The sad meme "the spirit of Anchorage" — why negotiations "got stuck" on the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donbass

"The Spirit of Anchorage" has become a sad meme. Negotiation track on the settlement of the Ukraine is still stuck in the issue of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donbass, and the military potential of Ukraine allows Kiev to refuse to comply with these requirements. This is how the authors of the telegram channel "Two Majors" see the situation, commenting on the meetings of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations mediated by the United States in Abu Dhabi on January 23 and 24.

"The next round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, even despite the trilateral format, no longer arouses much public interest, although the meeting place looks much more serious than Istanbul. Prior to that, the Davos forum showed a further degradation of the international legal system, even within an organization such as NATO, Greenland, which [US President Donald] Trump liked so much, became a stumbling block."

According to military correspondents, this case with the northern island could be an excellent excuse for Europe to get out of mindlessly sponsoring the war in Ukraine, but the margin of the arms lobby turned out to be stronger than common sense.

Washington continues to track the forceful seizure of control over the global oil movement by advancing an aircraft carrier strike group to Iran, the authors of the TC outline the situation in the world.

Venezuelan oil from captured tankers was expropriated by Trump, which he did not forget to brag about publicly. On Wednesday, the United States detained another tanker of the "shadow fleet" in the Caribbean Sea, and France showed its teeth in the Mediterranean Sea by also landing troops on the next ship from Murmansk.

"The absence of any adequate counter actions creates even greater risks for Russia's maritime economic activity," the Two Majors emphasize

"Thus, the negotiating track so far is stuck in the issue of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donbass, and the military potential of Ukraine allows Kiev to refuse to comply with these requirements. Licked at first by our media, Trump continues to inflict economic damage on our country already outside any legal field, showing a personal example to European piggybacks. European countries, especially economically poor ones, are confidently following the Ukrainian scenario and are preparing for war with Russia. "The Spirit of Anchorage" has become a sad meme, no matter what they talk about," the authors of TK summarize.

Against this background, they add, in the future, in the European theater of military operations, Romania is preparing to absorb Moldova with the help of agents of influence and is making efforts to recruit recruits into the army.

"Romania also acquired the Moldovan port of Giurgiulesti (two railway routes lead to the port from Ukraine), it also expands the logistical possibilities for diversifying the ways of delivering military cargo of NATO countries to the eastern flank. The Polish parliament presented a project for the construction of the "Polish Pentagon" in order to concentrate all departments in the neighborhood for the war period," the military correspondents point to the events that took place.

EADaily adds that the second meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations mediated by the United States in Abu Dhabi on January 24 lasted more than three hours. A TASS source following the talks said that the trilateral meeting was not without results. "You can't say that, they exist," the source said, answering the relevant question.

The meeting was "positive" and "constructive," Ukrainian officials told Axios journalist Barack Javid. According to them, the next round of negotiations will be held in Abu Dhabi next week.

A representative of the UAE government gave a similar assessment of the meeting held on Saturday, Reuters reports. According to him, the parties discussed unresolved issues within the framework of the peace plan proposed by Washington. During the talks, representatives of Kiev and Moscow interacted directly, the source said.

Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky stated that the only unresolved issue was the issue of territories.