Putin’s spring offensive in Ukraine has begun. Experts warn Trump has given Russia a window of opportunity (www.independent.co.uk)
from panthera_@lemmy.today to world@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 03:38
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panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 03:40 next collapse

This is what Europe should propose to Putin. Russia will withdraw from all land it seized from Ukraine after the 2022 invasion. NATO would be dissolved and replaced with a European alliance. Ukraine and Canada would be permitted to join but not the US. All sanctions against Russia will be lifted. Russia will not be required to pay reparations. If Putin doesn’t accept the proposal, the UK and France would send troops to Ukraine.

marcos@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 04:05 next collapse

Put something in that Putin can use to say Ukraine has been denazified, and it’s a deal that he should logically take.

But Ukraine will also insist on getting their children back. What is extremely reasonable. And I have no idea how logical Putin is nowadays.

You can make a cease-fire in that format, but not a peace agreement.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 15:02 collapse

Under my proposal, there has to be a peace agreement since Russia will have to leave the land it seized after the 2022 invasion. However, if Ukraine agrees to a ceasefire and gives Russia the land it has already seized, that’s fine.

Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Mar 18:40 collapse

So kind of you

theneverfox@pawb.social on 30 Mar 05:24 next collapse

If they wrapped that in the right spin it might just give Putin enough wiggle room to back down without losing his head

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 14:56 collapse

Yes, Europe should get China involved. Peace would be good for trade between China and Europe, which includes Ukraine.

Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Mar 06:04 next collapse

So… Give him all he wants without any consequences?

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 30 Mar 14:22 next collapse

He’d not get the territories.

Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Mar 14:46 collapse

Crimea is Ukraine, let alone the rest of occupied territories. It’s not just some “land” - despite everything there are Ukrainian people living there.

Russia keeping land annexed by brute force will not achieve anything and only add billions upon billions of debt to rebuild and resettle what was eradicated.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 14:54 collapse

Under my plan Putin doesn’t get all he wants. He will be getting far less territory than he wants.

a4ng3l@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 15:44 next collapse

Yeah but without compensation / reparations ? It’s absolutely a bad deal for the victims.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 19:23 collapse

You have to have a deal that Putin might accept. Putin will certainly reject a deal which requires reparations.

a4ng3l@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 19:37 collapse

I don’t think any one has to have a deal that they themselves cannot accept… why would the Zelensky dude and our fellow Ukrainians have to settle? They seem like a pretty brutal and opinionated bunch…

No one « have to » until they are all eating dirt really.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 19:43 collapse

Ukraine will accept my proposal because it would end a war which is killing its people and which it might not win. The problem is whether Putin will accept the proposal.

Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Mar 18:39 collapse

Except he’s not in it for territories.

Also you got to remember all previous attempts to pacify an aggressor, starting from a nice chap by the name of Neville.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 19:09 collapse

Territory with its resources is his primary reason for wanting Ukraine. My proposal doesn’t appease Putin. He will have to cede all territory he seized after the 2022 invasion.

First_Thunder@lemmy.zip on 30 Mar 07:09 next collapse

Question is, why would Putin accept that? NATO already seems to be on the way out, he already holds more territory than in 2022, and with the current oil prices they’re making a bunch of money, and EU doesn’t have the fiscal space to help Ukraine or to justify a direct intervention

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 14:52 collapse

Putin might not accept it. Then Britain and France have to join the war and force an outcome.

EffortlessGrace@piefed.social on 30 Mar 07:19 next collapse

So, appeasement spiced with a paper tiger’s threat? This “proposal” is insulting.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 19:39 collapse

The UK and France are not paper tigers. They would not only provide ground but also air and naval forces. The RAF and French air force could gain air superiority.

DirtSona@feddit.org on 30 Mar 07:28 next collapse

Any suggestion of a world war can only come from a lunatic.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 14:51 collapse

I am not suggesting a world war, but it might be inevitable. Britain and France experiencing the terrible loss of lives during World War I thought they could bring peace by giving Hitler the Sudetenland. It didn’t work.

MonsterMonster@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 11:22 next collapse

You sound like a Russian sympathiser.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 14:28 collapse

What? I gave a solution to ending the war in which Russia would gain much less land than Putin wants.

EightBitBlood@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 17:10 collapse

Here’s my plan:

Get Trump out of office, get an American president that isn’t AIPAC. Treat Putin in Russia the same as we just did Venezuela and Iran.

Putin gets nothing forever. (As he’s dead). Democracy stops collapsing world wide due to his influence over insecure billionaires. US gets to keep breaking bad. But in a way that actually benefits the world instead of just the Epstein class.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 19:20 collapse

Russia is much more powerful than Venezuela or Iran.

Naich@piefed.world on 30 Mar 07:55 next collapse

Trump really was the best investment Putin ever made.

Killer57@lemmy.ca on 30 Mar 14:08 collapse

Last week was the deadliest week of the Russian war for Russians so far in 2026, their spring assault is a slaughter for them, Ukraine is doing amazing, Slava Ukraine

panthera_@lemmy.today on 30 Mar 14:26 collapse

Yes, but Putin is willing to sacrifice his troops just as Stalin in World War II because Russia has far greater manpower. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8fWp-i-BGA&t=26s

Killer57@lemmy.ca on 30 Mar 15:07 collapse

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