Putin Makes a Major Concession! Gives Trump a Face, Abandons the Land That Was Captured

Some inside details of Russian President Putin's meeting with US President Trump in Alaska are gradually being revealed.

The current "ceasefire plan" is not that Putin would not budge an inch. Indeed, there is a territorial exchange: Ukraine withdraws from Donbas, Russia freezes the front line, and "returns" part of the occupied territory in Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

It can be said that this is the most obvious retreat by Russia since the start of the Ukraine-Russia war, except for the initial withdrawal from the outskirts of Kyiv.

At least, it is a case of not keeping the land captured, spitting out the meat that was already in the mouth, which is indeed rare.

But once you analyze it slightly, you will find that this so-called "return" is merely a geopolitical show staged by Putin to accommodate Trump. There is actually no real concession, and the so-called "withdrawal" by Russia is just areas that are strategically unimportant and difficult to control in reality. To put it bluntly, Putin just gave Trump a face, threw away some irrelevant land as a trophy for Trump.

Part of the front lines in Sumy and Kharkiv were originally a burden for the Russian army that was hard to stabilize.

Long supply lines, insufficient depth, and an unorganized defense system, plus continuous Ukrainian counterattacks, made the Russian deployment in these areas more of a symbolic presence.

Even Russian military analysts openly admit that these areas are easy to capture but meaningless to hold.

Therefore, the so-called "return" is not a military withdrawal, but rather taking advantage of the slope to conveniently get rid of them.

As for Trump, this "land for peace" arrangement coincides with his rhetoric.

He has been loudly demanding territorial exchanges. Now he can say, look, I have negotiated it, Putin has made a concession, and he is willing to exchange territories.

Giving up a few front-line pockets that are hard to capture and hard to hold, in exchange for Trump's cooperation in promoting it, this deal is certainly one that Putin is willing to make.

But the unfortunate ones are still Ukraine. The land that even Putin doesn't want has become their last card on the negotiation table.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1840852812141705/

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