Ukraine says talks with Russia agreed on humanitarian corridors

[Wicked Blue]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A Ukrainian negotiator said on Thursday that a second round of ceasefire talks with Russia had not yielded the results Kyiv hoped for, but the sides had reached an understanding on creating humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said the two sides envisaged a possible temporary ceasefire to allow for the evacuation of civilians.

"That is, not everywhere, but only in those places where the humanitarian corridors themselves will be located, it will be possible to cease fire for the duration of the evacuation," he said.

They had also reached an understanding on the delivery of medicines and food to the places where the fiercest fighting was taking place.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ukraine-says-talks-with-russia-agreed-on-humanitarian-corridors/ar-AAUzoKN

[PA_jen]

1. I hope it works and I'm wrong but I don't trust Putin. He'll target those Corridors.

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. My first thought. He has declared total war on Ukraine.

[Igel]

9. If I remember right,

in 2015 he did that. The "enemy" was moving out and they were fish in a barrel. Putin's favorite ploy--defend yourself, and you're attacking the good guys; don't defend yourself, and we kill the bad guys.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Putin is crazy enough to think the corridors will make him look like a humanitarian.

Saving lives.

[BlueWavePsych]

4. Maybe, just maybe, the sanctions are taking effect ...

[ancianita]

7. Maybe not. Maybe Putin is buying time and supplies for his own attackers. Sanctions are not

having as much affect on him as we might think. Sure they got Abramovich and Usmanov this time, but while Putin's oligarchs get a cold, Russians back home all have pneumonia.

"Putin will have to choose between putting money into his military or paying pensioners,” Bergmann said. “So sanctions serve to degrade Putin’s power and strength over the long term."

In the meantime, wealthy Russians are investing in cryptocurrencies and using other emerging strategies to protect their fortunes, much like they adapted to an earlier round of U.S. sanctions following Putin’s 2014 Crimean invasion.

“Sanctions enforcement is inherently a cat-and-mouse game,” said Marhsall Billingslea, who helped set sanctions policy for the Trump administration, “and they’ve had eight years, ever since Crimea, to set up alternative mechanisms to keep hard currency flowing to the regime.”

Edward Fishman, a former State Department official during the Obama administration, said the move to sanction Putin sends a strong signal of support to the Ukrainians who are under fire. But the economic penalties with have no real effect on the Russian leader.

“No sanctions can dramatically decrease Putin’s quality of life ... Putin treats the Russian economy as his own personal piggy bank,” Fishman said. “President Putin’s wealth is derived from the hard-earned wages of Russian taxpayers, as well as Russia’s oil exports.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-sanctions-russian-oligarchs-miss-richest-rich-83118491

[relayerbob]

8. I agree, buying time for resupply

[ancianita]

5. Russia does that when it's destabilizing countries. It did it in Syria and other nations.

Then Trump suddenly withdrew and left Putin with 19 of our military bases, airplanes, armory and infantry weapons.

Should there be humanitarian supply lines? Of course.
But remember that this is war of attrition strategy.
It's how Putin both destabilizes and weakens an attacked nation.

Its benefits Russian troops as much as the civilians they're attacking.

It's also Russia's attempt to stave off its generals and Putin being charged with international war crimes.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Russia needs to pay reparation costs.