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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.

“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in which he answered reporters’ questions.

“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right. According to Ukraine’s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

If a prolific murderer and a felon rapist pedophile were pressuring me to give up what my fellow countrymen were dying for, I'd say no too.

[-] unhrpetby@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Some of those countrymen are conscripts. 2/3rds? Which makes continuation of battle far less justifiable IMO.

Some people will choose to fight in Ukraine, to possibly die in Ukraine. Conscripts face punishment for refusal.

How many of those fighting would refuse the peace deal?

[-] Flamekebab@piefed.social 68 points 3 days ago

Giving bullies what they demand usually works out super well.

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago

It worked great when Chamberlain pressured Czechoslovakia to cede territory to Nazi Germany. Everyone was happy and nothing bad came out of it.

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[-] tomiant@piefed.social 71 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm rallied.

We all are.

It's up to the rich cunts.

And they act in their self interest, so it's basically a dice roll. Oh, also, Russia controls USA, and USA controls the world, so I'm kind of hunkering down and trying to find an AK at this point.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 38 points 3 days ago

We all are.

Far from it. A lot of people in Europe are brainwashed by Russian propaganda, even more people are not doing that great and will not sacrifice anything to help Ukraine. In many countries the right is either in power or very close to getting it. Each government is very carefully calculating how to keep the war going without losing the next elections. I think European troops should have been providing air defense to western Ukraine from the very beginning of the war but half or most of the people (depending on the country) don't support sending any troops there.

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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago

I even think the headline is a little offensive, acting as if ceding land is even an option. They ceded land to Russia a decade ago and they're still getting attacked. WW2 should have taught us that you can't appease guys like Putin and Hitler.

[-] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 days ago

They didn't cede land back then either, it got taken over.

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[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago

Slava mother fucking Ukraini

[-] Jimjim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I think Putin needs to remember all of life is a give and take.

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[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago

I'm a long way from fully versed in the intricate power plays involved here etc etc, but I'm amazed Russia didnt roll over them, and I'm pretty appalled that the world didnt rally behind Ukraine.

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

After reading the comments. Is Shawn working from the Russian Embassy in Washington DC? The clown fails to understand that nobody with a sane mind wants to be occupied nor influenced by the damn Russians.

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