Zelenskyy offered a major concession amid escalating tensions and false claims from Trump over the origin of the war.

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he is willing to resign if it ensures peace or NATO membership for Ukraine.

“If it is peace for Ukraine, and if you really want me to leave my post, I’m ready,” he said. “Alternatively, I can trade this for NATO membership… I’m focusing on Ukraine’s security today, not in 20 years.”

His comments come amid tensions with Donald Trump, who falsely suggested the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war.

Meanwhile, U.S.-Russia negotiations continue without Ukraine, which Zelenskyy firmly rejects. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of Ukrainian involvement in any peace negotiations.

  • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4123·
    10 hours ago

    Does this guy think he has all this importance? It is just a cannonball for the interests of the EU and the American Empire

    He will be discarded in the dustbin of history for having sacrificed his people in a conflict that could never have been won by Ukraine, all for money and self-pride

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      392·
      9 hours ago

      Does this guy think he has all this importance? It is just a cannonball for the interests of the EU and the American Empire

      He will be discarded in the dustbin of history for having sacrificed his people in a conflict that could never have been won by Ukraine, all for money and self-pride

      You fascists never change, do you? Always fast to get on your knees and bootlick genocide and imperialism.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          211·
          8 hours ago

          fascist? lol

          Yes, fascist. Bruh, you have the shitstain who suppressed workers’ democracy in Russia as your pfp.

            • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              152·
              8 hours ago

              Sorry that you’re too caught up in bootlicking to acknowledge historical facts. Maybe you’ll find asspats from your fellow fascists over your fellatio of an enemy of the Russian proletariat.

                • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  141·
                  8 hours ago

                  Oh cool, since you hate both, you obviously oppose the one who’s invading and performing genocide? Or is critical support only for orgs like Hamas?

                  “Being against Poland in the active, ongoing war of aggression and extermination does not make me pro-Nazi!”

                  lmao

    • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
      412·
      9 hours ago

      you’re the kind of person to roll over and let another country destroy everything you claim to stand for.

      you would die on your knees without a peep.

      • index@sh.itjust.works
        223·
        7 hours ago

        And you’re the kind of person that doesn’t reason with his own head but feed on whatever government and media says. The same governments backing ukraine are backing israel in a genocide, they don’t give a shit about ukrainian people the same way they don’t care about children dying in gaza. Politicians only care about wealth and power, they don’t fight their own wars. The war in ukraine is being fought by poor people slaughtering each others over invisible lines on a map.

        • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
          142·
          7 hours ago

          Thats entirely beside the point.

          You in your own country. your own family. youd just roll over for an invader?

          thats what youre advocating. Immediate surrender and destruction.

          • index@sh.itjust.works
            220·
            6 hours ago

            State propaganda makes you believe that not having an authoritarian ruler equals to surrender and destruction. People actually are capable of defending themself better without rulers forcing them to fight.

            Human rights should never be abolished, there are no conditions under which slavery is fine.

            • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              6 hours ago

              ??? are you responding to an entirely different comment than mine, by mistake?

              What do you think rolling over for an invader would do? bring you more freedom?

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
      322·
      9 hours ago

      Yeah, you really got this wrong. Ukraine is a proxy for the war spilling into the rest of Europe. Russia has also annexed parts of Georgia in addition to Ukraine, and Putin has expressed the desire to reunite the old empire boundaries, not even USSR, the Russian empire from way back.

      • alykanas@slrpnk.netEnglish
        112·
        9 hours ago

        Can you you show me where he said that ? It comes up a lot and I’ve never found the source .

        • tree_frog@lemm.eeEnglish
          12·
          9 hours ago

          It’s inferred from intelligence reports, scholarly work by folks who specialize in Russia, and the statement of one of Putin’s former aids.

          If you are looking for Putin going on record saying that he wants to reconquer territories that haven’t been part of Russia for well over 100 years, well you’re probably not going to find anything because he’s not making that proclamation publicly. Which makes sense, considering it would be a strategic mistake for him to do so.