Quoting the global network on March 17 news, according to the Russian TASS News Agency No. 16 report, Russian President Putin made a televised speech on the same day, clearly stated that Ukraine will not be allowed to become a "springboard" that threatens Russia's security, Putin stressed that the current special military operations are progressing smoothly, all combat plans are steadily advancing, but the Russian army does not intend to occupy Ukraine. However, Putin also pointed out in particular that if the Russian army is limited to fighting in the Donbass region, it is not enough to eliminate the threat, so the Russian army will open a new front, Putin also mentioned that the Russian side has reminded Kiev not to take hostile action, only need to withdraw from Donbass, but Kiev is obviously unwilling to do this, Russia respects Kiev's decision, but the real situation will inevitably appear. And just when Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear his next plan, Ukraine's Zelenskiy government began to face reality and finally chose to compromise.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency released on the 16th of this month, the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks have the latest progress, the head of the Russian delegation Mekinsky said that in the process of negotiations, Kiev proposed to establish an Austrian or Swedish model state on the territory of Ukraine, that is, a demilitarized but with its own armed forces. Mekzynski said Kiev wants to preserve the army and navy on this basis, and these options are currently being discussed by the top levels of the Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that the current plan can be regarded as a real compromise plan, it is worth mentioning that Mekinsky also said that the rumors that the content of "de-Nazification" has been removed from the negotiation agenda is not completely true, and the Russian side still insists on punishing acts and speeches that glorify Nazis, neo-Nazis, and extremism, which is still an important part of the subsequent negotiation agenda.
Obviously, although the progress of the Russian offensive in the past few days is not as rapid as at the beginning of the war, it is indeed encroaching on the living space of the Ukrainian army little by little. The Zelensky government, which failed to wait for NATO troops, could only clamor for Russia on the one hand and continue to beg for support from the Western world on the other. Unfortunately, international politics is still revolving around realism, and white house spokesman Psaki has made it clear at the press conference on the 15th that the United States will not accept zelenskiy's request to set up a no-fly zone in Ukraine, and Psaki strongly emphasizes that "the United States does not want to be involved in World War III." So far, the attitude of the West has been very clear, it can show solidarity with Ukraine, can provide weapons for the Ukrainian army and even help sanction Russia, but will never personally intervene in this war.
And this war has also raised a wake-up call for the United States and its allies, even if Russia, a large country with a weak economy, can still erupt into an energy that cannot be underestimated in the face of life and death, so the United States and the West should not fantasize that they can easily break the backbone of a real big power by relying on simple extreme pressure or sanctions and blockades.
The zelenskiy government therefore has only two paths ahead of it, either to agree to all the conditions proposed by Russia now, to end the war immediately and to rebuild as soon as possible after the war, or to resist to the end and let Russia, which has continuously gained battlefield superiority, put forward more conditions in future negotiations. By now, zelenskiy, whether he sincerely served the country or was willing to become a puppet of the United States and the West, must realize that this war has entered the end. Russia has used its fangs to prove how a great power will react when it is cornered, and Ukraine has proved that its original blindness and arrogance have caused unimaginable disasters to itself.