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European leaders tell Putin to agree to unconditional ceasefire by Monday or face ‘massive’ sanctions (www.theguardian.com)

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Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from 12 May with the backing of US president Donald Trump, threatening president Vladimir Putin with new “massive” sanctions if he failed to comply.

The announcement was made by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine after a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with Trump.

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[-] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago

It’s pretty clear that hasn’t been working

It's pretty clear you never looked into it. The Russian economy is massively strained, they got huge problems due to those sanctions.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

That's just the normal state of Russian economy

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No doubt, but as a mechanism of applying pressure to get them to stop invading Ukraine, I think you'll have to agree that it's failed miserably. That's what I (and most people) mean by 'working': accomplishing the intended aim. Huge problems or not, the war continues unabated. Why do you imagine doing more of the same would be any more effective?

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