Its an ex-girlfriend getting married. Putin’s machismo won’t have it!
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So an “If I can’t have you, nobody can” kind of thing?
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yep. That’s why it’s scorched earth.
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I think it’s fair for him to consider NATO a threat to his project of extending the borders of Russia to the previous USSR ones…
He considers the dissolution of the USSR into independent republics a major political catastrophe (by Gorbatchev) so that makes some sense in that viewpoint (AKA Ukraine has no history outside of belonging to Russia).
Ironically he’s also using alleged verbal promises to not expand NATO made to this same Gorbatchev, as that NATO broke their promises to Russia and reason for Russia to not be held to respecting frontiers drawn in 1991. In other words, wagging the dog, selectively picking convenient facts, etc whatever it takes to keep the oligarchy going (the real goal).
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Fighting to the last Ukrainian, a look at the human toll of losses.
https://apnews.com/article/deserters-awol-ukraine-russia-war-def676562552d42bc5d593363c9e5ea0
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let Russia into the EU? Let them into NATO. What, then, happens to Ukraine? 
Germany economy has been suffering under the Russian sanctions, as many of their previously successful industrial and manufacturing companies were dependent on affordable Russian energy supplies to produce goods competitively. Now having to import vastly more expensive energy sources, their automotive and similar industries are facing declines, layoffs, and a not just stagnant but shrinking economy.
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if you can’t beat them… marry them 
What the hail are you talking about? They’ve got lots of wind farms, and solar farms. Why do they need pollutionary energy from other countries. Yes, I’m adding words to the dictionary to get them in before the new year.
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These prices may decrease once the Trump administration start shipping ships more US LNG to Europe and the world.
Notice the offset y axis origin
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Trump - diplomacy by Truth.
“Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way — and the easy way is always better,” he added. “It’s time to “MAKE A DEAL.” NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!”
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this is one way to try to stop the killing
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This might slow down the killing of Russians and North Koreans. Unfortunately it may not stop the killing of Ukrainians.
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Apparently, it’s not much different that what the previous, 'ahem, administration did.
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Some sort of mineral rights deal for the US seems close.
And we’ve got a tentative deal for US access to Ukrainian natural resources. Looking like EU peacekeepers in west Ukraine, Russia keeping east Ukraine, and frozen Russian assets in the west used to pay for rebuilding (probably some for each).
“Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration and pave the way for a long-term US security commitment ,” FT reports early Tuesday afternoon.
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Is there any historical precedent for such a deal? I am just curious and might be ignorant of some history here. Did we get anything post-WW2 for example? I seem to recall we spent a lot of money to rebuild much of Europe.
Not a direct precedent, but the whole thing of splitting Ukraine between superpowers reminds me of how Stalin and Hitler agreed to split Poland [1].
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There are other precedents like the British sharing the previous Ottoman Middle East with France after WWI.
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