On translations – The Economist:

‘It might have been one of Ukraine’s darkest hours. Its front lines are buckling; its home front is seething over a corruption scandal; and its American ally has issued an ultimatum to agree to a Russia-friendly peace deal.’

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‘As talks were set to continue in the coming days—Mr Rubio said it was a “work in progress”—any agreement in Geneva will need to be approved by both Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump, perhaps at a meeting in Washington. But the Thanksgiving deadline for an agreement, and the threat of Ukraine losing access to American intelligence and vital weapons, have been dispelled, at least for now.
All this makes for striking change from the ominous meeting in Kyiv just three days earlier, when Dan Driscoll, the Pentagon’s army secretary, delivered a 28-point plan to Mr Zelensky that was so one-sided as to look like a Russian wish-list, mixed with Trumpian economic tribute. Wags fed it into artificial intelligence, which concluded it had been translated from Russian.’

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‘Europe would provide $100bn for Ukraine’s rebuilding, while America would claim half the profits from reconstruction projects and take a stake in Ukraine’s gas infrastructure.’

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‘As for Mr Trump, he again betrayed his underlying bias: sympathy for Russia and indifference to Ukraine. Ahead of the Geneva talks he dismissively said Mr Zelensky “can continue to fight his little heart out” if no agreement were reached, and complained on social media that “UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS.” Even if a more Ukraine-friendly deal gets past Mr Trump, it will almost certainly be blocked by Russia; and any deal acceptable to Russia is likely to be voted down by an increasingly sceptical Ukrainian parliament. All this may bring another crisis soon. But for Mr Zelensky, every day of survival will feel like a victory.’

Read the article here.

A peace plan that appears to be translated from Russian.

Ukraine will be divided, as a pizza, between two empires, well, an empire and a would-be empire.

And Europe is trying to prolong the days of Zelensky. Europe doesn’t have a plan, and doesn’t have real power, at least not enough power.
The casualties, the number of deaths, in this war is a secret nobody wants to talk about.

In other words, peace plan plan, yes. Sort of. End of war? Not anytime soon.

What will come first? A war with Venezuela, or peace in Ukraine?