Worrying scenarios alternate with signs of relaxation. The will of Russian President Vladimir Putin remains indecipherable. According to the German Bild, the Kremlin chief could even launch an attack on a European country in the winter of next year. According to the scenario attributed to intelligence sources from the Old Continent, the tsar could consider the “window” created by the transition of the US president to the presidency between November 2024 (the month in which the White House elections will take place). is shown ) and January 2025.
At the same time, other sources say that Putin has been sending signals through intermediaries since at least September about his availability for a ceasefire in the war of aggression against Ukraine, which would include freezing the current situation. The New York Times writes that the information was obtained from two former high-ranking Russian officials close to the Kremlin, as well as American and international officials.
According to US officials, Putin had already tried to negotiate a ceasefire a year earlier, in the fall of 2022. His previously unknown intentions came to light after Ukraine defeated the Russian army in the northeast. Then Putin said that he was satisfied with the territories captured by Russia and was ready for a ceasefire, the publication's interlocutors reported. Since September at the latest, Western officials have been receiving new signals that Putin is interested in a ceasefire.