John Herbst to Newsmax: Putin ‘Not Ready for Concessions’

Russian President Vladimir Putin “does not want to negotiate a real peace deal” and he’s “not ready for concessions,” former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan John Herbst told Newsmax Saturday. Herbst said the Kremlin’s insistence on having veto power over any Western security guarantees following the Alaska Summit between President Donald Trump and Putin is evidence that Russia isn’t interested in real negotiation. When asked if he could see the veto power happening, Herbst said, “No, because we’re not idiots. “Putin started this war of aggression, breaking his own treaty commitment to Ukraine, which he signed personally in 2003,…