Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would never declare a ceasefire in Ukraine without Kiev meeting preconditions. Ukraine could use a ceasefire to arm itself for new attacks, which is why a sustainable solution to the conflict must be negotiated first, Putin said. He pointed to earlier agreements on the Ukraine conflict from times before the full-scale Russian invasion, which ultimately ended up "in the rubbish bin." He was referring to the frozen conflict after Moscow illegally annexed Cr
  • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Love that the headline is directly contradicted by the summary. Putin supports a ceasefire in Ukraine given Ukraine meeting preconditions. That’s literally what the article is saying.

  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Militaries do that when attacked.

    The purpose of a ceasefire isn’t one-sided martial domination, it is the acceptance of mutual intolerable (military) resource overexploitation.

    At the moment, the Russian strategy doesn’t line up with the Ukrainian strategy for what a intolerable loss consists of.

  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    He opposes a ceasefire because he is a warmonger. Russia invaded Ukraine unprovoked, they are a threat to world peace. And Putin is a cunt.

    Ukraine will hopefully be able to join the defensive bloc of NATO at some time in the near future to prevent this from happening again.

    “They could re-arm” well where have I heard this before? 🤔