Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.
Hm this is going to be a real speedbump on the way to Trump’s Nobel
I heard that Duterte got his Nobel price for his hard work in the Filipines! C’mon putin, visit Cancun but why not have some touchdowns along the way. See if you can tell interpol from cute dancers or maybe food servants? The interpol has your price! Come get it!
So… Let me check I get this right on the timeline.
America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.
Categorical that Russia is not serious about ending the war.
Next steps boys
- America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.
The next step is to get Putin to a table and poison or radiate him and end it that way.
Trump gets angry how his perfect plan fails, calls for sanctions and increased weapon delivered to Ukraine of of spite.
Or he sulks in the corner focuses on his trade war and bans media outlets that point out how terrible is at negotiation.
The cease fire was only for long range missiles anyways, didn’t affect the front line.
Because they need Ukrainian resources or the Russian state goes bankrupt and that’s the end of Russia.
For anyone not reading the article he is specifically talking about any troops Ukraine has left in the Kursk region as there has been a general pullback into Ukraine from Kursk in the last few days. This is not about the wider peace negotiations.
For anyone not reading the article
ie. everybody in the thread
Strange because the actual title of the article mentions that fact. it appears the link seeks to make it as clickbaity as possible.
Yeah. I didn’t like that. I don’t like Putin but misinfo isn’t going to help.
Surprises me even more because it is VOA.
“but misinfo isn’t going to help”
tell that to literally all of politics
Can someone please take Putin out on a balcony
or a window in top floor of a skyscraper. Dude needs some fresh air.
He should fall for so long that he has time to regret his life choices. They should need to to a dna test to confirm it was him with from the shit stain in the crater.
Some some glowing tea?
Putin really meant, “Surrender AND die”.
Hey Putin, wanna hear a funny story?
He actually said, " Ukrainians must surrender or I die" but the media being what they are…
So more weapons and aid to Ukraine it is then.
They can’t win without additional troops.
I wish I could say I don’t know why you people don’t realize it, but I get it now.
The Russia cannot win without additional troops either. And they cannot get those.
Eventually the Russia’s economy will collapse, and at that point it will lose the war and has to leave Ukraine.
Ukraine cannot win the war, but has enough support that it also will not lose it. The Russia cannot win the war, and doesn’t have enough support to avoid eventually losing it.
Once the Russia has lost the war, it has to leave Ukraine, because then there’s nothing it can do to stop Ukrainian forces from taking its territories back.
It is irrelevant that Ukraine cannot win the war, since the Russia is doomed to lose it.
Yeah but when has a grand empire ever actually bankrupted itself fighting some small, tenacious enemy? /s
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Okay, any idea of what the propaganda mill has told me, then?
The facts at hand tell that in the latter half of year 2024 Ukraine received zero military aid from USA. Because of that, the Russia was able to advance at a surpricingly fast pace. Because of this, they managed to conquer as much as 0.7 % of Ukraine’s total territory during that year. Under one percent. When they were fast.
They almost never use tanks anymore, but ATV’s, because they have only the tanks they are able to produce. Which is about 30 per month. Which is a lot, to be honest, but it’s easy for Ukraine to destroy at least one Russian tank per day. And that makes 30 per month as well…
The Russia has had a stable recruitment ability of 25 000 to 35 000 soldiers per month, and are currently losing 1000 to 1400 per day. That makes about 40 000 soldiers lost per month. By far not all of those are deaths, but all of those are permanent losses through very serious wounds or death. When you recruit 35 000 soldiers and lose 40 000, you are not gaining any additional troops. You are keeping their numbers approximately stable, but keeping them approximately stable is what Ukraine is able to do as well. Neither side is able to get additional troops.
Please tell me. What is it that the propaganda mill has told me? I did not feel uncomfortable from what you said, because you said nothing with actual content. You said “simply not true”, and left it to that.
Please tell me something that makes me feel uncomfortable.
There you go just looking for an excuse to spew your propagandized talking points.
…okay?
Now it’s time for you to spew your talking points in turn, should you have any.
I’m not here to spread propaganda or justify my indoctrination.
Do you just argue with everyone on the internet that’s looking for an argument? Lol.
Lol. This comment was literally censored for saying Ukraine can’t win without additional troops.
The reason given was “low-effort.” I swear, you people are just as bad if not worse than the Russians with how much you censor information you don’t like.
Are you going to make an argument of any substance or just keep on with these “you people” attempts to sound superior? If you have something to say, fucking say it instead of just spraying insults at the room.
That’s… simply not true
I can tell you’re a victim of the propaganda mill and get visibly uncomfortable whenever someone says something that goes against your indoctrination.
And I say Putin must die or rot in prison.
Throw him out the window of a crashing plane in poisoned underwear.
With a cup of Polonium tea.
Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/
Ukraine shouldn’t have started it by wanting to be independent of Russia.
Edit: do I really need to add /s?
Accept that there are those lurking here whos only purpose is to downvote good and accurate content. So for the real lemmy users, no you don’t have to add it. For the ones who are only here to stir up trouble. Why bother.
Ukraine asked for it. By the way she dressed. If Ukraine didn’t want to be invaded, she should have just kept an aspirin between her knees
Ah yes, the peace talks…
Piss negotiations.
Trump was supposed to end this war in a day. Has it been a day yet?
Check again tomorrow
Congress passed a resolution that literally says days no longer pass.
https://reason.com/2025/03/12/congress-just-made-it-harder-for-congress-to-block-trumps-tariffs/
TBF he never specified which day.
Yes a very weird one… Albeit a long one.
One of his goons said he WILL end it in a day. How far away that day is… who knows.
That’s not a mutually exclusive or
In the words of The Dread Pirate Roberts: “Death First!”
Fucking war criminal.
