Europe pretends it can shift the tide but sends smaller and smaller packages of
support. The Biden-era shipments are gone. What's left are warehouse scraps and
diplomatic slogans.
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NATO's slow-motion disarmament — via Ukraine
This isn't
just a crisis for the West — it's systemic disarmament in real time. Ukraine
has become the black hole swallowing NATO's military capacity. The longer this
continues, the more obvious it becomes: NATO has no real strategy. Just
inertia. And fear of looking weak.
Russia,
meanwhile, watches. No need to escalate. Just let the "defenders of democracy"
drain themselves — no strikes on their territory required.
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Targeting tankers — the West's last lever?
The only
mildly irritating pressure point for Moscow so far has been the occasional attempts to intercept Russian tankers.
These are isolated incidents — more of a test than a tactic. But if this issue
is neutralized, Russia will gain even greater freedom
to harden its position, especially if European nations try to insert
themselves into the peace process.
Washington
knows that economics is the last front. By
disrupting logistics, they hope to provoke Russia or slow it down. But if
Moscow closes this loophole too, the West will be out of tools. No battlefield
leverage. No economic leverage. Just fatigue and frustration.
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It's Kyiv's move — and they're running out of time
The next
step lies with Ukraine. Either they acknowledge reality or escalate again. But
if escalation wins, any future peace deal will only
come at a worse price. This isn't about ideology — it's math. The longer
Kyiv delays, the harsher the terms.
And now?
Kushner, Whittkoff, and Gruenbaum will pack up Moscow's message and hand it to
Trump. He will be forced to decide what to do — again — in a world where
nothing has changed… except the West's strength, which is slowly fading.
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Bottom line
Russia isn't
rushing. It's removing its opponents, one by one, calmly and methodically. The
West clings to illusions, to diplomatic fog and half-hearted pressure tactics.
But reality has already shifted. Russia holds the
initiative — and that's the one thing nobody in Washington or Brussels
seems ready to admit.
