Posted on 08/17/2025 9:34:18 AM PDT by Kazan
Ukrainian President Zelensky said on Sunday that it would be “impossible” for Kyiv to cede territory to Russia and reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire.
Speaking from the European Commission headquarters in Brussels ahead of his planned sit-down with President Donald Trump in the United States on Monday, Zelensky appeared set to maintain his maximalist position towards the war with Russia, and seemingly shoot down officially recognising Moscow’s territorial gains in exchange for a peace agreement.
“Putin has many demands, but we do not know all of them. And if there are really as many as we heard, then it will take time to go through them all. It’s impossible to do this under the pressure of weapons. So, it’s necessary to ceasefire and work quickly on a final deal,” the Ukrainian president said.
This contrasts with President Trump’s position after his bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, after which Trump said that the best way to end the conflict would be to enter into direct peace talks rather than seeking a preliminary ceasefire.
Apparently responding to reports that Putin demanded that Ukraine cede the entirety of the Donbas region, approximately three-quarters of which is already under Russian control, Zelensky noted that “Putin has been unable” to take over the region entirely for over 12 years and suggested that Ukraine does not intend to retreat from Donetsk.
“The constitution of Ukraine makes it impossible, impossible to give up territory or trade land,” Zelensky said.
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Trump needs to withdraw all support for Ukraine if Zelensky refuses to agree to the peace deal he worked out with Putin.
This sort of delusional and unreasonable stance gives Trump the perfect opportunity to walk away from this war permanently.
Time to say goodbye to Biden’s Ukraine payoffs.
Maybe he can go and grab all those fighting-age Ukrainian currently in Poland and bring them back to fight.
Let the European Union deal with this, so we can sit back and laugh our asses off. It’s never been our problem, but has always been theirs.
I don’t think the little turd is in a position to issue demands….and he knows it. He has his escape plan in the works.
EC
Have these pipsqueaks bombed each other since the meeting in Alaska?
The stinking Euros want us to pay for rebuilding and protecting Ukraine. FU.
More made-up propaganda. He looked perfectly fine to the rest of the world, but yours. At least Putin dressed for the occasion, not a homeless person like the Herr Führer Zelensky, who gets his clothes from Good Will.
Never give up the con.
“No doubt this will have Zeepers squealing with delight!”
Maybe prematurely, though. Trump’s first meeting will ONLY be with Zelensky, so I doubt it will be Zelensky dictating terms to Trump...more like the other way around.
This is why any attempt to compromise in any way will never be agreed to. Little Gay Dancer z will continue to flirt and never commit, so let's all just pack it up and let him make his dreams come true all on Little Gay Dancer z’s own.
“””At least Putin dressed for the occasion, not a homeless person like the Herr Führer Zelensky, who gets his clothes from Good Will.”””””””””
who gets his clothes from the GI Joe toy store..
Time for him to skedaddle on out of Ukraine before he has an “accident”.
CC
He should have to draw up a military plan to take back the land or shut up
Z will probably get mussaolinied soon .
He should bail while he’s still alive to spend his grifted millions.
"The problem with Zelinsky is that he eventually runs out of other people's money, and of his own soldiers to fight and die."
United States taxpayers are paying all of Ukraine’s government employees’ salaries.
STOP THAT IMMEDIATELY. They can do what they want but NOT ON OUR MONEY !
Maybe the Donald will finally come to the realization that its time to pull the rug out from under these assholes.
Make a trade deal with the Russians for raw materials and energy out of Asian Russia. Ship it across the Pacific to here and avoide the cluster that is Europa.
Mind our continent and protect our interests along the Pacific rim.
Eff the European pukes and their constant leeching off of us.
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