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Putin makes clear Russia will only play ball with Ukraine by his rules

c/world · u/MicroWave@lemmy.world · 125 points

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**Summary**

Vladimir Putin conditionally accepted a US-Ukraine ceasefire proposal, demanding Ukraine halt rearmament and that Western aid be paused, while refusing similar constraints on Russia.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy dismissed this stance as "manipulative," accusing Putin of prolonging the war through impossible preconditions.

Analysts suggest Putin is strategically stalling, leveraging Trump's eagerness for peace and limited US leverage.

Concerns grow that Trump may align more closely with Putin’s terms, potentially endorsing Russia’s territorial demands and security goals, which would weaken Ukraine and deepen Western divisions.

Comments

u/palordrolap@fedia.io · 15 points

He should spend more time admiring the view out of various upper storey windows.

u/homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 10 points

What a fucking shock. Only a demented rapist dipshit and his couch-humping monkey would not understand that.

The idiocy, the incompetence - it's fucking humiliating.

u/wiLD0@lemmy.world · 3 points

In response to the headline in isolation:

I feel like he already made that Heisenberg-crystal clear Feb 2022.