Posted on 08/24/2025 11:57:06 AM PDT by bitt
Vice President JD Vance said Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has made several concessions in his discussions with President Trump over the war in Ukraine — including vowing to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine after the fighting ends.
“They’ve recognized that they’re not going to be able to install a puppet regime in Kyiv, and importantly, they’ve acknowledged that there is going to be some security guarantee to the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Vance told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
On the possibility of Ukraine having to give land to a country that forcibly seized it, Vance didn’t appear to agree that doing so may send a message to other rival countries like China about taking Taiwan, or would reward Russia for its invasion.
“This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation,” the VP said, noting it will be Ukraine that will ultimately decide which land it may give up.
Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally to end the Second World War, and land settlement decisions happened afterwards.
However, also on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — in an earlier “Meet the Press” interview — also appeared to put more conditions on any direct talks between Putin and Zelensky, and said Putin believes the Ukrainian president is “illegitimate” as leader of the nation.
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What he says is pretty close to the same as saying a treed coon surrounded by a pack of dogs and hunters with guns is really not cornered and has a choice in the matter.
The argument is about where the new borders will be. Putin seems pretty much stalemated and Zelensky isn’t getting back Crimea and the eastern part that Putin has seized.
Thanks. VERY interesting.
LOL, Sundar, as if that’s the only time that happened
Whatever you say, Ahmed.
Excellent Pichai
I know I am going to regret this, but I have absolutely no idea what the [Expletive Deleted] you’re talking about.
You told me to Google 6-Day War... (as if people don’t know what the 6-Day War was) sheesh.
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google owner Alphabet... Sheesh
my objection was the relevance of the 6-Day War to the mud wrestling between Russia and Ukraine, and its relevance to the unknown length of time required to invade and subdue a heavily fortified island. Sheesh.
And the relevance is you keep territory you win in a war.
Mine is a lot more relevant than your idiotic reference to some obscure red dot.
Since you failed to properly articulate your point with your clumsy attempt at association with the 6-Day War — that’s more of a “you” problem than a “rest of us” problem.
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