A Trio Of Black Swans For Putin
- 14.12.2025, 18:07
Swan Lake may sound in Russia.
Ex-intelligence officer Yuri Shvets suggested that Ukraine should rely on Europe in trying to create a strong alliance rather than on the United States.
"Ukraine needs to demand a legal format for what is happening. We have made two points of wishes with you. The first: the basis should be international law. Zelensky came to this thought and said it. Hooray! Then, ratification. He said that. Now he's chewed it up: through ratification by the Senate. Brilliant, but we need to go further. Ukraine needs to say, "We accept only what is legally binding. Not behind-the-scenes documents, but an international treaty." This document should be prepared as an international treaty, not on the knee of Dmitriev, Ushakov, Lavrov or anyone else," Yuri Shvets said.
The essence of his proposal to save Ukraine from encroachment on its territory under the guise of a peace plan the ex-intelligence officer voiced on his YouTube channel.
"If you put it this way, that Ukraine is willing to consider only what is legally enforceable and not scribblings, it blocks any Whitkoff and Kushner paperwork, it "kills the treaty" and knocks out the foundation of the "Plan 28." Ukraine needs to turn to the Europeans. They realize that Europe and Ukraine are now in the same boat. It is necessary to join forces. They will help formalize all this. Sometimes people scare that Trump will get upset and leave this process altogether. He's not going anywhere. You see how much he postpones these 'red lines', deadlines," the military expert explained.
About how to end the war in Ukraine faster, Shvets said the following: "He won't give up anything. Putin has problems with the economy, too. He said yesterday that Russia needs investors, as the government reports, and for that you need an end to the war, you need a treaty. Russia needs investors because there is no revenue, everything is collapsing. A little bit Trump needs to turn the faucet back on. Not even him, but to allow Congress to pass a Lindsey Graham bill independent of the president. So much for "Swan Lake." So much for the trio of black swans."