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  • Source says Putin demanding control of entire Donetsk region
  • Trump says Zelenskiy has ‘gotta make a deal’
  • Zelenskiy reported to have rejected demand
  • Zelenskiy to visit Trump on Monday with European back-up
  • Europeans say they will maintain or increase pressure on Russia

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV, Aug 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not”, after a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.

After the two leaders met in Alaska on Friday, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Putin had offered to freeze most front lines if Kyiv ceded all of Donetsk, the industrial region that is one of Moscow’s main targets, a source familiar with the matter said.

  • Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world
    211·
    2 days ago

    He who drinks with the enemy while his ally bleeds is no hero but a fool. You grant him honor while he seeks to burn your and your ally’s home. No word of peace holds meaning while his sword is still raised against those who stand with you.

    Install troops and all weapons in Ukraine and show Putin already god damn it. That makes putin mad? Good that will make EU more unified. And its not like putin is gonna drop nuclear bombs cause thats suicide :) So bring him to his knees.

    • poofkaboom@feddit.nl
      1·
      11 hours ago

      Threatening nuclear war should never be an option. Nukes are there to prevent nuclear war from happening, if that makes any sense.

    • BussyGyatt@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      And its not like putin is gonna drop nuclear bombs cause thats suicide

      doesn’t putin have cancer? what can putin expect if this war fails? does putin actually have the incentives of a reasonable and calm decision maker as your analysis seems to assume, or are his incentives more in line with the extremity of desperation and corruption? If he fails, suicide-by-nuclear-armageddon could just be a way of taking his power back. If he can’t play who’s to say he wont stab big holes in his ball- all our balls- before he fucks off home? What makes you think that genocidal maniac won’t burn the whole world down if he can’t be king if he thinks that’s within his power?