• BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Well he can pay all the wages for Ukraine’s military to just sit there for a few months.

    And he should also be making weekly payments to start reimbursing all the world’s countries who have given to Ukraine.

    • Venat0r@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Typically reparations are paid after signing a treaty, a cease fire could be a step towards that.

      • Laser@feddit.de
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        6 months ago

        If an end of war with reparations was the goal, this is what Russia would request, not a ceasefire. A ceasefire is just a way to continue a war later with greater intensity.

        • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Why would a defending military give the invading military a time out?

          Putin started this whole mess all by himself.

      • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Typically the weaker person needs to give some concessions to not get obliterated during a war that the weaker person started.