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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.

“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in which he answered reporters’ questions.

“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right. According to Ukraine’s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”

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[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 148 points 2 months ago

As an American I stand with Ukraine.

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[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Good.

Meanwhile, I'm eagerly waiting for the local Tankie to, once again, explain how so much death is justified by the dire threat Ukraine poses to a 17 million square kilometer country with 5,459 nuclear warheads. And, apparently, to their own people. I'm sure NATO is still making them do it, yep.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 42 points 2 months ago

Haven't you heard, it's because everyone in Ukraine is a nazi. Not the invader! the invadee. Nazis, all of them.

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[-] sircac@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago

Slava ukraini

[-] Flamekebab@piefed.social 68 points 2 months ago

Giving bullies what they demand usually works out super well.

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago

It worked great when Chamberlain pressured Czechoslovakia to cede territory to Nazi Germany. Everyone was happy and nothing bad came out of it.

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[-] tomiant@piefed.social 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm rallied.

We all are.

It's up to the rich cunts.

And they act in their self interest, so it's basically a dice roll. Oh, also, Russia controls USA, and USA controls the world, so I'm kind of hunkering down and trying to find an AK at this point.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 34 points 2 months ago

We all are.

Far from it. A lot of people in Europe are brainwashed by Russian propaganda, even more people are not doing that great and will not sacrifice anything to help Ukraine. In many countries the right is either in power or very close to getting it. Each government is very carefully calculating how to keep the war going without losing the next elections. I think European troops should have been providing air defense to western Ukraine from the very beginning of the war but half or most of the people (depending on the country) don't support sending any troops there.

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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago

I even think the headline is a little offensive, acting as if ceding land is even an option. They ceded land to Russia a decade ago and they're still getting attacked. WW2 should have taught us that you can't appease guys like Putin and Hitler.

[-] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 months ago

They didn't cede land back then either, it got taken over.

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 60 points 2 months ago

The biggest loss of the Trump administration will be that the rest of the world realized they could go on without America.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

If a prolific murderer and a felon rapist pedophile were pressuring me to give up what my fellow countrymen were dying for, I'd say no too.

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[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

Slava mother fucking Ukraini

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When a home invader breaks in, just let him keep the living room, as long as he stays out of the kitchen and bedrooms. It's a reasonable compromise.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 42 points 2 months ago

If anyone in the Trump administration had any brains at all, this would have been obvious from the outset.

The only people who can see advantage to Ukraine seeding territory to Russia, is Russia. Everyone else involved can see what a monumental tactical error that would be. Especially since everybody knows the only reason Russia is even at the negotiating table is because they are desperate, given that is the case, there is zero reason to capitulate.

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[-] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

Europe should stop acting like Trump is a reasonable person. He is not. And he is a Russian asset.

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[-] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 months ago

Zelensky should ask Trump how much American land he is willing to give Putin.

[-] LifeLikeLady@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That's easy. All of it.

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[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 months ago

I'm a long way from fully versed in the intricate power plays involved here etc etc, but I'm amazed Russia didnt roll over them, and I'm pretty appalled that the world didnt rally behind Ukraine.

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[-] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Isnt this how russia took crimea. What makes anyone believe this'll be the last time.

[-] falseWhite@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And wasn't Trump bitching about how Obama allowed Russia to take over Crimea? Yet he's doing the same, even worse right now. But of course it's hardly news to any sane person that he is a two faced lying hypocritical bitch.

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[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

We stand with Ukraine!

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

zelenskyy is making the right call. good. seriously!

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

After reading the comments. Is Shawn working from the Russian Embassy in Washington DC? The clown fails to understand that nobody with a sane mind wants to be occupied nor influenced by the damn Russians.

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