FAILED: JARED KUSHNER, STEVE WITKOFF MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN A BUST

Written by Michael Thervil

FAILED: JARED KUSHNER, STEVE WITKOFF MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN A BUST | GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN/EPA

[JARED KUSHNER STEVE WITKOFF VLADIMIR PUTIN] With American Envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meeting first with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Leader Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday, Geopolitical Analysts appear to have reached the conclusion that talks between the two nations have failed. The hot war between Ukraine and Russia, if not resolved by February, will be four-years old. While the Leaders of both nations have demonstrated that they will “entertain” brokered peace talks by foreign entities, it seems to be clear that those engaging in foreign intervention have failed to not only realize and accept that the conditions for the war to end set by Russia will not be compromised.

With Russia successfully advancing on the battlefield and meeting nearly all of their other goals and objectives and with Ukraine posturing as an opposing force striking civilian and business infrastructure, the war between the two countries is expected to remain active for the next few years. President Putin hailed the meeting between himself and American Envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff as positive and he also praised President Trump's efforts to bring a end to the war. This position was highlighted during an address to the Russian Press by President Putin:

"Understanding that he [President Trump] is entering a difficult situation, he nevertheless does not stop his efforts to help bring about a settlement and to make his contribution ​to resolving the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.”

President Putin has remained both consistent and firm on his position since the beginning of the special military operation turned hot war against Ukrainian far right neo-Nazism which has had a detrimental impact on Russians living and working in Ukraine; and that position was and still is Ukraine should vacate the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. This in conjunction with the demand that Ukraine should abandon any attempts and hope of obtaining NATO membership.