Posted on 01/16/2026 8:15:05 AM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands
KYIV, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A majority of Ukrainians would strongly oppose withdrawing troops from the part of the eastern Donetsk region still controlled by Kyiv in exchange for European and U.S. security guarantees, a poll released on Friday indicated. Ukraine, wary of unmet commitments in the past, is pushing for legally binding security guarantees to prevent any future Russian aggression.
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Just like the AP, Routers is the NWO propaganda central.
Fine. Are they willing to die for it?
If they really opposed it, they would quit deserting by the 10’s of thousands and quit fleeing the country by the millions.
Bingo!
The 200,000K AWOL Ukrainian soldiers should be polled!
No US security guarantees. Ukraine can get them from the Euros. Ukraine is not our fight.
Well considering most of the Ukrainian people who would have opposed this are now dead or gone I am not surprised
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I wonder what percentage of those who would strongly oppose withdrawing troops are women?
Are they polling Ukrainians in Ukraine or Ukrainians in San Diego?
The survey:
War and peace: opinions and views of Ukrainians (results of a survey conducted on January 9-14, 2026)
https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1579&page=1
“Are they polling Ukrainians in Ukraine or Ukrainians in San Diego?”
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Excerpt:
“The survey was conducted with adult (aged 18 and older) citizens of Ukraine who, at the time of the survey, lived in the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Government of Ukraine. The sample did not include residents of territories temporarily not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities (at the same time, some of the respondents are IDPs who moved from the occupied territories), and the survey was not conducted with citizens who left abroad after February 24, 2022.”
https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1579&page=1
“No US security guarantees. Ukraine can get them from the Euros.”
from my plan:
1. the agreement should state that it is a long-term armistice meant to preserve human life and property and that no territory is to be considered as ceded or any claim to territory relinquished,
2. Ukraine be allowed to have an unlimited number of trained military personnel of Ukrainian citizenship, artillery pieces, artillery shells, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft missiles of types now in its service and future equivalents, tanks and drones of a range of less than a certain number of kilometers,
3. monetary aid from the US and EU to enable Ukraine to retain in military service its battle-hardened military personnel,
[I suggest up to $12 billion/year, up to a total of $200 billion.]
4. the Ukrainian right to buy for source country money listed weapons [Patriots, anti-aircraft weapons, artillery shells, missiles] from the US, EU and possibly the UK at prices in line with what the source entity government(s) would pay, subject to such restrictions as the law of the EU itself may impose,
[That’s a security guarantee that I think EU citizens and Americans can live with.]
5. sanctions on Russia to be removed only after a certain period of Russian good behavior.
1. the base schedule for the return of Russian assets,
and asset return rate changes to ensure the good behavior of Russians and Ukrainians,
including their paramilitaries and other irregulars,
....
What’s happened to the UN? Oh, that’s right, it’s now being run by Somalia.
Are these Ukrainians still in Ukraine, or being polled after fleeing abroad?
Gee, if they could vote in an election instead of living under a tyrant who suspended elections in 2024...
However, a lot of them don’t want to fight for it..
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