The Kremlin said on Monday that Moscow welcomed statements from US officials that ruled out Ukrainian entry into NATO.
“We have heard statements made at various levels in Washington that Ukraine’s NATO membership is ruled out. This is something that brings us satisfaction and aligns with our stance,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to TASS.
Several high-level Trump administration officials, including President Trump himself, have said that any peace deal to end the war in Ukraine would not involve Ukrainian membership in NATO.
Russia sought a guarantee from the US that Ukraine wouldn’t join NATO before it launched its invasion in February 2022, but the Biden administration refused to engage with Moscow on the issue. During short-lived peace talks in March and April of 2022, which were discouraged by the US, Russia’s main demand was for Ukrainian neutrality.
Bloomberg has reported that the US has presented a potential peace proposal for the war in Ukraine that would involve ruling out Ukrainian entry into NATO and easing sanctions on Russia. The report said the possible deal would effectively freeze the war, with Russia keeping the territory it currently controls, but other details are unclear.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said that the US would decide in the coming days if a peace deal was possible in Ukraine. “We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I’m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks,” he said.
President Trump also said the US would “take a pass” on negotiating an end to the war if a deal isn’t reached soon. “Now, if for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we’re just going to say: ‘You’re foolish. You’re fools. You’re horrible people’ – and we’re going to just take a pass,” he said. “But hopefully we won’t have to do that.”
In the meantime, the fighting in Ukraine continues. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a 30-hour Easter truce, although both sides accused the other of violations, and Russia announced it resumed attacks on Monday.
"if for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say: 'You're foolish. You're fools. You're horrible people'"
One of the two parties is U.S. and yes, U.S. is ruled by foolish and horrible people.
Europe's supposedly progressive press always speaks of Russias peace expectations as "maximalist", essentially keeping what they control and no NATO membership. Never is such a slur directed to Ukraine's "peace formula", a toxic brew of indifference to democracy and all the facts on the ground. Maybe this will be the one time in history when the losing side gets all their demands met. Not.
I see no reason why, if he truly wants peace, Trump, the Big Deal Maker, can't just make a separate peace with Russia. The US has a veto over all new NATO members. Simply declare that it won't allow the Ukraine to join, under any circumstances. As for sanctions, most of them are unilateral US sanctions. Just end them. And then cut off all military and other aid to the Ukraine, unless it agrees to reasonable peace terms itself. Let the Ukrianians rely on the big talkers in Paris and Poland and London and the Baltic States (LOL!) for their aid, if they think they can fight on without the USA!
There is nothing that the USA needs or has any real reason to want out of Russia. Russia is doing nothing to make the USA feel insecure. Russia is not expanding its military sphere of influence into North America. Russia would be happy to have free and unsanctioned trade with the USA.
The Ukraine, supposedly, has a beef with Russia. Well, good for the Ukraine…or not! Again, I see no reason why the USA has to be involved in that beef. The Ukraine is half a world away from the USA. It does not even border an ocean that also borders the USA. The Ukraine, or most of it, anyway, has been part of Russia or the USSR since before there was a USA. If Russia took over all of it (which is unlikley), still, that is a nothing burger for the USA.
Make the deal, Donnie!
Ah, logic … if only it were king!
Too much money to be made from chaos, I’m afraid …
That all sounds perfectly reasonable !
It was Insane John McCain who tried pushing NATO into Georgia and Ukraine along with other warmonger NEOCONs.
Enough NATO they are an organization that only wants to protect their jobs and funding from American taxpayers.
Apr 21, 2025 We'll Take ODESSA, KIEV, and SUMY: Putin's Crafty Plan SHOCKED The WEST and Crushed UKRAINE's Hopes
As you know, on April 19, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov.
https://youtu.be/3wc07uAa77E?si=HV2tBHzdF-n0Xy_4
After more than three years, they haven’t even been able to take Donetsk.
And yet the Russian military is still advancing, albeit slowly, and there is nothing the mighty west can do to stop it. Face it, Thomas, we're on the losing side. We started this war and have fought it through the Ukrainian proxy, and we're getting our asses kicked. When I say we I, of course, mean our greedy, bloodthirsty government. Not you and I.
Yes, the Russian forces are advancing, albeit slowly. And when they finish taking the last bit of land that they can ever hope to actually pacify and rule (the remainder of Donetsk), Putin will probably declare “victory.”
It would be nice if Zelenskyy could acknowledge that Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk are going to remain Russian possessions for the foreseeable future, so that Putin could get that fig leaf and stop bleeding his men’s lives into the soil of the areas that he’s going to have to leave sooner or laters.
Russia will do whatever it feels that it needs to do to satisfy its security concerns, however long it takes. Who's going to stop them? Not Europe, not the United States.
They pretty much stopped themselves with poor equipment and incompetent leadership. But the Ukrainian regime, with European and US assistance, did help them with that.
To complete my thought, it would be nice if Zelenskyy could help Putin out with a compromise instead of just letting Russians bleed until Putin or his replacement gets tired — but he'd likely be dead within hours of making any attempt to do so.
I can agree with the last part about Zelensky being dead. I’ll bet he sometimes wonders how the hell he got himself into this.
Putin can't ignore the opinion of the head of Russian Orthodox Church the same way as American president can't ignore the opinion of Wall Street banksters. On one side we have a fundamentally Christian country; on the other side we have capitalist imperialistic sharks. It is a geopolitical battle.
He can’t “ignore” whatever opinion he orders Kirill to express?
I can show you how correct you are Mikhailovich. Thanks for your time, and comments friend.
April 16, 2024 History: Adolph Hitler was Financed by Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England US Investments in Nazi Germany. Rockefeller Financed Adolf Hitler’s Election Campaign
From World War I to the Present: Dollar denominated debt has been the driving force behind all US led wars. Wall Street creditors are the main actors. They were firmly behind Nazi Germany. They financed Operation Barbarossa and the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/history-of-world-war-ii-nazi-germany-was-financed-by-the-federal-reserve-and-the-bank-of-england/5530318
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So what if the United States made statements ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine. The United States will do what it always does. Make promises, wait for the other party to make concessions, and then go back on those promises. White man always speaks with forked tongue.
The US statement is just a face-saver for Putin, who has always known that Ukraine was never, under any circumstances, going to become a NATO member.
If you mean that Putin has always known that Russia will never allow Ukraine to join NATO, then yes.
Putin has always known that that wasn’t even a credible threat. It takes unanimous consent of the existing NATO states to admit a new member and several of those states would either be naturally inclined to veto such a move, or else be easily bribed to do so.
That only happens because NATO is losing in Ukraine. If NATO was winning then Ukraine would be admitted to NATO. The bribes, or threats, would be going the other way.
There are 32 NATO member states. It takes a grand total of one to prevent a new member state from being admitted, and several of those states have historically good relations with Russia and/or material interests that Russia can choose to help with or hinder.
Putin has, and always has had, effective veto power over Ukrainian membership in NATO. Any pretense otherwise was an excuse for actions he had other reasons to take, not a real “red line” issue.
Now Washington must say no NATO troops will go to Ukraine as "peacemakers", which is the same as joining NATO. They won't because this is the plan to "fool" the Ruskies.