Zelensky describes Oval Office meeting as ‘regrettable,’ says he is ready to negotiate peace | CNN
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement Tuesday that his Oval Office meeting last week with US President Donald Trump “did not go the way it was supposed to,” describing it as regrettable and noting that Ukraine is ready to negotiate.
  • SkilurosEnglish
    53•2 months ago

    The put down was always part of the plan.

    Realistically, Trump can’t bring about a ceasefire because the russians have no incentive for good faith negotiations. They can easily press demands that will never be accepted in Ukraine (no army, micro-management of internal laws, surrendering Ukrainian controlled parts of Kherson, Zaparozye, Donetsk). This means Trump needs to position Zelenskyy as the bad guy for internal audiences (many Americans cannot comprehend that the russians are acting in bad faith, or they simply don’t care).

    • @shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Putin has incentive to negotiate. He has drained the filthy Russians of men and matériel. Of course he wants to stop the war, to rearm and regroup.

      no incentive for good faith negotiations

      Oh. Carry on.

  • Em AdespotonEnglish
    29•2 months ago

    Negotiate peace with who? Russia who invaded them for no reason other than a land grab? Or the US, who artificially created a conflict to gain more leverage over Ukraine to steal their minerals?

  • Avid AmoebaEnglish
    23•2 months ago

    I think the next time around the negotiation has to include people from most of the EU in that room.

    • @A_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12•2 months ago

      Next time it has to be on the front line with American negotiators required to crawl under barbed wire to get there.