Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he is willing to resign if it ensures peace or NATO membership for Ukraine.

“If it is peace for Ukraine, and if you really want me to leave my post, I’m ready,” he said. “Alternatively, I can trade this for NATO membership… I’m focusing on Ukraine’s security today, not in 20 years.”

His comments come amid tensions with Donald Trump, who falsely suggested the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war.

Meanwhile, U.S.-Russia negotiations continue without Ukraine, which Zelenskyy firmly rejects. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of Ukrainian involvement in any peace negotiations.

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Thats entirely beside the point.

    You in your own country. your own family. youd just roll over for an invader?

    thats what youre advocating. Immediate surrender and destruction.

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      7 minutes ago

      I mean, if a loss is inevitable anyways, why lose our lives along with the war?

      Why buy into propaganda that only serves Western interests at the expense of Ukrainians’ lives?

      Ukrainians die, Westerners get money for their MIC and have fewer Russians to worry about.

      Ukrainians really should be asking themselves if it was smart to fall for western propaganda. Ukraine has always been a tool for the West, nothing more.

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      14 hours ago

      State propaganda makes you believe that not having an authoritarian ruler equals to surrender and destruction. People actually are capable of defending themself better without rulers forcing them to fight.

      Human rights should never be abolished, there are no conditions under which slavery is fine.

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        13 hours ago

        ??? are you responding to an entirely different comment than mine, by mistake?

        What do you think rolling over for an invader would do? bring you more freedom?

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          6 minutes ago

          I’d wager life in Ukraine would be pretty similar to life in Russia if/when Russia takes over.

          That means the disparity in wealth will still grow as quickly as possible, but Ukrainians will lose a lot of their freedoms of expression.