I believe we are seeing the clues of a not too distant end to the war in Ukraine. These negotiations have been going on for some time and I even mentioned a while back I thought it would happen and provide for a quick selloff in gold and silver. Well we got the gold and silver correction in February but the US has been resisting all attempts at peace, up until now. What changed? The US economy and financial system are in big trouble and I think the Chinese and Russians are going to make an offer to the US, that they can’t refuse. The US can either go along with a ceasefire and negotiate a lasting peace or the BRIC’s will immediately put into place their new gold backed currency regime. If the US agrees to  a ceasefire and peace the BRIC’s are still going to implement their system but will give the US some agreed upon amount of time to prepare for it. Maybe 6 months, maybe year end? Not sure, but the US has already lost the proxy war and the money and lives wasted aren’t worth the effort. It was always about delaying the collapse of the US dollar as sole reserve currency anyway. Why not try to save what little face they can, get a delay in implementation and claim you accomplished your objective(counter Russian aggression) when everyone knows it was all about the dollar and US corruption in Ukraine since at least 2014.                                                          https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinas-xi-visit-russia-soon-next-week