Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he is willing to resign if it ensures peace or NATO membership for Ukraine.

“If it is peace for Ukraine, and if you really want me to leave my post, I’m ready,” he said. “Alternatively, I can trade this for NATO membership… I’m focusing on Ukraine’s security today, not in 20 years.”

His comments come amid tensions with Donald Trump, who falsely suggested the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war.

Meanwhile, U.S.-Russia negotiations continue without Ukraine, which Zelenskyy firmly rejects. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of Ukrainian involvement in any peace negotiations.

  • index@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Zelenskyy is a corrupted politician like the rest who happens to be the president of a country being invaded. There shouldn’t be any monuments to authoritarian rulers who abolish human rights and force people to fight wars.

    Ukrainian males between 18-60 haven’t been able to leave the country since 2022 and the government is kidnapping people off the streets to draft them.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilization_in_Ukraine#2024

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXhC8WREVKM

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      Yes, drafts happen when you get invaded. Soldiers are needed, this isn’t a Vietnam situation like the USA pulled. The country is actively being invaded, soldiers are needed, it’s not rocket science.

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          Drafts happen when you need soldiers when you’re getting invaded. It’s no time to be a coward. You can’t “object” your way out of being invaded.

          Drafts have nothing to do with authoritarian govs.

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              Cool, so did the USA…and UK…and basically every single nation on earth that’s been at war when getting invaded or defending an allied nation. Drafts don’t magically make a government authoritarian.

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                  Cool, again, so did the UK…and basically every single nation on earth that’s been at war when getting invaded or defending an allied nation. Yet again, drafts don’t magically make a government authoritarian.

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                  No shit? Really, I didn’t know that…other than my comment about Vietnam…the USA not having a draft since 73 has nothing to do with the fact that drafts are not just authoritarian govs. Doing them.

                  You sound like a russian troll at this point repeating russian propaganda.

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                    You sound like a russian troll at this point repeating russian propaganda.

                    Are you for real? I’m giving Russia an example of an authoritarian state with draft - and you call me a Russian troll?

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      It’s almost like they are in a war to defend their country from being invaded and destroyed. What a concept.

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              It’s called martial law, you clown. Zelensky stayed to lead his country’s defense, despite being offered a ride out, while Putin pranced away at the first sign of danger from Wagner.

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              I get the idea, but the point here isn’t lasting long (in a shitty situation), it’s to overcome the current crisis.

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                Authoritarian rulers playing chess with other people life is a crisis that has been going of for a lot of time.

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                  Unless you have a practical way of solving the root cause of authoritarianism, all you’re doing right now is picking the much more terrible authoritarian’s side in oppressing the weak.