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Blinken says no Ukraine cease-fire without Russia’s withdrawal
AP/Military Times via Yahoo ^ | June 2nd 2023 | Susie Blann and Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Posted on 06/02/2023 3:50:24 PM PDT by Mariner

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says there can be no cease-fire in the war in Ukraine unless it is part of a “just and lasting” peace deal that includes Russia’s military withdrawal. Blinken said Friday that “a ceasefire that simply freezes current lines in place” and enabled Russian President Vladimir Putin to “rest, rearm, and re-attack” would not be “a just and lasting peace.” In a speech during a visit to Finland, Blinken said that Russia must also pay for part of Ukraine’s reconstruction and be held accountable for its full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February last year.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that a cease-fire in the war in Ukraine could not be declared unless it was part of a “just and lasting” peace deal that included Russia’s military withdrawal.

Blinken said that “a cease-fire that simply freezes current lines in place” and allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin “to consolidate control over the territory he has seized, and rest, rearm, and reattack — that is not a just and lasting peace.”

Russia must also pay a share of Ukraine’s reconstruction and be held accountable for launching its full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022, Blinken said in a speech during a visit to Finland, which recently joined NATO and shares a long border with Russia.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: 2thelastukrainian; americanpravda; antonyblinken; associatedpravda; associatedpress; finland; globalism; matthewlee; shortpantsblinken; susieblann; tonyblinken
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To: Mariner
Some of the Ukie "bumper sticker slogan" boys and girls are trying to overrun the thread.

Your facts are stubborn things, though.

61 posted on 06/02/2023 6:57:43 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Mariner

The United States will continue to support Ukraine until the last Ukrainian is dead.


62 posted on 06/02/2023 7:05:58 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: escapefromboston; All

Oh there will be a ceasefire alright,
and not on terms to fool marionette Blinken’s or vampiress Nuland’s liking.

-fJRoberts-


63 posted on 06/02/2023 7:10:13 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: canuck_conservative

And NATO can stop it’s 8 year provocation on Russia’s border.


64 posted on 06/02/2023 7:14:33 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: ought-six

Yeah…your lack of an answer says everything.


65 posted on 06/02/2023 8:23:51 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: canuck_conservative

Ukrainians have no vote either on their internal affairs - obviously.


66 posted on 06/03/2023 5:29:45 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Mariner

The loser demanding that the winner surrender.....


67 posted on 06/03/2023 6:24:50 AM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“Yeah…your lack of an answer says everything.”

I did answer. I gave you the full text of the Ukrainian constitution. That is the definitive source, in its entirety.

That you are too lazy to read it, and draw your own conclusion, speaks volumes.


68 posted on 06/03/2023 10:21:26 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: A strike

“And NATO can stop it’s 8 year provocation on Russia’s border.”

What 8-year provocation on Russia’s border? No one ever threatened Russia.

I swear, you pro-Russia apologists are like little girls: You let emotion and hyperbole control your arguments.


69 posted on 06/03/2023 10:24:35 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six

I swear you zeepers need to educate yourselves before shoveling the MSM/DeepState/Biden/Nuland/StateDept/CIA load of Schiff.


70 posted on 06/03/2023 10:33:06 AM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: Mariner

Fighting to the last Ukrainian.


71 posted on 06/03/2023 10:33:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Meanwhile.......... Mother Russia has cancer

Russia is withering on the vine


72 posted on 06/03/2023 10:36:16 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: All
Can anybody picture the Japanese or Germans telling us (in late spring or late summer of 1945) that we would have to abandon captured territory and pay reparations for a cease fire and that THEY would be determining conditions??

I mean, anybody in 45 would have assumed that there wasn't that much chutzpah in the world and that anybody on the axis side talking like that had just had too many bad experiences in life recently had had gone completely batshit crazy.

Nonetheless here in 2023, there actually IS that much chutzpah in the world. Tony Blinken actually has that much chutzpah.

Or is totally batshit crazy.... The only safe assumption to be had here is that the entire Biden admin is crazy.....

73 posted on 06/03/2023 3:22:49 PM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: 1of10
poke it with a stick and see if it’s still alive ...

Ukraine Bear

If you wanna hang out, you've gotta take her out
Ukraine
If you wanna get down, down on the ground
Ukraine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Ukraine


74 posted on 06/03/2023 6:01:13 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: Mariner

Shouldn’t the two countries involved be deciding this?


75 posted on 06/03/2023 6:02:58 PM PDT by x
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To: Reeses

good one ...

Famous last words ...
poke it again sam


76 posted on 06/03/2023 6:15:41 PM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: A strike

Nice try, kid. I and many others here on FR are for Ukraine repelling the invader in spite of who our president is or who Ukraine’s president is.

But that is something you pro-Russia water-carriers can’t seem to grasp.


77 posted on 06/03/2023 7:20:20 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six

Yep ,
you and Bidementia, Osama, vampiress Nuland, Susan Rice, DeepState, CIA, Milley, Soros, Lindy, Bolton ... you know, all the best people see eye to eye on this.

(How’d you like that Nordstream II caper? Pretty slick, eh ?)


78 posted on 06/03/2023 8:00:03 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: A strike

“Yep, you and Bidementia, Osama, vampiress Nuland, Susan Rice, DeepState, CIA, Milley, Soros, Lindy, Bolton ... you know, all the best people see eye to eye on this.”

Not really. For one thing, they have no problem with Biden; but I do (recall my earlier comment that I want to see Ukraine repel its invader in spite of who our president is).

But, you and other pro-Russia cheerleaders seem to embrace the old Soviet dictum that if one is not 100% on board with the party (or, YOUR side in this subject), and one is only 99% on board (so 1% disagreement with the party, or YOUR side), then one is automatically a traitor or worse.

That, kid, is how totalitarians think. No wonder you embrace the Russian cause so much.


79 posted on 06/04/2023 7:23:52 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six

Your pride in your ignorance and illogic is amazing.
A simpleton, ahem, sees this as one dimensional situation with Only a one size fits all cause and solution.
This U.S. - Russia proxxy war was promulgated and is perpetuated by the deepstate you are supporting. Claiming Ukraine must repel its invader, (from Crimea, really?) as your holy grail and that is the only factor is single celled ‘thinking’.
Calling you out on it does not make me a pro-Russia cheerleader. I want a cease fire, not tens of thousands of new deaths satisfy your “as long as it takes” hallucination.

You still didn’t answer about how you liked that NordStream II caper. It really ‘hurt’ Russia. Too bad it was also an act of war against NATO ally Germany and severely hurt their energy sector.


80 posted on 06/05/2023 1:06:08 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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