Posted on 03/28/2022 7:43:56 PM PDT by delta7
Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia but such a pact would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks aired on Sunday.
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The Ukrainian president also accused the West of cowardice, making an exasperated plea for fighter jets and tanks to help defend his country from Russia's invading troops.
Speaking after US President Joe Biden said in a lacerating speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin could not stay in power – words the White House immediately sought to downplay – Zelenskyy lashed out at the West's "ping-pong about who and how should hand over jets" and other weapons while Russian missile attacks kill and trap civilians.
Ukraine says that to defeat Russia, the West must provide fighter jets and not just missiles and other military equipment. A proposal to transfer Polish planes to Ukraine via the United States was scrapped amid NATO concerns about being drawn into direct fighting.
In his pointed remarks, Zelenskyy accused Western governments of being "afraid to prevent this tragedy. Afraid to simply make a decision."
Another top Ukrainian official, meanwhile, said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea, while Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Monday that Russia's war on Ukraine has so far cost the country $564.9 billion in terms of damage to infrastructure, lost economic growth and other factors.
In an online post, she said the fighting had damaged or destroyed 8,000 km (4,970 miles) of roads and 10 million square meters of housing.
Zelenskyy said Russia's invasion had caused the destruction of Russian-speaking cities in Ukraine, with damage worse than the Russian wars in Chechnya.
"Security guarantees and neutrality, non-nuclear status of our state. We are ready to go for it. This is the most important point," Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine refused to discuss certain other Russian demands, such as the demilitarization of the country.
Speaking more than a month after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Zelenskyy said no peace deal would be possible without a ceasefire and troop withdrawals.
He ruled out trying to recapture all Russian-held territory by force, saying it would lead to a third world war, and said he wanted to reach a "compromise" over the eastern Donbas region, held by Russian-backed forces since 2014.
Zelenskyy focused on the fate of the eastern port city of Mariupol, under siege for weeks. Once a city of 400,000 people, it has undergone prolonged Russian bombardment.
I've talked to the defenders of Mariupol today. I'm in constant contact with them. Their determination, heroism and firmness are astonishing," Zelenskyy said in a video address, referring to the besieged southern city that has suffered some of the war's greatest deprivations and horrors. "If only those who have been thinking for 31 days on how to hand over dozens of jets and tanks had 1% of their courage."
"All entries and exits from the city of Mariupol are blocked," Zelenskyy added. "The port is mined. A humanitarian catastrophe inside the city is unequivocal, because it is impossible to go there with food, medicine and water," he said.
"I don't even know who the Russian army has ever treated like this," he said, adding that, compared to Russian wars in Chechnya, the volume of destruction "cannot be compared."
Russia has denied targeting civilians in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame for a failure to open humanitarian corridors.
Zelenskyy pushed back against allegations from Moscow that Ukraine had curbed the rights of Russian speakers, saying it was Russia's invasion that wiped Russian-speaking cities "off the face of the earth."
“...so Putin is invading Ukraine to shut down this latest attempt to extract Ukrainian oil and sell it in competition with Russian oil...”
Probably, but we must not forget Putin’s interest in the other resources in those eastern provinces. My wife’s town of Alchevsk has a huge chemical plant that supplies the adjoining huge steel mill with coke. It also produces fertilizer for the nearby black soil fields. There are coal mines in the area. We should also remember Putin’s demented nostalgia for the Soviet Union and his fond memories of his KGB days. He really wants a return to full oppression and control of the former CCCP domains.
Elderly citizens in Mariupol are overwhelmed with emotion as the Russian flag is hoisted over a newly liberated military base. They break into tears, hug one another, and thank the Russian soldiers profusely as the national anthem plays:
“My Donbass is free!”
https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1508235691586695174
What "responsibility" does the US have under the specific written terms of the agreement, that would relate to US military assistance to Ukraine, following a Russian invasion? Quote the language of the Budapest Memorandum - be specific.
Ante up, my friend!
When there is a nuke plume above pootypoot’s favorite Ruke city, we can blame appeasers like you.
