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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.

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[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 12 minutes ago

After reading this article, I have to say that the headline/image are pretty misleading. He was talking about Kursk, the region of Russia that Ukraine invaded: he said it’s back under Russian control and the Ukraine forces there are surrounded. Then he said they have two options: surrender or die.

I’m not defending Putin here. Just that he’s evil enough without actually taking things out of context to twist what actually happened into some clickbait headline.

[-] faberyayo@lemm.ee 16 points 5 hours ago

Ah yes, the peace talks...

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Putin really meant, "Surrender AND die".

[-] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 18 points 10 hours ago

Funny how Putin offers "mercy" while bombing hospitals. His dictionary must define peace as "total submission."

🐱🐱

[-] DaChrissy@reddthat.com 13 points 11 hours ago

Its wild to think that when this started I was not married and my now wife then girlfriend was still in college. Time flies. Aside from that, what the fuck putin?

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Probably important to note that in American English, college refers to tertiary education ('university' elsewhere)

[-] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

How far does college go? PhD?

[-] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

For most, "College" is the first 4 or so years getting a bachelor's degree. Beyond that is "Grad school" where you get Graduate degrees like PhDs, Masters degrees, and whatnot.

I only did undergrad and the degree was in acting so take what I say with a grain of salt as I am an authority on practically nothing.

[-] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago
[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 13 points 13 hours ago

I'm amazed he's offering "Surrender or die", I figured he'd pull an Israel and go "Surrender AND die"

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

That is definitely what will happen if they surrender though.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 hours ago

They say 'or', then they act out 'and'.

Putin must surrender or die

I'd love to fly that drone that does the job

😁

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Can't happen soon enough man. I wake up every morning and go to Google news front page hoping to see it. I hate that my mind is being spent on having to hate this ugly, evil person.

[-] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 26 points 17 hours ago

Can someone please take Putin out on a balcony

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Some some glowing tea?

[-] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

or a window in top floor of a skyscraper. Dude needs some fresh air.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 14 hours ago

He should fall for so long that he has time to regret his life choices. They should need to to a dna test to confirm it was him with from the shit stain in the crater.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 39 points 21 hours ago

For anyone not reading the article he is specifically talking about any troops Ukraine has left in the Kursk region as there has been a general pullback into Ukraine from Kursk in the last few days. This is not about the wider peace negotiations.

[-] margaritox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

I feel like fast doesn’t change anything. “Surrender or die” is not very “peac-y” whether you’re in Kursk or somewhere else.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 33 seconds ago

That is how war generally works. Until a peace is negotiated you would like the other side to surrender or die. Yeah Putin started it, but that doesn't change the nature of war.

[-] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 13 points 17 hours ago

Strange because the actual title of the article mentions that fact. it appears the link seeks to make it as clickbaity as possible.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Yeah. I didn't like that. I don't like Putin but misinfo isn't going to help.

[-] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 2 points 12 hours ago

Surprises me even more because it is VOA.

[-] allo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

"but misinfo isn’t going to help"

tell that to literally all of politics

[-] AJ1@lemmy.ca 17 points 21 hours ago

For anyone not reading the article

ie. everybody in the thread

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago

Trump was supposed to end this war in a day. Has it been a day yet?

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

TBF he never specified which day.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

One of his goons said he WILL end it in a day. How far away that day is... who knows.

[-] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Check again tomorrow

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 94 points 1 day ago

Europe, I hope y'all are doing the whole "speak quietly and carry a big stick."

Because if Putin steam rolls Ukraine, he's not stopping there, and now he has the US government under his control too.

[-] alkbch@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

Europe is doing the opposite of “speak quietly and carry a big stick”

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

They have scheduled a committee meeting to decide where to plant the tree from which they might someday get big sticks.

[-] cool@lemmings.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If Europe really wanted to stop Russia, they would've sent armies into Ukraine.

"We don't want to escalate because it might start WW3!"

But Putin is going to attack you guys anyways when he's done with Ukraine.

"Yes, but this is the rhetoric dumbasses have been told to peddle so that's what we're doing!"

I still remember when people said Ukraine shouldn't mine its border because it would be seen as "escalation." Funny how the wrong-crowd always scatters like roaches after the damage is done.

[-] Tamei@lemm.ee 97 points 1 day ago

Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ukraine shouldn't have started it by wanting to be independent of Russia.

Edit: do I really need to add /s?

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 day ago

Ukraine asked for it. By the way she dressed. If Ukraine didn't want to be invaded, she should have just kept an aspirin between her knees

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[-] withabeard@lemmy.world 136 points 1 day ago

So... Let me check I get this right on the timeline.

America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.

Categorical that Russia is not serious about ending the war.

Next steps boys

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

The cease fire was only for long range missiles anyways, didn’t affect the front line.

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[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

Fucking war criminal.

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