Putin Mocks, Rejects Blinken on Negotiations, US Snubs Zelensky over ATACMS; 300K Men Join Rus Army (Alexander Mercouris)

An update on the politics behind the war. The latest developments. The Russians are not interested in whatever the US is saying now because they don't trust them. They, the US neocons, sabotaged previous peace deals. So now a military outcome will be the only way for this to end, likely in a surrender by the Ukrainian side.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 18, 2023.]