Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

US officials are now telling Ukraine they ought to negotiate with the Russians, according to the Washington Post.

From the Yahoo news version of the article 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-private...57150.html

The paper quoted unnamed people familiar with the discussions as saying that the request by American officials was not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but a calculated attempt to ensure Kyiv maintains the support of other nations facing constituencies wary of fueling a war for many years to come.

So some unnamed person's opinion who at best simply wants to keep the support for Ukraine coming. Hardly how you're trying to twist it.

If this is true, it's a major change, and possibly a good one.

No, it's not a major change if the only reason it's being done is to keep Ukraine's support going and there is no peace deal other than total Russian withdrawal and guarantees they will never be able to do this again. Neither of these is likely so no this isn't good.

On the other hand, it could be a PR move to pretend that US/NATO/Ukraine are the ones open to talks, simply in order to make Russia look bad.

There is no way Russia can look any worst.