May 11, 2025
Trump Proclaims “Great Day” After Putin Launches Diplomatic Counterstrike
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
A thought-provoking new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first notes President Putin announced to the world last evening: “Despite everything, we propose that the Kiev authorities resume the negotiations they interrupted at the end of 2022…Resume direct negotiations, and I emphasize, without any preconditions…We propose to start without delay next Thursday, 15 May, in Istanbul – where they were previously held and interrupted…We are committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine to eliminate the root causes of the conflict and achieve long-term, sustainable peace…We do not rule out that in the course of these negotiations it will be possible to agree on some new ceasefires – real truces – that would be observed not only by Russia, but by Ukraine as well…Our proposal is on the table…The decision now lies with the Ukrainian authorities and their curators”.
Following President Putin’s announcement, this report notes, his top presidential aide Yury Ushakov told reporters: “A proposal on negotiations without preconditions has been made…They need to come and begin negotiations…This is quite easy if they want it, of course…As you know, we have suggested Thursday,15 May…We are ready to start in the morning…The announcement on who will head the Russian delegation will be made in the coming days”, and top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared: “This is a very serious proposal, which confirms the real intention to find a peaceful solution”.
Immediately after President Putin made his announcement, this report continues, he called NATO member leader Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asking him to host the 15 May talks in Istanbul—President Erdogan swiftly declared: “The Turkish side will provide all possible assistance in organizing and conducting negotiations aimed at achieving a lasting peace”, and he told his fellow NATO member leader French President Emmanuel Macron that “a historic turning point” to end the conflict had been reached, and that this opportunity should be seized.
Most certainly seizing on the “historic turning point” to end the conflict, this report details, was President Donald Trump, who within mere minutes of President Putin and President Erdogan concluded their call around Midnight in Washington time proclaimed: “A potentially great day for Russia and Ukraine!…Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending “bloodbath” hopefully comes to an end…It will be a whole new, and much better, WORLD…I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that it happens…The USA wants to focus, instead, on Rebuilding and Trade…A BIG week upcoming!”.
Most certainly not seizing on the “historic turning point” to end the conflict, this report notes, is Ukraine and its socialist European Union puppet masters, who yesterday issued the ultimatum that Russia agree to a 30 day ceasefire starting on 12 May—an ultimatum immediately rejected by Russia, and the Wall Street Journal revealed today: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Vladimir Putin to implement a full cease-fire starting Monday in order to facilitate talks on an end to the war, countering the Russian president’s offer that said talks should come first”.
While the world waits to see if Ukraine will show up in Istanbul for unconditional talks on 15 May, this report concludes, retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen assessed: “Putin’s peace talks proposal is a counterstrike—not with missiles, but with diplomacy…However, Ukraine doesn’t want peace, it wants time to rearm and readjust their forces…Don’t expect Kiev or its NATO patrons to bite…They’re not looking for peace…They’re looking for an opening shot in the next round…Russia is open to negotiations, but Ukraine keeps walking away from the table and violating every ceasefire”—and was an assessment joined by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) revealing today: “Ukraine breached the Victory Day ceasefire over 14,000 times and attempted five border incursions…In these conditions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responded mirror-like to the AFU ceasefire violations and acted adequately to the emerging situation, responding to the criminal encroachments of the Kiev regime”.
[Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]
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