March 14, 2025
Trump Pleads To Putin For Mercy Following Revenge Assassination
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 assessed about the 30-day ceasefire deal proposed by President Donald Trump to end the Western proxy war using Ukraine against Russia:
Before I assess how I view Ukraine’s readiness for a ceasefire, I would first like to begin by thanking the President of the United States, Mr. Trump, for paying so much attention to resolving the conflict in Ukraine.
We all have enough issues to deal with. But many heads of state, the president of the People’s Republic of China, the Prime Minister of India, the presidents of Brazil and South African Republic are spending a lot of time dealing with this issue. We are thankful to all of them, because this is aimed at achieving a noble mission, a mission to stop hostilities and the loss of human lives.
Secondly, we agree with the proposals to stop hostilities. But our position is that this ceasefire should lead to a long-term peace and eliminate the initial causes of this crisis.
Now, about Ukraine’s readiness to cease hostilities. On the surface it may look like a decision made by Ukraine under US pressure. In reality, I am absolutely convinced that the Ukrainian side should have insisted on this ceasefire from the Americans based on how the situation on the front line is unfolding, the realities on the ground.
And how is it unfolding? I’m sure many of you know that yesterday I was in Kursk Region and listened to the reports of the head of the General Staff, the commander of the group of forces ‘North’ and his deputy about the situation at the border, specifically in the incursion area of Kursk Region.
What is going on there? The situation there is completely under our control, and the group of forces that invaded our territory is completely isolated and under our complete fire control.
Command over Ukrainian troops in this zone is lost. And if in the first stages, literally a week or two ago, Ukrainian servicemen tried to get out of there in large groups, now it is impossible. They are trying to get out of there in very small groups, two or three people, because everything is under our full fire control. The equipment is completely abandoned. It is impossible to evacuate it. It will remain there. This is already guaranteed.
And if in the coming days there will be a physical blockade, then no one will be able to leave at all. There will be only two ways. To surrender or die.
And in these conditions, I think it would be very good for the Ukrainian side to achieve a truce for at least 30 days.
And we are for it. But there are nuances. What are they? First, what are we going to do with this incursion force in Kursk Region?
If we stop fighting for 30 days, what does it mean? That everyone who is there will leave without a fight? We should let them go after they committed mass crimes against civilians? Or will the Ukrainian leadership order them to lay down their arms. Simply surrender. How will this work? It is not clear.
How will other issues be resolved on all the lines of contact? This is almost 2,000 kilometers.
As you know, Russian troops are advancing almost along the entire front. And there are ongoing military operations to surround rather large groups of enemy forces.
These 30 days — how will they be used? To continue forced mobilization in Ukraine? To receive more arms supplies? To train newly mobilized units? Or will none of this happen?
How will the issues of control and verification be resolved? How can we be guaranteed that nothing like this will happen? How will the control be organized?
I hope that everyone understands this at the level of common sense. These are all serious issues.
Who will give orders to stop hostilities? And what is the price of these orders? Can you imagine? Almost 2,000 kilometers. Who will determine where and who broke the potential ceasefire? Who will be blamed?
These are all questions that demand a thorough examination from both sides.
Therefore, the idea itself is the right one, and we certainly support it. But there are questions that we have to discuss. I think we need to work with our American partners. Maybe I will speak to President Trump. But we support the idea of ending this conflict with peaceful means.
Along with top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirming President Putin met with President Trump envoy Steve Witcoff yesterday, this report notes, NBC News reported: “Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, has been barred from taking part in peace talks at Moscow’s request…Russian officials view Kellogg as too hawkish and too close to Ukraine”—and was a report that followed factual articles appearing like “Daughter Of Trump’s Special Envoy To Ukraine Keith Kellogg Caught Organizing Aid to Kyiv”.
After President Putin sidestepped the 30-day ceasefire deal proposed by President Trump until its many “nuances” are clarified, this report continues, it was revealed: “The US Treasury allowed a 60-day waiver for energy-related financial transactions with sanctioned Russian banks to expire on Wednesday”—a revelation showing President Trump is preparing to attack the Russian energy sector quickly followed by the news: “The US has upgraded the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) to counter Russian jamming and is set to reintroduce them to the battlefield in Ukraine within days”—all of which was joined by Ukraine launching a drone strike against Moscow this morning.
Earlier today, this report details, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte declared: “NATO membership for Kiev is off the table in efforts undertaken by the United States and Russia to achieve peace in the Ukraine conflict”—and was a declaration joined by the revelation: “Senior US officials refused to sign a minerals deal with Ukraine during talks in Saudi Arabia earlier this week”.
The “historic turning point” in the present conflict, this report notes, occurred on 2 May 2014, which was when Ukrainian Nazi forces burnt alive 48 Russian peoples in the Trade Unions building in Odessa-Ukraine—and after over a decade of Western silence about this monstrous crime that pushed the Russian peoples to demand for war, the European Court of Human Rights just ruled that the Ukrainian authorities were responsible: “The Court concluded that the relevant authorities had not done everything they reasonably could to prevent the violence, to stop that violence after its outbreak, and to ensure timely rescue measures for those trapped in the fire in the Trade Union Building”.
In response to the European Court of Human Rights ruling blaming Ukraine for the Odessa Massacre, this report continues, top Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov observed: “A very belated decision, but it seems like a glimpse of common sense…To confirm this, we need to see other similar actions…Which, of course, we would like to witness”—and was an observation swiftly followed by the news: “In Odessa, Demyan Hanul – the former head of the “Right Sector” power bloc and one of the direct organizers of the tragedy on May 2, 2014 – has been killed…An unknown person in uniform shot him right on the street and then fled”.
Quickly after the revenge assassination of Demyan Hanul many believe was carried out by Russian secret services, this report concludes, President Trump posted the plea:
We had very good and productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia yesterday, and there is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end
BUT, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY, AND IN A VERY BAD AND VULNERABLE POSITION.
I have strongly requested to President Putin that their lives be spared.
This would be a horrible massacre, one not seen since World War II.
God bless them all!!!
[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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