Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker said on Newsmax Tuesday that any U.S.-Ukraine understanding will ultimately hinge on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
And Putin, Volker argued, is unlikely to accept a deal that falls short of Moscow’s maximalist war aims.
Volker told “American Agenda” that Putin has signaled he intends to reject proposals that do not effectively “give him all of Ukraine,” contending the Kremlin wants to subjugate Ukraine by limiting its sovereignty and military, blocking meaningful security guarantees, and seizing even more territory than Russia has taken on the battlefield.
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