Putin demands full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as condition for ending Ukraine war (www.theguardian.com)

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Following Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday, Ukrainian officials are voicing concern over the US president’s apparent shift in tone after Putin demanded full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as a condition for ending the war.

On Truth Social, Trump said he wanted to “go directly to a peace agreement, which would end the war and not a mere ceasefire agreement, which often times do not hold up”.

Speaking to the Financial Times about Putin’s demands, a senior Ukrainian official said: “This is a stab in the back.”

Another senior Ukrainian official said: “He just wants a quick deal.”

Meanwhile, Oleksandr Merezhko, the chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told the outlet that the outcome of the summit was “awful”.

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[-] MountainOyster@piefed.world 31 points 2 days ago

“go directly to a peace agreement, which would end the war and not a mere ceasefire agreement, which often times do not hold up”

And who's to say that asshole Putin won't start up the war again? If he doesn't honor ceasefires, how can you trust him with peace by giving him what he wants? That's rewarding a dog for bad behavior.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Even if Putin did honor ceasefires, ending the war on any terms short of Crimea being returned to Ukraine (let alone the other territories) would be rewarding his bad behavior.

[-] Z3k3@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

This is exactly it. Hrs just annoyed we all didn't let him do what he did with crimea and slowing him down. He's not stopping till ukraine is Russia again even if its 1 region every couple years