Ignoramus-et-Ignorabimus schrieb am 02.03.2023 13:09:
szul schrieb am 02.03.2023 12:27:
And the second is that even if Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they are not.
http://web.archive.org/web/20230213024143/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/5/7344206/
ja was soll das jetzt beweisen ? Das heisst ja nur, dass BJ der Meinung war, dass diese Übereinkünfte, Garantien betreffend, nicht unterschriftsreif sind. Sprich, noch nicht ausverhandelt.
Nein, das "they" bezieht sich auf den "kollektiven Westen",
nicht auf "some agreements".
(Denn die Vereinbarungen unterschrieben ja nichts, sondern werden unterschrieben.
Es müsste dann also heissen "they are not ready to be (signed)."
And the second is that even if Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they are not.
Johnson’s position was that the collective West, which back in February had suggested Zelenskyy should surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as powerful as they had previously imagined, and that here was a chance to "press him."