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Putin rejects Zelenskyy’s offer to meet and reaffirms Ukraine war aims
The Guardian ^ | June 5, 2026 | Luke Harding

Posted on 06/07/2026 5:10:34 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

Vladimir Putin has rejected an offer from Volodymyr Zelenskyy to hold a face-to-face meeting, insisting instead that Russia will achieve its war goals in Ukraine, including seizing all of the eastern Donbas region.

Speaking at the St Petersburg economic forum, the Russian president described the open letter from his Ukrainian counterpart containing the offer as rude. He refused to use Zelenskyy’s name, referring to him only as its author. Asked if they could meet to discuss an end to the conflict, Putin replied: “So far I see no point.”

Zelenskyy’s letter, which was published on Thursday, proposed a meeting in a third country such as Switzerland or Turkey. It said diplomacy should start from the current frontline and that Ukraine was ready for a full ceasefire while negotiations took place.

The letter also alluded to Russia’s recent military setbacks and the growing fuel shortages in Crimea caused by Ukrainian attacks on crucial supply routes. Hours before the forum opened on Wednesday, Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg’s oil terminal, sending black smoke billowing into the sky.

Putin shrugged off the embarrassing strikes on his home city and said his territorial demands were unchanged. He said Russia controlled all of the Luhansk region – a claim Kyiv denies – and more than 85% of Donetsk region. He repeated his demand that Ukraine also give up all of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

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Zelenskyy said Putin’s rejection showed the Kremlin had no wish to end the conflict. “Unfortunately, the Russian side is once again choosing war. Everyone heard the response. A weak response,” he said in his nightly video address. “I think this response will have disappointed many in the world.”

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So much for Putin wanting peace...
1 posted on 06/07/2026 5:10:34 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

“There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.”

-Sun Tzu


2 posted on 06/07/2026 5:35:06 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Timber Rattler

How come you guys aren’t posting any Platner stories?


3 posted on 06/07/2026 5:37:01 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats support illegals, commies, looters, criminals, and liars in 'the press.' VOTE AGAINST THEM)
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To: Timber Rattler

Peace=surrender that is what pitin calls peace

More and more I see that history is rhyming when it comes to pitin’s Russia and nazi Germany


4 posted on 06/07/2026 5:38:15 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: Timber Rattler

Russian military efforts probably result in more Russian soldiers dying than pro-Russian folks brought under Russian territorial control.

The talk of ceasefire might have made Putin say nyet.


5 posted on 06/07/2026 5:48:17 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > $300 to many insured vehicle owners 4 gas)
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To: GOPJ

https://youtu.be/I_i659-nXmQ
Military Summary Channel - Facts on the ground.

More Russian gains on the ground. As usual.


6 posted on 06/07/2026 5:48:18 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: Celtic Conservative

“There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.”

Industrial production soared in the USA in WW2 and stayed high for decades.

The Soviet Union became a superpower, at a far greater cost.

Ukraine will have a world class weapons industry when the war ends. However, the cost of the war for Ukraine is high.


7 posted on 06/07/2026 5:54:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > $300 to many insured vehicle owners 4 gas)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Belarus-based nonsense.


8 posted on 06/07/2026 5:55:30 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: MotorCityBuck

The gains are small and come at a great cost to Russian soldiers.


9 posted on 06/07/2026 5:55:33 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > $300 to many insured vehicle owners 4 gas)
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To: Brian Griffin

Ukraine already has the world class weapons that are in fact systematically being used at present to destroy the Russian economy and means to wage war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1Qz-FMl4c


10 posted on 06/07/2026 5:57:07 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: GOPJ

Why aren’t you? Instead of spamming threads with non germane spam why don’t you create the threads you want to see? Lazy or something?


11 posted on 06/07/2026 6:10:47 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Celtic Conservative

“There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.”

-Sun Tzu

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Communist China, Vietnam, and Afghanistan would beg to differ.


12 posted on 06/07/2026 6:54:50 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: blitz128
More and more I see that history is rhyming when it comes to pitin’s Russia and nazi Germany

Agreed.

Putin is spending his final days beset by constant military failures and seeing his country being destroyed piecemeal, just like Hitler.

All because of an ill-conceived, unnecessary invasion that backfired ... just like Hitler!


13 posted on 06/07/2026 7:13:03 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: canuck_conservative

Not only that but the man who likes to talk about denazification is nazifying Russia more and more each day
Control of media, secret police, control of industry, censorship, terror tactics on own citizens, slave labor, wealthy few

Don’t believe your lying eyes….


14 posted on 06/07/2026 7:38:42 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: Timber Rattler

YYAAAAAAAY, someone with a pair. Finally.

Donbas voted to join Russia. Ukraine signed an agreement allowing that, until BJohnson and BeijingBiden convinced them that there was more $$ in starting a war.

Yes, UK started this war.


15 posted on 06/07/2026 9:21:21 AM PDT by bobbo666
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Yes, UK started this war

Mind-numbingly stupid comment ... UK never invaded anybody, so how could they start a war?

See, your beloved monster Pootin is the one who attacked & invaded a sovereign country with NO provocation, simply to steal their land.

Next time, give us a break from your endless lies, Russian troll


16 posted on 06/07/2026 9:54:04 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: Timber Rattler

Only two solutions for long term Peace.

1) Split up Ukraine to it’s historic roots, Poland, Russia,Hungary, Romania all get their lands back....just like NATO did to Yugoslavia.

2) Agree that Russia keeps Crimea and its ethnic Russian territory....Odessa created by Catherine the Great can become a “ joint venture” but no corrupted Ukies allowed to handle the money.


17 posted on 06/07/2026 11:09:20 AM PDT by delta7
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To: bobbo666

Yes, UK started this war.


Actually, the Ukies started bombing the Russian Donbass in 2014, the Brits were behind that with McCain, Nuland and other slimy US types. Then Boris Johnson flew to Kiev to scuttle the first Peace agreement, and those slimmy Limmies have perpetuated the war since then.

England is NOT our friend, nor is the EU. The EU is more a danger to us than Russia ever was.


18 posted on 06/07/2026 11:17:55 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

Utter nonsense. Did Socrates tell you to say that?


19 posted on 06/07/2026 12:36:17 PM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Timber Rattler

Utter nonsense. Did Socrates tell you to say that?
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Past US policy says that. I hope you are old enough to remember the 1990s when the US/ NATO forced the split up of Yugoslavia into five or so ethnic states.

Very similar situation today. Split up Ukraine per historic roots, problem solved.


20 posted on 06/07/2026 2:47:31 PM PDT by delta7
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