Subject: Re: OT: Ukraine and Russia
Putin clarified Russia's conditions:

It doesn’t matter what they are: Trump will accept them and Ukraine won’t.

Russia gets to decide what the security conditions are, and will agree only if he get to keep the territory and keep NATO out. Sounds fair.

I’m reminded that in 1945 the Japanese proposal floated to 3rd parties to end the war was that there would be no Americans/Allies permitted on the island, they would conduct their own war crimes trials, and the militarists and Emperor would remain the seat of government.

If Trump had been President, he would have said “OK”.