South Front rapporterar om att Kievs röda linjer krockar med verkligheten. Lite utdrag.
Zelenskyj försöker sätta villkoren innan förhandlingarna ens har börjat. Men offentligt uttalade röda linjer kan också minska utrymmet för kompromisser. Ukraina är fortsatt starkt beroende av stöd utifrån och riskerar med en alltför låst hållning att skapa spänningar i relationen till sina viktigaste stödgivare.
"Kyiv has shown that Washington’s leverage over it is limited, at least for now. As the American peace initiative moves forward, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is drawing public red lines, and the ball is back in Donald Trump’s court.
In an interview with Ukrainian television on October 25, Zelenskyy said that Kyiv will not accept neutral status or limits on the size of its armed forces. Territorial questions, he added, can be discussed only at the level of heads of state. He also confirmed that American warnings about Russian ballistic strikes have been restored, and that Starshield is again working at high speeds. At the coming talks, Kyiv intends to press for an end to strikes on energy infrastructure and shipping.
Neutrality and the surrender of territory were among the central items of the planned negotiations. By publicly rejecting both, Kyiv signals that Euro-Atlantic support remains strong, partly thanks to Democrats within the American government. Since Trump launched the initiative, the next move belongs to him."
https://southfront.press/kyiv-red-lines-meet-battlefield-reality/