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reference news reported on september 17 according to a report on the russian satellite news agency website on september 17, brandon weigert, a former u.s. congressional staff member and geopolitical analyst, wrote in an article for the national interest that ukraine and its allies should make peace with russia while it is not too late.

the expert warned in the article: "when it is not too late (and it may already be too late), ukraine and its western allies should make peace with russia instead of continuing to ask the west for more weapons, which will ultimately not tip the strategic balance in favor of ukraine."

he said the ukrainian armed forces did not understand how to properly use western weapons, so armored equipment like the abrams tank was useless on the battlefield.

in june this year, russian president vladimir putin proposed a new peace proposal for resolving the ukrainian conflict, which included recognizing crimea, the "donetsk people's republic", the "luhansk people's republic", kherson and zaporizhia oblasts as russian territories, clarifying ukraine's non-aligned and non-nuclear status, achieving demilitarization and de-nazification, and lifting sanctions on russia. after the ukrainian army launched an attack on kursk oblast, putin said it was impossible to negotiate with those who attacked civilians, civilian infrastructure or attempted to threaten nuclear power facilities.

in august, russian presidential aide ushakov said that putin's peaceful proposal to resolve the ukrainian issue has not been abolished, but russia will not engage in dialogue with ukraine at this stage.

the ukrainian army's american-made abrams tanks on display in moscow. (afp file photo)