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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into a fourth month, with only modest gains to show so far, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he rejected suggestions it was time to negotiate peace with the Kremlin.

“When you want to have a compromise or a dialogue with somebody, you cannot do it with a liar,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Withdrawing troops, returning stolen land, children, prisoners and paying for damages.. thats all i would accept. Nothing less.

[–] flaneur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If only you also were in the position to dictate this to Russia. Even the US isn't in this position, and will never be.

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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 3 points 1 year ago (26 children)

Lol right? I mean why would literally anyone trust Putin at this point?

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hasn't he had pretty good relations with, like, literally all of BRICS?

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So good he didn't even show up there at the last conference in person because of pretty legitimate concerns they'd arrest him? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/putin-remotely-attends-brics-summit-in-south-africa-while-facing-war-crimes-warrant

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Not international law!

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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Russia is a terrorist country. Terrorists can't be negotiated with. #SlavaUkraini

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (25 children)

Russia can't be accepted back into the international community until Putin is in a jail cell or in the ground.

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[–] tomatopathe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (54 children)

So from having had a few exchanges with pro Russian accounts on Lemmy (which seems to be infested with a few very active ones) this is a summary of their arguments:

  • "Ukraine is Nazi"
  • "Well far right parties got a total of under 6% of the vote, and they elected a Jewish man president"
  • "yeah but Bandera and whatabout America"

  • "Ukraine killed ethnic Russians"
  • "A huge percentage of their population are ethnic Russians, including in government, and they are fine, and were until the Russian invasion. And now it's Russia that has killed, maimed and raped more ethnic Russians, including civilians, than Ukraine every did or even could. Including their own people thorough incompetence and corruption".
  • "Yeah but Bandera, and whatabout America"

  • "Ukraine is fighting because they are forced to by their colonial masters, the USA and NATO, and Ukrainians will keep dying so long as they keep being armed"
  • "Actually > 90% of the population wants to continue fighting for their country back, so what you're basically saying is you think Ukrainians should be abandoned to Russian enslavement"
  • "Yeah but Bandera, and whatabout America"

  • "NATO and USA are colonialists and this is just more colonialism"
  • "Actually both Russia and China are actual, bone fide land empires, with ethnic minorities that are forced to live like colonized people - including doing the fighting for Russia while their families back home live in misery and squalor and Putin's Mafia collect mansions, private jets and yachts"
  • "Yeah but Bandera, and whatabout America"
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[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (31 children)

Ironically the CIA believes Putin killed Prigozhin to defuse tensions with NATO for exiling Wagner to Belarus.

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