'I remain a pessimist': German military expert on prospects of Ukraine war ending soon
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Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:06:00 +0200

German military expert Carlo Masala expressed this opinion on Espreso TV."Regarding the optimistic statements of Western politicians about the approach of peace in the Russian-Ukrainian war, I remain a pessimist. We know that Russia wants to get the maximum possible. Today, a plan with 19 points is being discussed. Moscow seems to be reacting to this plan, but what we hear is that the Russian Federation does not want to negotiate. We have to understand that we are discussing this peace plan among ourselves - Europeans, Americans, and Ukrainians, but we are not talking with the Russians," the expert noted.Carlo Masala believes that Russia will not agree to anything mentioned in this peace plan because it wants to win this war in a military sense. And if Moscow does not see that its demands have been accepted, then it will not agree to any conditions of this peace.On November 23, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Ukrainian and American delegations discussed the 28 points of the so-called Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan, drawn up with the participation of the Kremlin.At the same time, Europe proposed its own 28 points for a plan to end Russia's war with Ukraine: the full text of the proposal has been published.On November 24, the spokesman for the Russian dictator, Dmitry Peskov, said that the Russian Federation had not received any information about the negotiations between Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S. in Geneva, and was also unaware of the new text for a war settlement based on the results of the meetings.Later, Trump expressed doubt about the possibility of achieving "great progress" in the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations.On November 24, the President's Office stated that the 28-point plan, in the form that everyone had seen, no longer exists.The next day, the head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, announced that Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to hold talks with President Trump "as soon as possible" to finalize the peace agreement. The meeting could take place on Thanksgiving, November 27.








