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"Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier," Zelenskyy said in a Telegram message early Saturday.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Saturday that his countrymen “will not give their land to occupiers,” after Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal would include some “swapping” of territories with Russia.

“The answer to Ukraine’s territorial question is already in the constitution of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in a message on Telegram early Saturday. “No one will and no one can deviate from it. Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.”

His comments came after Trump announced on Truth Social that a long-awaited meeting with Vladimir Putin had been scheduled for next Friday in Alaska.

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[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago

So trump thinks it's about land mass, and not the people living there. Gotya.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Not a lot of people living in these territories remaining, on account of the continuous warfare. Hundreds of thousands not in active military have been refugees for years now.

Furthering complicating things are the number of residents who were killed in the conflict. They don't get their land back under any conditions.

I see a lot of "If I was in Ukraine, I'd go down fighting" shitposts on the sub. But all the Reddit Commandos who thought they'd win one for the gipper went out in airstrikes back in early 2023.

The only westerners still engaged with this war are treating it like a sportsball game in extra innings. They don't care about the death toll. All they care about is the territory.

It's the same brain rot that's got Israelis obsessed with punishing Gaza for October 7th, except the Ukrainians aren't "winning".

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 12 hours ago

There's lots of people living in occupied areas that the Russians took in the first few days. The regions that have been fought over for the past 3 years .. yes you're right... No much remains there.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

He must think this whole conflict is over real estate and golf courses.

[-] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Trump doesn't understand the concept of "people" beyond mechanical tools that do what he says.

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