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Will Putin chicken out? Ukraine piles on pressure on Vlad to meet Zelensky as Russia stays deathly silent on showdown
Sun UK ^ | 5/13/2025 | James Halpin

Posted on 05/13/2025 4:11:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Putin could reject his own offer to Zelensky.

UKRAINE is now piling the pressure on Russia as Vladimir Putin stays silent on his own offer to meet for peace talks on Thursday.

Moscow's bungle has seen Volodymyr Zelenksy take up Vlad's offer to for a face-to-face meet in Istanbul for long-awaited negotiations between the two leaders.

But the Kremlin has gone deathly silent as Putin weighs rejecting the offer he sent to the Ukrainians.

Zelensky has filled the dead air and now said he will definitely go to Istanbul - but will only meet with his counterpart Putin and not any other members of a Russian delegation.

The Ukrainian is pressing his diplomatic advantage and says Putin is being “very strangely silent” about his own offer.

Zelensky said: "Russian shelling and assaults continue. Moscow remained silent all day regarding the proposal for a direct meeting. A very strange silence.

"One way or another, Russia will have to end this war – and the sooner, the better."

Some in Russia have responded to the possible talks.

The deputy speaker of Russia's upper house said Zelensky's proposal to meet Putin was “comedy and spectacle”.

Konstantin Kosachev said Zelensky should "be afraid" of meeting Putin.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 05/13/2025 4:11:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

More journalistic gobbledygook from UK propagandists.


2 posted on 05/13/2025 4:13:45 AM PDT by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin should not meet with “Z”. This is a job for negotiators...not those two. It would be like Hitler meeting with The President of the US while the war was still on...ridiculous...


3 posted on 05/13/2025 4:19:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: marcusmaximus

Peace is coming and our Zeepers are angry.


4 posted on 05/13/2025 4:19:29 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Sacajaweau

💯


5 posted on 05/13/2025 4:20:56 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: marcusmaximus

Military Summary Channel
https://youtu.be/6XrN4F2a9lI?si=erKUj39qR7idRIDc


6 posted on 05/13/2025 4:23:21 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !!)
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To: JonPreston

Tell Putin to show up in Istanbul on Thursday.


7 posted on 05/13/2025 4:23:32 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Sacajaweau

President Putin of Russia doesn’t want to have a Cease Fire Agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the BLOODBATH.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114490093180275292


8 posted on 05/13/2025 4:28:00 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

I’ll take a wait and see. Putin doesn’t want “Z” loading up weapons and he’s right and that’s what I believe that is the ONLY reason thet “Z” is calling for a ceasefire.


9 posted on 05/13/2025 4:30:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin doesn’t need to meet/talk with anyone. He’s certainly not stupid enough to agree to any ceasefire while arms and cash continue to flow from the west.

Despite all of Ukraine’s resources, and NATO spending multiple times Russia’s military budget, Russia is prevailing. I would give them all the middle finger and just start bombing Odessa. Losers don’t get to dictate terms.

The delusion and wishful thinking around this is mind-boggling. Even Trump hasn’t come to terms with the REALITY that his choices are what Biden’s were - walk away or continue tossing resources into the blackhole.


10 posted on 05/13/2025 4:32:53 AM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington0 DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: Sacajaweau

The ceasefire was President Tump’s plan in the first place.

From February…

What is known of Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine?

https://amp.dw.com/en/what-is-known-of-donald-trumps-peace-plan-for-ukraine/a-71598106


11 posted on 05/13/2025 4:34:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: AAABEST

The Istanbul meeting on Thursday was Putin’s idea in the first place. Now he’s trying to chicken out.


12 posted on 05/13/2025 4:35:58 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

“Tell Putin to show up in Istanbul on Thursday.”

Don’t worry, the Russians will show up to negotiate. And when an agreement is reached, Putin will fly-in, as long as the Neocons promise not to shoot his plane down, that is.


13 posted on 05/13/2025 4:40:19 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Sacajaweau; marcusmaximus
"Putin should not meet with “Z”.
This is a job for negotiators...not those two.
It would be like Hitler meeting with The President of the US while the war was still on...ridiculous..."

Naw... it would be more like little David Zelensky meeting big Goliath Putin on the battlefield, winner take all.

Will Putin show up?

I'd bet no.

14 posted on 05/13/2025 4:48:04 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: MotorCityBuck
Tell Putin to show up in Istanbul on Thursday. It was his idea in the first place.


15 posted on 05/13/2025 4:48:12 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: JonPreston; marcusmaximus
"Peace is coming and our Zeepers are angry."

When peace comes, our pro-Russian posters will be unemployed.

How are you guys going to make your livings then?

16 posted on 05/13/2025 4:50:14 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: marcusmaximus

In an interview with the German daily Die Zeit, published on December 7, 2022, Merkel stated that the 2014 Minsk agreements were an attempt to let Ukraine gain time.

She said “it was clear to everyone” that the conflict had been frozen and the problem had not been resolved. Russian President Vladimir Putin later said that he found Merkel’s statement completely unexpected and disappointing.

Why would Putin trust them now?


17 posted on 05/13/2025 4:52:22 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: BroJoeK

18 posted on 05/13/2025 4:56:33 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: marcusmaximus
Trump throws bones. He also told "Z"....on national TV... he had no cards...in other words he said...."Look ah...you're killing your people and gaining nothing."

And dumb a** "Z" said we're not playing cards....which tells me he didn't understand the analogy....not even a tad.

19 posted on 05/13/2025 4:57:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: McGruff

The Thursday meeting was Putin’s idea in the first place.

Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine to end war

“We are proposing that Kyiv resume direct negotiations without any preconditions,” Putin said in a televised statement on Sunday. “We offer the Kyiv authorities to resume negotiations already on Thursday, in Istanbul.”

https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-proposes-direct-peace-talks-ukraine-end-war


20 posted on 05/13/2025 4:58:11 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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