War and Peace: A Deal with Putin at the Expense of Ukraine? | To the Point

What could the path to peace for Ukraine look like? The debate over possible scenarios for ending the war is intensifying every day, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in Washington. He has vowed to end the war quickly. Ukraine is under heavy pressure from intense waves of Russian attacks, despite promises of more weapons from Germany and the US. Trump's designated special envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, has a plan to bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table.
But will Putin even consider it? President Zelenskyy may have to pay a high price for peace, especially if he wants to get the NATO protection he hopes for by temporarily giving up some territories…

On To the Point, we ask: War and Peace: A Deal with Putin at the Expense of Ukraine?

Our guests:
Rafael Loss, European Council on Foreign Relations, ECFR
Thomas Wiegold, Military Expert
Marina Miron, King’s College London

01:00 Introduction of guests
01:45 Current state of the war: Ukraine is short on troops
02:45 Russia faces high losses but can still absorb them
03:20 Russia may deploy troops to Syria, weakening its position in the war against Ukraine
04:46 Both sides are suffering substantially
08:00 Freezing frontlines has not solved armed conflict in the past
10:20 Russia wouldn’t accept buffer zones between Russia and Ukraine
10:45 Ukraine doesn’t currently fulfill the criteria to join NATO
12:30 Germany doesn’t support NATO membership for a country at war
13:00 NATO is not prepared to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Russian border
14:30 If Europe doesn’t solve the problem, Russia may meddle in European affairs
15:20 The Ukrainian population is getting tired of the war, polls show
16:45 What happens if the war continues?
17:35 Elections in Germany might change the German stance
18:40 Europe has not boosted the military industry as required
19:15 France and Germany in crisis means trouble for Ukraine
21:10 The economy in Russia is deteriorating, risking the financing of the war
22:15 Europe can’t produce enough armaments for Ukraine
23:10 The sanctions against Russia don’t work; Russia is still selling oil
25:00 If the West hadn’t implemented sanctions, Russia would be even stronger today

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[gezalesko]

I miss my daily "ukraine winning" reports...

[conorwhite]

It was like 15 mins ago DW was loaded with guests and opinions that Ukraine was going to win

[johnnywalker]

What consequences did the US face for invading Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc.?

[isaacgriffin]

Should have not listened to Boris Johnson and sign that Istanbul agreement.

[richardlesperance]

There is no temporary loss of territory! It will be permanent!

[johnnywalker]

How can Ukraine be low on soldiers when they've only lost 35k???

[modisaneunity]

You don't know the exact number of Russian losses yet confidently say its high losses 🤣
What kind of expert is this?

[kirkmatthews]

Marina is the best analyst DW has non bias and fair she has being saying that Ukraine is loosing for a long time

[innerlotuslight]

According to Ukraine, they have already killed the Russian army 15 times over, despite Russian Air, artillery, manpower, missile, drone etc etc superiority.

[IrinaLondon-trww]

The are now changing the tune from "To stand with Ukraine as long as it takes" to Ukraine might have to cede land. 😂😂😂😂

[targetx]

Why would Russia want a buffer zone with Nato in Ukraine . Does that make sense 🤔

[maxdout]

Russia is not going to give back that territory diplomatically. lol

[dillonhillier]

Marina was making far too much sense for her opinion to be heard.

[laughingbuddha]

Already his so called Ukrainian soldiers are crying and publishing so many videos where they are talking about the Kursk offensive where no goal on that .. I recently saw a video published by Ukrainian soldiers Fromm Kursk battlefield and talking about sheer Ukrainian losses with no goal on that .. and that’s a reality of the battlefield

[AlexanBudni]

the problem of the West is that they underestimate Putin as a strategist, Putin knows all the actions of the West several steps ahead. Unfortunately, there is no strong politician in Europe right now.

[enockmolefe]

This is the end of NATO madness Mark my words

[Noahvelli]

LOL at this guy not even a minute into the video suggesting the territorial giveaway is temporary🤣🤣… is he also waiting on France to “give back” Alsace-Lorraine?!? This is exactly why Ukraine can’t enter NATO.

[johnadam]

Only Marina understands that the Russians have a point of view.

[adittypublications]

Zelanksky would have saved Ukraine if had opted NOT to join NATO...Now he lost NATO as well as part of Ukraine... An old Indian saying don't leave your husband trusting the king.

[mimikrya]

I don't see much reason to compare the division of Ukraine with the division of Germany. There are more similarities with the division of Serbia into Kosovo and the rest. In both cases, the ethnic composition of the population is an important factor. The secession of Kosovo was militarily and politically supported by the USA and its vassals, and the secession of Donetsk and Luhansk is militarily and politically supported by Russia.