Putin Lays Final Word on ‘Settlement’ Sham in Kyrgyzstan Conference, by Simplicius

You can learn a lot about Vladimir Putin if you listen to what he says, which the Western media rarely does except for the occasional out-of-context snippet. From Simplicius at simplicius76.substack.com:

It gets as tiring writing about the phony ‘peace settlement’ charade as it likely does for you reading about it. However, Putin has finally delivered the definitive word on the entire matter during a press conference on his Kyrgyzstan trip, which is worth taking note of because it answers key questions that lingered in people’s minds—particularly those of the concern troll disposition.

The biggest confirmation from Putin was that Russia was not given any real ‘draft treaties’ but rather more an informal list of points for discussion—this appears to be what Russian figures were referring to when they said nothing of consequence was really presented to Russia:

[see linked article for video]

Statements by Vladimir Putin regarding the proposed Ukraine peace plans:

— There was no “draft peace treaty,” only a set of questions they suggested discussing

— Overall, we agree that this could serve as a basis for future arrangements

— Every word of the peace plan on Ukraine needs to be sat down and discussed seriously

— At present, some points of the plan sound ridiculous

— Russia is ready to formally confirm that it has no intention of attacking Europe

— Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services have always maintained contact; the Abu Dhabi venue is actively used for POW matters

— The appearance of a U.S. representative at the Abu Dhabi talks was unexpected

— U.S. representatives will come to Russia next week

— Russia will cease hostilities only when the Ukrainian Armed Forces leave the occupied territories — or when we achieve our goals militarily

In short, this is Putin’s way of downgrading the significance of the 28-point plan to a sort of very preliminary document meant merely for the initiation of serious discussions, rather than serving as some kind of final or pre-final agreement as was being sold by the overly-optimistic US side. This is particularly the case with the Trump team’s constant boasting that the war was now extremely close to its end, owing to this “plan” as final catalyst.

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