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President Putin says Europe sabotaged a peace deal intentionally and warns: "If Europe wants a war with us and starts it, a situation may quickly arise where there is no one left for us to negotiate with" The last time I saw Putin this mad was after the Maidan Coup, even then i didnt see the video.I just heard he was so angry at Obama and Merkel he snapped his writing pencil his hand holding. After todays meeting with the US, Putin is aggrivated.

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Putin responding. just now, to a question from a reporter on why Russia and the US have excluded the EU from Ukraine peace talks (my translation): "They had this fantasy about imposing a strategic defeat on Russia and all these talking points [EU officials] keep repeating show some of them are still stuck in these illusions. Even though they know, they absolutely know, that ship sailed ages ago and was never realistic in the first place. They just convinced themselves it was true because they wanted to believe it. And now they can’t bring themselves to admit they were wrong. They’ve basically taken themselves out of the whole process. That’s the first thing. "Second. They look at the situation today, don’t like what they see, and instead of being helpful, they’ve started getting in the way of the current US administration and President Trump, who’s trying to reach a peace deal through negotiations. They walked away from talks themselves, and now they’re blocking Trump too. "Third. They don’t have a peace plan at all. They’re openly backing war. And even when they pretend they’re proposing "adjustments" to Trump’s plan, it’s obvious what they’re doing: every one of those changes is meant to kill the peace process entirely. They set conditions that they know Russia could never accept, and then the plan is to blame Russia later for the collapse. That’s the whole game. And we see it clearly. "So if they want to come back down to earth and deal with reality as it is on the ground, they’re welcome to [join the process]."
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This doesn't look good. From my perspective, EU leadership is either delusional or set on continuing the war. Perhaps they think that Russia will eventually collapse, but that's a dangerous strategy. "Direct modern war" and "nobody left to negotiate with" are concerning statements. He's already called their bluff with the SMO.
The west is just using Ukraine as a coinmixer. Trump doesn't want an end there either - all the "war" budget increases means massive gains for the US military complex. It's just business. No peace until the CIA stages another coup somewhere else probably.