indeed!    i'm going to fill you in because you're clueless about the conflict:  1. russia already controls most of the ukraine's natural resources.  2. while 20% of the population of the ukraine was included in the annexation of the ukraine by russia, a substantial number of ukrainians also migrated to russia to avoid the tyranny of the zelensky regime. russia now has the majority of the ukrainian population on its side, solidly. there are also substantial elements within the ukraine itself which continue to resist the government, as emigration controls are being enforced to prevent more of them from defecting.  3. while russia's goal in the war for the majority of the last two years (since 2023) has been to eradicate as many soldiers of the ukraine as possible to render them unable to resist further occupation, their main goal is to seize the regions with high degrees of preference for russia--their supporters in the civil war which led to this conflict. these regions do not have as many natural resources as the more resource-rich regions in the northwest which russia doesn't even actually (officially) want.  there is no victory in this war. they've already lost too many lives. us soldiers' deaths wouldn't be worthwhile. victory is just reaching a ceasefire. biden's crossing of red lines this year to a point that russia declared that they would no longer negotiate at all was just a culmination of that. if trump hasn't even gotten russia to the negotiating table and can only talk to military leaders about the war situation itself, then it's far from a deal. he's just asking guys with intel for information to lead to negotiations.
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