Ukraine, the secret plan of Germany and the USA to stop the war. “Maximum pressure on Kyiv”

Berlin and Washington are reportedly considering a plan to persuade Ukraine to resume talks with Russia to reach a truce. The German newspaper Bild also reported on a secret strategy that has already been developed: putting pressure on Kiev by gradually starting to reduce arms supplies. The German government actually aims to put Ukraine in a “strategic good negotiating position,” the newspaper wrote, also citing government sources: “The country must negotiate with Vladimir Putin’s regime about its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The White House and the Chancellery are coordinating on this matter.”

Neither German Chancellor Olaf Scholz nor US President Joe Biden wants to directly invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate the future status of the territories occupied by Russia. Instead, the two countries, the largest arms suppliers to Ukraine, decided to push for dialogue by limiting the quality and quantity of shipments. A member of the German government told the newspaper: “Zelensky must realize that things cannot continue like this – he must address the nation of his own free will and make it clear that the negotiations must continue.”

What if limiting arms supplies doesn’t work? A source in the German government said that Washington and Berlin will have an alternative plan ready: “What Berlin and Washington aspire to as an alternative to negotiations is a frozen conflict, without an agreement between the two parties. “It’s like Minsk, but without Minsk,” he said, referring to the fragile protocol signed in 2014 that aims to reach an immediate ceasefire and end the conflict in Donbas. German MP Roderich Kieswetter, a former General Staff officer of the armed forces, said: “It has become abundantly clear that Increasingly, the government does not believe in a Ukrainian victory and does not want it at all. In contact with the newspaper, the German Chancellery denied: “Germany stands firmly with Ukraine. We will support Ukraine as much as necessary to defend itself from Russian aggression.”

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