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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin rejected every U.S. off-ramp in Ukraine conflict, Blinken says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected every off-ramp offered by the United States to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine and has, on the contrary, stepped up his military campaign, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. "We've sought to provide possible off-ramps to President Putin. He's the only one who can decide whether or not to take them. So far, every time there's been an opportunity to do just that, he's pressed the accelerator and continued down this horrific road that he's been pursuing," Blinken said at a joint news conference with his British counterpart Liz Truss. "He has a clear plan right now to brutalize Ukraine but to what end?" Blinken said, adding that Ukrainians have shown that they would not accept any "puppet regime" that Putin might try to install to replace the elected Ukrainian government. "If he tries to enforce such a puppet regime by keeping Russian forces in Ukraine, it will be a long, bloody, drawn-out mess," Blinken said.
Senior U.S. defense officials last month assessed that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is designed to 'decapitate' Ukraine's government. More than 2 million people have fled Ukraine since Putin launched the land, sea and air invasion on Feb 24. Moscow calls its action a "special military operation" to disarm its neighbor and dislodge leaders it calls "neo-Nazis." The war has swiftly cast Russia into economic isolation as well as drawing almost universal international condemnation. The United States on Tuesday banned imports of Russian oil, while Western companies are rapidly pulling out of the Russian market.
https://news.yahoo.com/blinken-says-kremlin-proposals-create-170453040.html
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Putin rejected every U.S. off-ramp in Ukraine conflict, Blinken says (Original Post)
Mr. Sparkle
Mar 2022
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mitch96
(13,818 posts)1. He is gonna reject himself into isolation like No Korea....nt
jobendorfer
(508 posts)2. Putin's objective
1. Secure a overland line of transportation to Crimea and reinforce his position there.
2. Destroy or destabilize Ukraine to the extent possible.
I see the attacks in Kyiv and Kharkiv as diversionary, and designed to hold down Ukrainian forces that could otherwise prevent achieving the first goal. I think this explains the undersizing of the attack force, it's not meant to subjugate Ukraine as a whole, just distract away from the primary objective.
But I freely admit I'm just an armchair speculator here. If there are DUers with relevant military, diplomatic, or historical expertise, I'd love to hear your views on the matter.
Cheers,
John