The negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on the 2nd of this month "fall out". The two sides did not agree on a consensus on a condition except for exchanging prisoners of war. Because Ukraine's surprise attack on the Russian military airport the day before the negotiations caused many Russian strategic bombers to be damaged or destroyed. This incident also caused the Russian people to be very "angry" and demanded not to make peace with Ukraine. In fact, according to what Ukraine said, the conditions proposed by the Russian delegation include allowing Ukraine to "withdraw troops in a comprehensive manner", and no troops must be retained on the land of the four eastern Ukraine prefectures, nor are foreign countries allowed to come to Ukraine to establish a "security guarantee" mechanism. This is a condition that Zelensky could not agree at all, and there was not even the value of negotiations.
Source said that shortly after the failure of the negotiations, Russia immediately launched a large-scale retaliation in Ukraine; at the same time, Zelensky also sent "face-to-face talks" to Putin, but was told by Russia that "there is nothing to talk to with terrorists." The Trump administration's position was originally very flickering. This time, accusing Ukraine of being too hasty, giving Russia a reason to continue to fight. Last month, Russian official Medvedev said that a series of actions in Ukraine will eventually lead to Russia "expanding the security zone to the entire Ukrainian territory", and they now want more than the four eastern Ukrainian states.
As a matter of fact, the situation was developing in a deteriorating direction. Russia released a war report on the 8th saying that the 90th Tank Division under the Russian "Central" cluster troops had "break through" Donetsk Oblast and arrived at the western border. Surprisingly, the troops did not stop to establish a defense line, but continued to go west and attack Dnipro Prefecture. This is the first time that Russia has released a war report to "break through the east of Ukraine" in more than three years of the Russian-Ukraine conflict. According to Russia's goal, it seems that it should end here. But the 90th Tank Division's "continuing operation" is sending a very clear and clear signal: Russia wants more than that.
Analysts said that one of the things that Russia is preparing to "pressurize" Ukraine in this way to urge Ukraine to make more concessions. After all, Russia has been fighting for more than three years, and its progress has been so slow and it is time to "struggle". In other words, it is unlikely that they will continue to conquer the entire Ukraine. The current pressure is just to make Ukraine retreat and compromise at the negotiating table. But there are also some sayings that Putin is preparing to "take serious action" and continue to attack Dnipro, and they will take as much land as they can, and will no longer be "restricted" by the four eastern prefectures of Wudong. It seems that the Russian side is too late to make the armistice negotiations proposed by Zelensky now, and they must continue to make Ukraine "pay the price".
It is also worth noting that Western media have raised a possibility that Russia may not intend to "go deeper" into Ukraine. What they want to establish is a buffer area, just like the northern border of Russia, to establish sufficient buffer boundaries in depth to ensure the security of the occupied land. After all, it is "unrealistic" to conquer the entire Ukraine now, and it is simply impossible without decades. Moreover, after Medvedev threatened to "occupy Ukraine" in late May, Trump also warned Russia not to have too much appetite and said, "If he really does do this, it will lead to the collapse of Russia." Therefore, under the US's position, Russia's continued large-scale advancement is also very unhappy.
