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.

  • vrojak
    link
    fedilink
    581 year ago

    Why is it that country A starts occupying parts of country B, and some people start expecting country B to have peace discussions (ie, give land to country A)? There should be calls to country A to stop occupying country B’s land, and that’s it.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      371 year ago

      That’s how they have decided to spin this: co-opt the language of peace and dialogue to justify aggression.

      Too bad it’s so obviously transparent.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          27
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Yup. Russia doesn’t understand diplomacy. Only force. It’s sad that russia acts this way, so, unfortunately, beating them is the only way to have lasting peace.

          That or leadership change but I don’t think putler fears anything more than losing power and the people are either weak or live in a propaganda bubble.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          201 year ago

          Peace through Superior firepower.

          There can be no peace if one side wants to wipe your very existence out.

          • DaDragon
            link
            fedilink
            -191 year ago

            Well technically, considering historical precedent, anyone who feels they have more might than their neighbours has the right to do whatever they want to do to them. Historically, that was mostly conquest. Other’s use that might for what can generally be construed as the common good. (EG. Team America world police)

            Ultimately the one who decides what is right and wrong is the collective, and honestly, the world is much less unified in its opinion than it probably should be.

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              131 year ago

              Great, then let’s give ukraine f15es, fleets of predators and more, give them them much more might than their neighbor and let them solve this solution.

              I’m fine with ukraine demonstrating that might means right.

        • @jcit878
          link
          11 year ago

          if only your heros had billions* in weapons to use lol

          • in USD, not rubles. Watching the red army collapse has been one of the few joys of the past few years
        • @Badass_panda
          link
          11 year ago

          Yeah, unironically it does in this instance.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      -51 year ago

      It’s not like country B wasn’t ethnic cleansing near its borders with country A while conspiring with hostile to country A: country D. But let’s just rehash everything as a marvel film for the yankkks.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        7
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Exactly. It’s not like that. That would just be regurgitating Russian propaganda in an attempt to justify an invasion of a sovereign nation , wouldn’t it?