Russia must pay to rebuild Ukraine as price of peace, says Zelenskyy’s sacked general

The National ^ | 3/6/2025 | Thomas Harding

[wildcard_redneck]

You are losing the war Ukraine. That isn’t how it works.

[rlmorel]

I don’t think the guy understands how negotiations work when you don’t hold any cards except for the blood of your citizenry.

[Uncle Miltie]

Ukies live in some fantasy world.

[zeestephen]

Re: "Russia must pay"

Good luck with that fantasy.

[FlipWilson]

And that is why you sign economic deals with countries like the U.S. it is through economic partnership that you rebuild your country and secure it.

[Morgana]

Putin to Zelenskyy: Сука

[FlingWingFlyer]

From all the reports we got from the DemonRATS’ “media” during this war, it would seem to me that the Ukies should be required to rebuild Russia.

[McGruff]

Ukrainians sure make alot of demands for being the loser.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Picture Russia and its own Marshall Plan.

1) They’re too poor.
2) They’re cheap and paranoid.

[Jonty30]

I guess 90% reduction in long-term population estimates isn’t enough for this guy.

[dfwgator]

They’ve already rebuilt Mariupol.

[DesertRhino]

The main takeaway is that this is who the DC/London axis is going to use to replace Zelinsky.

[buwaya]

The US didn’t, in 1783.
Neither did Vietnam in 1975.

[buwaya]

Your “card” in such a case is the blood of the other guy’s citizenry.

[metmom]

Then the Ukraine must pay to rebuild in Russia for the damage the Ukraine caused.

[Irenic]

Ah yes, the Colin Powell ‘Pottery Barn Rule’.

[Bob434]

Yeah im sure russia will get right on that-

[Owen]

Probably worth noting that a Russia friendly government installed in Kiev would not face any huge difficulty in getting foreign aid for repairs.

And also worth noting the most heavily damaged areas are the new Russian Oblasts, which of course they will repair.

That’s what oil and gas does. They are everything.

[buwaya]

“I guess 90% reduction in long-term population estimates isn’t enough for this guy.”

I read you as finding this a desirable outcome.
I want to explore that with you. Do you like to fantasize about mass murder?