Eeeeenteresting. Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal reported that Russian negotiators rejected Donald Trump’s formula for a cease-fire. Was that a negotiating ploy itself?
Perhaps — and it’s equally likely that Vladimir Putin’s cautious and conditioned approval is the same kind of tactic:
Putin just voiced very preliminary and conditional support for the 30-day cease-fire proposal from the United States and Ukraine. He said “we definitely support” the idea, but that a number of “questions” remained to be discussed.
Putin said those questions included the fate of Ukraine’s forces that continue to occupy a small part of Russia’s Kursk region, suggesting that he may demand Ukraine order its troops there to lay down their arms.
The open questions, Putin said, also include whether Ukraine would be able to continue receiving arms shipments during…
