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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday dismissed the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.”

The Trump-Putin meeting, scheduled for Friday in Alaska, is seen as a potential breakthrough in the more than three-year war.

Trump had previously agreed to meet with Putin even if the Russian leader would not meet with Zelenskyy, stoking fears Ukraine could be sidelined in efforts to stop Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

In a statement posted to Telegram, Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s territorial integrity, enshrined in the constitution, must be nonnegotiable, and emphasized that lasting peace must include Ukraine’s voice at the table.

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[-] mgnome@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

As someone had put it earlier - Pooty tries to trade territories that he can't conquer for promise of not trying to conquer other territories he also can't conquer.

So it's really important that if Taco Don will actually go to listen to Pooty's lecture about Pechenegs and other linguistic diarrhea both of them like to spew all the time - that the former will go there with no expectation that Ukraine will accept demands it didn't for previous 3 years.

It also bears mentioning that Putin has an established precedent of just… you know… ignoring guarantees and deals of that nature. For instance: the Budapest Memorandum, of which they were one of the primary signatories.

[-] mgnome@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Considering Budapest memorandum I absolutely resent USA as they were very enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to give up its armaments. And guess to whom the armaments were given? - Yeah, to Russia - missiles, bombers, and other shit that Russia uses to terrorize us today.

As of Pooty and breaking of agreements - he enters negotiations when he's at disadvantage and breaks them whenever he gains back enough strength to ignore consequences of breaking his promises. That's why it's very important to not remove sanctions against Russia entirely even if they actually agree to let Ukraine have it's 1991 borders back. Their evils should never be forgiven or forgotten.

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