{"id":690574,"date":"2026-10-22T02:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690574"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:08:31","slug":"ukraine-in-the-crosshairs-europe-written-off-russia-ready-only-for-a-deal-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690574","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine In The Crosshairs, Europe Written Off: Russia Ready Only For A Deal With Trump!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia has, judging by the latest signals from the Valdai Forum and from official Moscow, finally and unequivocally buried the illusion of a swift peace with Europe. The optimism that occasionally flickered in previous months \u2014 whether due to hints of possible negotiations or expectations that the American administration would pressure Kyiv \u2014 has given way to a cold, realistic, and almost fatalistic assessment: the war continues, and its outcome must be military. Peace is no longer a goal achieved through compromise, but a result forced on the battlefield.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is, however, a clear and strategically important difference in the attitude toward Washington. The Kremlin openly leaves room for cooperation with the United States and President Trump. There it sees the possibility of a pragmatic agreement based on shared interests \u2014 whether concerning the control of escalation, energy issues, or a broader geopolitical realignment. The European Union, by contrast, is effectively written off as a partner with whom there is no longer any serious dialogue or any trust whatsoever. In the Russian view, Brussels is perceived as an actor that not only does not want peace but is actively working toward the strategic weakening of Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dmitry Trenin, the man who for two decades headed the Carnegie Endowment in Moscow and was one of the most vocal and influential advocates of Russia\u2019s \u201cEuropean\u201d path, today summarizes this bitter lesson without any embellishment. For thirty years Russia persistently tried to join the Western \u201cclub\u201d \u2014 to be accepted as an equal partner, to build relations on the principle of mutual respect and shared values. That attempt, in his assessment, was futile and costly. Europe, as Putin himself clearly stated at the Valdai Forum, has not abandoned the idea of strategically defeating Russia, \u201cdismantling the empire,\u201d and permanently weakening the Russian state as a geopolitical factor. Therefore, the turn toward the East and the Global South is no longer a free choice of the elite, but a necessity imposed by geopolitical reality. The Valdai Forum, once a platform for dialogue with Western intellectuals and politicians, has become a mirror of this profound transformation of Russian foreign policy and of the way Moscow now sees the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this new context, military objectives are acquiring ever clearer, more concrete, and longer-term outlines. The seizure of Odesa is no longer merely an operational wish or a symbolic goal, but a strategic necessity. Russia is, according to this logic, compelled to turn Ukraine into a landlocked state \u2014 thereby permanently limiting its economic, commercial, and military capabilities and preventing its renewed strengthening as a potential bridgehead against Russia. At the same time, an offensive in the direction of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia is announced as a logical and expected next step in the coming year. The aim is not only territorial gain, but the creation of a wide and deep buffer zone that would make any \u201cfreezing\u201d of the conflict on lines that would leave Kyiv room for future revanchism, regrouping, and rearmament with Western help impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zelensky is, of course, a huge problem for any negotiation process. His position, rhetoric, and dependence on Western support make him an unacceptable interlocutor for Moscow. But the question of an alternative is no less problematic. All previous Kyiv politicians, without exception, in the Russian assessment, have lied to Moscow \u2014 whether regarding the Minsk agreements, neutrality, or security guarantees. Trust has been completely exhausted. That is why the Kremlin is no longer looking for a \u201creliable\u201d negotiator in Kyiv. It is seeking a decisive military result that will itself dictate the terms of a lasting peace, regardless of who is sitting in Bankova Street at that moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to all this, concern is growing over Kaliningrad and Japan\u2019s behavior. The Kaliningrad exclave, surrounded by NATO territory and potentially cut off in the event of a wider conflict, is becoming a symbol of Russian vulnerability and one of the most sensitive points of Russia\u2019s security architecture. At the same time, suspicions that Japan holds or could hold nuclear missiles on its territory add a new and dangerous dimension of tension in the Far East. Russia no longer views the Ukrainian theater as an isolated conflict. It sees a wider arc of pressure stretching from the Baltic, across the Black Sea, all the way to the Pacific \u2014 and is preparing for that reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In short: Europe has been written off as a partner and as a prospect. Ukraine is viewed primarily through the prism of a military solution. With Washington and Trump, however, Russia sees real room for cooperation and a possible pragmatic agreement. The illusion of a \u201creturn to Europe\u201d is dead. A pragmatic relationship with America remains an open and serious option. Odesa, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia are becoming symbols of the decision to end the war on the battlefield \u2014 while simultaneously building a new, more realistic, and less ideological relationship with Washington.<\/p>\n

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