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Zelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death (www.cnn.com)
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into a fourth month, with only modest gains to show so far, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he rejected suggestions it was time to negotiate peace with the Kremlin.

“When you want to have a compromise or a dialogue with somebody, you cannot do it with a liar,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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[–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

this guy played piano with his dick on TV

Maybe it's probably not necessary to kickass the "world's #2 strongest army" but knowing how to use your dick certainly doesn't hurt obviously.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I, for one, think it’s pretty fucking hilarious and incredible that the “world’s second best army” is getting curbstomped by a country led by a guy who played piano with his dick on TV.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    You might need to check your sources about how the war is going... Russia hasn't committed its full army to this war.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This doesn't mean what you seem to think it means. It's not the case that Russia is somehow holding back and has huge additional reserves and resources that it can throw at the conflict. The Russian military isn't about to collapse or anything, but it's not doing great either and has largely been exposed as far weaker than was previously supposed.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes I agree, particularly in the fact that the corruption and facade that was the Russian military reporting structure made it seem to Russian leadership that they were more powerful than they thought. This is the problem with having so many yes men surrounding an authoritarian leader.

    However as we're hitting the two year mark on the war soon, the Russian military has likely become more competent and less corrupt than before with the increased attention.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    That's a fair take and may well be accurate. I am no expert and accordingly don't have a strong opinion either way, and that's leaving aside the rather obvious point that most/many of our so-called "experts" keep getting it wrong in the first place.

    Remember when Kyiv was going to fall in a matter of days, then that got adjusted into a matter of weeks and then months and now here we are a year and a half later?

    The loud and clear lesson from that is that the so-called experts often don't know what the fuck they're talking about.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    not that I don't believe you, but do you have sources yourself? Lotta propaganda flying everywhere

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Russia can’t commit its full army to the war, for quite a few reasons. One of which is that it’s “full army” has been decisively proven to be WAY more of a paper tiger than anybody would have guessed.

    The scale and duration of this war are orders of magnitude are far larger than anyone in Russia was planning for in January of 2022. They discovered that their battalions were rife with ghost soldiers so the officers could scoop up their pay. They discovered their modern tank stockpiles were not only unmaintained, but also often scavenged for parts to either repair other vehicles or simply sell on the black market. They discovered that, incredibly, their Air Force was unable to fully suppress a force that (on paper) was a mere fraction of their size and supposed capability.

    This is scratching the surface. This shit goes way deeper, and it involves their whole military industrial complex, as well as pretty much all seriously profitable ventures in Russia. If money is made at any serious scale, someone’s going to put together a scheme to take a cut of it. That’s how the country works. And it’s biting them in the ass right now.

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