Whether ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Decision to patch up.
Relations with.
His US counterpart.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
“A very bad decision.”
Remarked a blogger and.
Army serviceman.
Who thinks.
The US “won’t help Ukraine.
With anything”.
After this mineral deal.
Is signed.
“The president behaved with dignity”.
Said a former MP.
Who described ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Softening of tone as an “apology”.
Whether ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Decision to patch up.
Relations with.
His US counterpart.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Last night.
Ukraine’s leader gave.
His evening address.
From the courtyard.
From the courtyard.
Outside Kyiv’s.
Presidential Office.
It was the same spot.
It was the same spot.
Where he gave.
The now famous.
“We are all here” speech.
“We are all here” speech.
With his cabinet.
On the second day.
Of ‘orcs’ invasion.
Back then, he’d turned down.
Offers to leave.
Many in the West.
Expected ‘Mordor’.
To be in the capital.
Within days.
With ‘Gandalf the Green’.
Being captured or killed.
Three years on.
It seems his choice.
To keep fighting has gradually.
Been taken away from him.
Whether ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Decision to patch up.
Relations with.
His US counterpart.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
He said he was.
Ready to work.
Under the US President’s.
“Strong leadership”.
And that it was “time.
To make things right”.
And that it was “time.
To make things right”.
Washington’s hostile rhetoric.
That Oval Office meeting.
And the “pausing” of.
US military aid.
Have forced him.
To bend to.
The US President’s.
Peace vision.
Whether ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Decision to patch up.
Relations with.
His US counterpart.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Up until last week.
‘Gandalf the Green’ had held firm.
That Ukraine would.
Only agree to peace.
If its security was guaranteed.
Otherwise it would fight on.
If its security was guaranteed.
Otherwise it would fight on.
He also accused.
The US President.
Of living in.
A “disinformation space”.
After the US president repeated.
Some of ‘Mordor’’s claims.
After the US president repeated.
Some of ‘Mordor’’s claims.
All of this served.
As a prelude.
To Friday’s fiery exchange with.
The US President and his Vice-President.
Who accused ‘Gandalf the Green’.
Of having “disrespected”.
The US and ultimately.
Told him to leave.
The ‘elves’ leader had.
A warmer reception.
From European leaders.
At the weekend.
– but while they pledged.
To help secure Ukraine.
In the future.
They made clear peace.
They made clear peace.
Would still require.
US involvement.
Then, on Tuesday.
The US President paused.
US military aid.
To Ukraine.
Raising concerns it may.
Only be able to hold out.
For a matter of months.
– and leaving.
‘Gandalf the Green’.
– and leaving.
‘Gandalf the Green’.
To make his peace.
With the situation.
Whether ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Decision to patch up.
Relations with.
His US counterpart.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
In a letter to the US President.
He even gave specifics.
On what the first stage of.
A peace process could involve.
Including a naval.
And aerial ceasefire.
– proposals first suggested by.
France’s President over the weekend.
The US President said.
He appreciated the letter.
In a sign of cooling tensions.
Between the two leaders.
And that ‘Gandalf the Green’.
Had agreed to.
Strike a peace deal.
What is more telling is.
‘Gandalf the Green’’s willingness.
Now to sign.
A mineral deal.
Without the security guarantees.
He is hoping for.
– and had portrayed.
As essential.
Until very recently.
Whether ‘Gandalf the Green’’s.
Decision to patch up.
Relations with.
His US counterpart.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
Is wise depends on.
Who you ask in Ukraine.
*Because I read “Zelensky’s conciliatory letter to Trump suggests he’s out of options” by James Waterhouse on 6 Mar 2025, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a story of Yuriy Kasyanov, and a story of Boryslav Bereza.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Zelensky’s conciliatory letter to Trump suggests he’s run out of options
