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Marks calls direct Putin-Zelenskyy agreement "impossible"

The retired Army major general tells Fox News that battlefield leverage, rather than diplomacy alone, will determine the path to a settlement.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 428,241 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (21,516).

This is IMPOSSIBLE: US Army major general

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0:00The report opens with Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil depots and Trump's defense of his sanctions waiver.
2:12Marks argues that unequal negotiating positions make a direct Putin-Zelenskyy agreement impossible.
2:42Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says a final settlement requires Ukrainian participation.
2:59The anchor examines proposed Trump-Putin-Xi talks alongside Ukraine's constitutional limits on ceding territory.
3:26Marks argues that battlefield outcomes provide the leverage needed to shape a settlement.

President Donald Trump says his decision to waive sanctions on Russia is intended to keep Vladimir Putin engaged in peace negotiations. On America Reports, retired Army Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks lays out why he thinks the diplomatic obstacles run deeper than getting the leaders talking.

The interview, posted by Fox News Clips, drew roughly 172,000 views in seven hours, a much faster start than the channel's usual regular-length upload.

Marks argues that Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy occupy such unequal negotiating positions that a direct agreement between them is impossible. The segment also includes a notable qualification from the Kremlin: spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says a final settlement cannot happen without Ukrainian participation.

That leaves a difficult question for the proposed talks involving Trump, Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping: how could negotiations produce a settlement Ukraine could accept? The anchor raises Ukraine's constitutional restrictions on ceding territory, while Marks questions the practicality of territorial compromise.

His answer centers on military leverage rather than efforts to change the minds of Russia's public or oligarchs. "My view of all that is it's going to take place on the battlefield," Marks says.

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