In Reply to: From WaPo, the US (Trump's) proposal for ending.. posted by SagoBob on April 23, 2025 at 13:36:50
I'm not sure what the incentive is for Ukraine to agree.
Whether or not they agree to the treaty, Russia will break it.
Whether or not they agree to the treaty, the US will not support Ukraine.
The Russian economy is going into the tank with oil prices falling from a worldwide recession and Saudi's dumping oil into the market.
Russia has to spend more resources to gain less land than 6 months ago.
They've significantly run out of armor. Russia's air defense has degraded to the point where we commonly see F-16s in the front dropping JDAMS on forward Russian positions.
Suppose the US drops sanctions, the EU/Japan/NK can continue them. With the US tarriffing everyone, the US isn't the trade partner everyone wants to do business with over the EU and Asia.
We are seeing France/German/Netherlands stepping up.