from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Aug 02:02
https://lemmy.world/post/34362702
Ukrainian leader sees no sign of Russia preparing for ceasefire after reports of frontline breach in Donbas
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine could not agree to a Russian proposal to give up more of his country’s territory in exchange for a ceasefire because Moscow would use what it gained as a springboard to start a future war.
The Ukrainian president said he did not believe that Donald Trump supported Russia’s demands, and he expressed hope the US leader would act as an honest mediator when he meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
He added there was no sign that Russia was preparing to implement a ceasefire, as reports emerged that small sabotage groups had pierced Ukrainian defences in the eastern Donbas, advancing about six miles in three days. Zelenskyy also warned that Russia was planning new offensives on three parts of the frontline.
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Good. We saw what happens when you give those fuckers an inch in 2014; they take a mile in 2022. Especially because Crimea is a bit more than an inch, and the claimed/annexed/occupied regions are a hell of a lot more than a mile.
Anyone who thinks that Ukraine ceding any of their sovereign territory is a strategy to buy long-term peace is either a Russian asset or fucking stupid. Full stop.