Russia plays the negotiation game one way. If you reject a deal, in the following rounds of negotiation Russia will present increasingly less favorable terms. From Moon of Alabama at moonofalabama.org:
The actor who has been playing the President of Ukraine for a while is getting cold feet. Winter is coming and the energy networks of Ukraine are near to the point of total breakdown.
There could have been agreements in place to prevent that. But the Ukrainian side had botched those deals. Now Zelenski is begging to renew them.
In late 2022 the Russian military launched a bombing campaign against electricity switching stations in Ukraine. A lot of transformers got blown up. The Ukrainian military responded by concentrating its air defenses near electricity stations. That was exactly the effect the Russian’s had asked for. The air defense installations, not the electricity stations, had been their real target.
After splitting from the Soviet Union, Ukraine had had the best air defenses money could buy. During the fall and winter of 2022 most of it had been destroyed. The Russian campaign against electricity stations came to a halt.
In 2023/24 the Ukrainian military started its own campaign against infrastructure in Russia. Several refineries were hit by drones and went up into flames. Gasoline production in Russia was falling significantly and export of gasoline had to be stopped for a while.
The Russians retaliated by renewing their campaign against Ukraine’s electricity network. But this time the targets were not just switching stations but the generation facility themselves. The non-nuclear electricity production in Ukraine got decimated.
Breaking:
404 denied NATO admittance. (H/T-AE)
Under Satan’s Authority and Germany voted NO.
Brandon’s handler puppet voice in ear said Article 5 means WWIII.
The voice was of a smooth Kool smoking messiah.
Robert Fico of Slovakia and Orban of Hungary said NO.
They have to take care of Star of Remphan Israel by sending arms to kill civilians with.
You did build that Under Satan’s Authority.
69% of kill Gazans weapons come from USA the rest from UK. (H/T-ALJ)