Agree with most of what you say, but ..

But who would ever believe any agreement at all made with the Yanquis?

The Russkies w/Chinese in tow .. it seems .. made a deal involving Ukraine (with Yanquis/septics), throwing Palestinians under the bus and possibly hoping to get the septics into a quagmire. My take.

Such a shame. This will haunt BRICS imv. Let's see, I may be wrong ..