Putin-Trump Summit: Minsk 3.0 at Best, A Trap for President Putin at Worst

- The US has a stated policy of using division of labor and strategic sequencing in dealing with both Russia and China and an admitted "reality of scarcity" requiring the shifting of the Ukraine conflict onto Europe and an attempt to freeze it using Western forces and a buffer zone in much the way Syria was frozen (and eventually overthrown);

- A US-Europe split has been manufactured to sell division of labor to the European public who would otherwise reject fighting America's proxy war for solely US interests;

- The upcoming summit will result in a Minsk 3.0 framework at best, and at worst poses as a trap endangering the Russian president's security;

References:

US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
Reuters - 'Coalition of Willing' leaders set out stance on Ukraine ceasefire pathway (Aug. 13, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/coalition-willing-leaders-set-out-stance-ukraine-ceasefire-pathway-2025-08-13/
Kyiv Independent - Ukraine strikes oil facility in western Russia in overnight drone attack, Kyiv confirms (Aug. 13, 2025):
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-targets-russian-oil-infrastructure-in-overnight-drone-attack-kyiv-confirms/
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin
(2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html
NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html

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