Posted on 07/19/2025 1:26:27 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Kyiv has sent Moscow an offer to hold another round of peace talks next week, and that he wanted to speed up negotiations for a cease-fire.
Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul over the past five months.
They have agreed to swap prisoners but made no breakthroughs in ending almost three and a half years of conflict that started with Russia’s 2022 invasion.
“Everything should be done to achieve a cease-fire,” Zelensky said in his evening address to the nation.
“The Russian side should stop hiding from decisions,” he added.
The president said Rustem Umerov, who headed the Ukrainian delegation at both talks in Istanbul, had sent the Russian side the offer to hold the meeting next week, but gave no more details.
Umerov, a former defense minister, was appointed last week as the head of the National Security and Defense Council and tasked with adding more momentum to the negotiations.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, who has sharpened his tone against Russia in recent weeks amid worsening air strikes on Ukrainian cities, threatened harsher sanctions on Russia earlier this month if a peace deal was not reached within 50 days.
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Really? Tell me if this one by MacGregor is correct?
Unfortunately for idiots like MacGregor and anyone who believes him, his previous bs statements are there for everyone to read.
Douglas Macgregor @DougAMacgregor Jul 2, 2023 ·
HERE IS WHAT THE MEDIA WILL NOT TELL YOU..
Ukrainian forces are on the verge of collapse, they are totally demoralized.
They've all been killed, it's OVER.
https://x.com/DougAMacgregor/status/1675578381721649152
My suggested negotiating framework:
Step 1, Terms Written Up: Days 1-14
The Russians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.
The Ukrainians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.
Step 2, Disagreements Highlighted: Days 15-21
Each side should then be asked to state which provisions are not acceptable in writing, and why, and asked to write up alternative provisions.
Step 3, Attempted Resolution: Day 22-35
Attempts should then be made to piece together a deal, both by the parties involved, and by a United Nations committee (of say five people from say Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland), the Vatican, the US, Hungary, Turkey and maybe even Mexico.
Step 4, Proposal Selection: two days
There have been X peace proposals pieced together, please rank them, Ukraine and Russia.
The one with the highest combined score will then become the basis for negotiation.
Step 5, Revision Process: five days
Each side should again be asked to say which provisions are not acceptable and asked to come up with alternative terms, and any additional terms they feel are needed.
Step 6, Further Resolution Attempts: seven days
Further attempts should then be made to piece together a deal, both by the parties involved, and again by a United Nations committee of say five people from say Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland.
Steps 4, 5, 6 are repeated if needed until a deal is agreed to.
NOTE: Under my proposal, the parties at war write almost all the wording unilaterally in about two weeks. Third parties then pitch in to try to patch together rational deals. Once that is done, the warring parties are asked to negotiate over remaining differences.
Trump realizes that it’s a waste of time to try to talk to Putin. So he’s sending more arms to Ukraine.
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Just so they can all be vaporized, the list is already to long, M1’s, Leopards, Patriots, M777, Bradleys, Strykers, MRAPS, and on and on. …the West has run out of their “ wonder weapons”.
Time to admit it, no more. The waste is what we sent to Ukraine, all flushed down the Ukie toilet.
Zelensky knows exactly what must be done for the war to end — conceded the annexed territory to Russia and end all military involvement with NATO.
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Exactly what Vlad stated from day one. He hasn’t shifted from that. The bigger problem is how to rid Ukraine of their Neo Nazi problem and extreme corruption.
Nope, Trump offered that deal to Putin who rejected it, demanding Ukraine must also disarm, de-nazify(De-Ukrainianize), and put Russian language on same level as Ukrainian. Its a demand for a complete surrender leaving Ukraine completely defenseless.
Just like most of the Russian military hardware.
Mcgregor is more accurate and more honest than Zelensky or his ‘Ghost of Kyiv’. What’s more, Mcgregor didn’t sponge billions of dollars off of the United States by lying about their ‘success’. Yes, I’d definitely take Mcgregor’s word over ‘waste-Ukrainian-lives-for-nothing’ Zelensky.
“cease-fire negotiations”
time doesn’t favor the Russians
“Rheinmetall will hold a 60% stake in the joint venture, and the facilities will be capable of producing up to 10,000 missiles per year. Production is expected to begin between 2026 and 2027.”
“Special emphasis will be placed on long-range missiles”
Vlad, can I have a 30-day ceasefire (while the US, EU and Ukraine boost arms production and Ukraine trains about 50,000 more soldiers)?
Nyet, Don, nyet!
Excellent- thanks for the post. I have been laughing all day. The full video- with a twist.
https://russiatube.com/watch/bad-dream-zelensky-movie_3hOw5EZgJrxivM5.html
LOL, sure believe in MacGregor or the secret bio-weapons labs in Ukraine creating ‘monster’ troops or the Q
MacGregor and his boss Wesley Clark cluster bombed civilians in Serbia back in the Clinton days.
Zelensky still pretending he wants the war to end and still demanding a ceasefire.
I believe he needs to listen because the other side says they want a permanent solution in the works before any kind of ceasefire.
But Zelensky thinks he snookered Trump to believe he really wants an end in order to get more money and weapons.
We should have walked away from this mess months ago.
“Peace talks” where he demands impossible concessions - like NATO in Kiev and return of annexed territories.
“Trump offered that deal to Putin who rejected it, demanding Ukraine must also disarm, de-nazify(De-Ukrainianize), and put Russian language on same level as Ukrainian. Its a demand for a complete surrender leaving Ukraine completely defenseless.”
“put Russian language on same level as Ukrainian”
In Canada, French and English are equal.
In the EU, French and German are equal.
“Ukraine must also disarm”
absurd demand
“de-nazify”
Germany doesn’t permit Nazi stuff.
“leaving Ukraine completely defenseless”
absurd demand
Since Ukraine wants a Ukraine that’s neutral, not a part of NATO and has no foreign forces in the territory under its control, Ukraine must have all the defensive means it wishes:
1. domestic defenders without numerical limit
2. tanks, guns, artillery pieces and their ammo without numerical limit
3. anti-tank weapons without limit
4. tactical missiles and drones without numerical limit
Translation: “Pokrovsk and Konstyantinivka are encircled, and I need a ceasefire to send troops to reinforce them, and buy time to rig my re-election. Now gimme $80B more.”
How else is the world going to get access to a lot of single women, so quickly, as this?
“Exactly what Vlad stated from day one. He hasn’t shifted from that. “
ROTFLMAO!
The Legendary Vlad never intended to be bogged down in a multi-year war running the country broke with 21% interest rate and 10% inflation and food shortages.
Putin is slowly encircling Potro skin as we speak.
Then, Russia will resupply and invade again!
From Willy OAM (Ukraine supporter, served in Ukraine military):
“Trump’s newfound support for Ukraine is a welcome lifeline. The question is whether his help will be enough to stop Russia’s relentless attacks before Ukraine is engulfed in a critical military, political, and social crisis that threatens to destroy it from within. But again, all of this [current American shipment) is only defensive weapons. Nothing in this can seize and hold terrain. Men have to do that.”
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