Actually, if that happens, it would more likely be the result of you fulfilling your threat to provide nukes to Ukraine. "Appeasers" like me don't know how to build "suitcase" bombs!
Oh and BTW, you did not produce evidence for the original claim.
Not my job, because I have never made such a claim. I merely suggested that you might find it in your 'magical' documentation, or whatever the source might be for your outlandish and unverifiable claims...
;>)
“...If Russia does succeed, Lautman says she is confident it would round up and execute political leaders and journalists there...”
It is already happening in the occupied areas.
The arrests of dissidents in Moscow and the suppression of the remnants of free media have shocked many of Russia’s well-to-do and celebrities. Now we have prima ballerinas defecting just like the old Cold War days.
That’s so sweet— not.
I still wonder if you think Russia should liberate the rest of Europe from nazis ?
Most of Europe has much larger neonazi populations.
It’s not our fvcking business. We have our own problems to deal with, and we ahould NOT be getting involved in other nations’ asshattery, especially when we will gain absolutely nothing from interference.
Thank you,Caww.
I am happy for them.
According to the Washington Examiner, close Zelensky advisor and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi urged the public to “take into account the realities of the information and psychological war and trust only official sources.”
“The enemy produces and shares with the inhuman treatment of alleged ‘Russian prisoners’ by ‘Ukrainian soldiers’ in order to discredit Ukrainian Defence Forces,” he claimed.
Well, ok. Let’s see. By the terms of the agreement, Russia INVADING the Ukraine is “showing respect for the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine”. So by those written terms, since it is not called out as an obvious violation, we can do EXACTLY the same thing and just call it a “special military exercise”.
On the plus side, it would keep the engagements within Ukrainian borders and keep it CONVENTIONAL rather than NUCLEAR.
1. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine;
2. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or
political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
3. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind;
4. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression ....
My wife wore the red scarf of the Lenin Pioneers in the Donbas just before the Soviet Union fell. She says she has seen a lot of fakey pro-Russian vids and says the Moscow power structure always orchestrates such propaganda and lies
Actually, what happened in 2014 is the elected Ukrainian government was overthrown by the US and the Azov Battalion based in Mariupol held these people hostage ever since.
Yes, Putin’s Russia!
BTW the reson only a few when they raised the flag is the Elderly remain in Donbass home only. Able people are either mobilised, volunteers or left abroad to support family with money, ....cause nothing works there since 8 years ago.
EVIL RUSSIA UNDER PUTIN:
“Russia-led forces in the Donbas region engaged in: enforced disappearances, torture, and unlawful detention; committed gender-based violence; interfered with freedom of expression, including of the press, peaceful assembly, and association; restricted movement across the line of contact in eastern Ukraine; and unduly restricted humanitarian aid.
Human rights issues in Russian-occupied Crimea included: politically motivated disappearances; torture and abuse of detainees to extract confessions and punish persons resisting the occupation; politically motivated imprisonment; and interference with the freedoms of expression, including of the press, and assembly and association. Crimea occupation authorities intensified violence and harassment of Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists in response to peaceful opposition to Russian occupation (see Crimea sub-report).
Investigations into alleged human rights abuses related to Russia’s occupation of Crimea and the continuing aggression in the Donbas region remained incomplete due to lack of government control in those territories and the refusal of Russia and Russia-led forces to investigate abuse allegations.”
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ukraine/
Not my job, because I have never made such a claim. ‘
***Then stay the hell out of the middle of it, pantywaist. Yours was essentially a 100% troll maneuver.
First off, Russia has dropped the bs denazification angle, that’s over.
Second your filthy Russian hero hasn’t won, his army is chewed to bits and he’s ratcheting down his goals.
And third, Zelenzky is absolutely correct about the cowardice of the West. And the immorality.
If you knew anything about the world and our place in it you wouldn’t make such ignorant statements.
This continues to be so informative yet not answering my original question:
Should Russia continue liberating Europe from Nazis ?
These Russian defenders are quite literally sick in their heads.
TOTALLY AGREE. WHICH ALSO IS REPEATED BBY A FEW SELECT FREEPERS!
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