but that's the best they can hope for. the prevailing vatnik sentiment is that the territory matters more than the economic and political conditions of both countries.  they claim that trump is going to force a stop to the war, with russia taking official control of everything it presently holds. and that's why ukraine has already lost.  but peskov is saying that wouldn't be an acceptable peace treaty. the absolute best case scenario for russia was that trump would offer them control over what they currently hold, no reparations, partially lifted sanctions and no access to nato for ukraine.  but they wouldn't accept that? what do they possibly think they can get? or do they simply know that the oligarchs and general population would both be unhappy with that and are dragging it out to the very end just to buy time until the blade falls on their necks? are they delusional and isolated, or are they just supremely craven and willfully casting tens of thousands of men on both sides to their deaths for a few more weeks of "freedom?"
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