Kiev breaks energy ceasefire five times in 24 hours. 

And these violations of the agreement are on top of previous violations.

So why is Russia complying with a non-existent ceasefire?

If Kiev will not comply with a partial ceasefire, why would Kiev comply with a full ceasefire?

How can Trump expect Putin to agree to a full ceasefire when Ukraine? Washington? NATO? Will not comply with a partial ceasefire? Why is Trump destroying Putin’s confidence in the negotiations with threats of more punishments for Russia?

Sometimes Trump sounds like Hitler, who trying to keep German war morale alive boasted of “super weapons.”  Trump is claiming American super weapons “unlike anything the world knows.”  Is there a neoconservative mole in the Trump administration encouraging Trump’s use of threats to prevent a peace agreement?

Moreover, who is not complying?  Kiev or US/NATO?  According to the CIA confession published in the NY Times, it is Washington’s war with Russia, not Kiev’s war.  Washington calls the shots, not Zelensky. 

In my opinion, Putin is complying with a broken agreement because he is trying to use the conflict to arrive at a Great Power Understanding like Yalta, an unrealistic hope that prevents a Russian victory.

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Paul Craig Roberts is a renowned author and academic, chairman of The Institute for Political Economy where this article was originally published. Dr. Roberts was previously associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.

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