Summary

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.

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    5 days ago

    Alright well, I guess it can be Russia’s puppet then.

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      5 days ago

      Uh huh, it would be less a russian puppet than the US negotiating another countries’ fate.

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      to paraphrase an old Polish quote, (on dealing with Russians) “The Rubble is preferable to Russian Dominion”

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        Maybe it’s just me, but life in Ukraine didn’t look all that different from life in Russia before the invasion.

        Both nations are far behind the civilized world when it comes to social issues. Corruption was cited as a major reason for denying Ukraine entrance into NATO.

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          the difference beforehand was that prior to the shooting (big shooting at least). One was a flawed democracy that was trying to improve, and trying to do to itself what Poland did to itself after 20-30 years in NATO and EU.

          the other was an authoritarian mob state. going from one to the other, was evidently worth fighting to the death over, I am inclined to agree.

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          Maybe it’s just me, but life in Ukraine didn’t look all that different from life in Russia before the invasion.

          You mean apart from all the dead Ukrainians and the ethnic cleansing and the kidnapped children and such?

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            4 days ago

            before the invasion.

            I swear, everytime you reply to me it’s in bad faith.

            You need to brush up on your reading comprehension and take a class on persuasive writing.

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              Yeah, I read what you wrote. Unless you meant before the invasion of Crimea, and I don’t think you did, I stand by what I said.

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                  4 days ago

                  This comment should not have been removed. Flying squid is biased and should not be mod.

                  The comment said “I rest my case. You’re too far gone.”

                  If I had said this to anyone else, it wouldn’t have been removed. He’s abusing his mod powers to make his arguments look better. He’s too far gone.