Authored by Andrew Korybko via Andrew Korybko's Newsletter,
Zelensky's fateful decision was responsible for killing an unthinkable number of Ukrainians over the intervening nearly four years, and if Trump is serious with his claims of wanting to stop the killing, then he can cut Ukraine off to force Zelensky into peace and therefore save the country from him.
Ukrainian lawmaker Alexey Goncharenko, who was recently placed on Myrotvorets' de facto "kill list" for floating a detailed peace proposal, confirmed the Financial Times' report last month alleging that Zelensky rejected a peace deal with Russia in early 2023. According to him, the terms would have essentially mirrored those of spring 2022's peace talks that were sabotaged at the time by the UK (and Poland), which is very generous if true since it would have entailed significant compromises by Putin:
"Russia withdraws its troops from most of
