Zelenskyy: No world leader has the right to negotiate with Putin on behalf of Ukraine
Zelenskyy: No world leader has the right to negotiate with Putin on behalf of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that no country or world leader has the right to negotiate with Russia on behalf of Ukraine. He noted that any dialogue with the Kremlin must be held according to an agreed action plan and only from a position of strength.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted that no world leader has the right to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of Ukraine.
Speaking to Le Parisien readers, Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine alone determines its future and any dialogue with Russia must follow a peace plan based on strength and international support.
He warned against negotiating without clear guarantees of security, highlighting the risks of Putin resuming aggression after a ceasefire.
Zelenskyy called for a strategy ensuring Ukraine's long-term stability and security, beyond NATO or EU membership timelines.
On one hand, I get it; it's their business and they should be at any negotiating tables that involve them. On the other, if, say, Germany made a deal with Putin to leave Ukraine alone that didn't promise something of Ukraine's to Russia, would that be bad? It's one thing to negotiate with shit that doesn't belong to you, like promising Russia can keep Donsk or some shit, but if they just sold them something of theirs to get them to fuck off, that would be helpful would it not?
I am so sad by how Ukraine has been handled.
The West should have been an overwhelming power against Russian imperialism. Ukraine should have been given everything from the beginning, no strings attached, with no self-imposed red lines.
They will swallow another democracy in 10-20 years and the cycle repeats.
You'd think this would be a fairly cut and dry issue - the countries helping Ukraine wouldn't like it either if another country started negotiating terms on their behalf (especially not with a monster like Putin).
Ukraine and its people should be the ones to decide their own fate.
I swear people who think otherwise must've read David vs. Goliath and sided with the Goliath.
The comments are peak internet dumpster fire 🍿
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Except that they can't, especially Europe. While EU has drastically reduced oil and gas from Russia it's still like 20%. I've heard Hungary and Austria don't have access to gas from other countries other than Russia. (If someone has a source that says otherwise I'd be open to it).
A few years ago, didn't the British prime minister threaten to cut Ukraine out of economic relations if Zelenskyy negotiated with Russia? Kinda seams like that's already happened.
Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine alone determines its future and any dialogue with Russia must follow a peace plan based on strength and international support.
Support [outside of the racist countries' unilateral support for Israel] will always be based on agreements. It doesn't matter how much Ukraine supports Israel or sends its mercenaries to Gaza. How many countries will help out another for no return?
Dude is actually benefitting from this war.