Russia - Ukraine “peace negotiations” | Witkoff advising Russians how to play Trump

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gtyellowjacket said:
Really I'm not sure they're that effective. Maybe they're effective at upsetting people and maybe they are causing problems to Russia's domestic war manufacturing but they don't seem to all that effective at stopping the war on terms that Ukraine would prefer. Maybe I'm wrong and without the sanctions Putin would be at the Polish border by now but it just doesn't seem like it.
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Just in case there's a little confusion: I was talking about Trump's most recent sanctions that were announced on October 22, 2025, but did not go into effect for 30 days to give everyone time to unwind. So they literally have only just hit.

This whole thread is really about these most recent sanctions in my opinion. Putin is using this latest round of negotiations to give Trump an excuse to remove his newest sanctions. Zelensky is trying to counter to stop that. This is why, I predict Zelensky will go so far as to actually make some concessions so Trump can't remove the sanctions. Therefore, the proof that these sanctions mean something to Ukraine is if Zelensky actually makes concessions to stop their removal. If nothing else they are a nice leverage point in negotiations.

There's plenty of evidence, starting with my link, that these latest sanctions are meaningful.
 
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