Zelensky describes Oval Office meeting as ‘regrettable,’ says he is ready to negotiate peace | CNN
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement Tuesday that his Oval Office meeting last week with US President Donald Trump “did not go the way it was supposed to,” describing it as regrettable and noting that Ukraine is ready to negotiate.
  • SkilurosEnglish
    711·
    2 days ago

    The put down was always part of the plan.

    Realistically, Trump can’t bring about a ceasefire because the russians have no incentive for good faith negotiations. They can easily press demands that will never be accepted in Ukraine (no army, micro-management of internal laws, surrendering Ukrainian controlled parts of Kherson, Zaparozye, Donetsk). This means Trump needs to position Zelenskyy as the bad guy for internal audiences (many Americans cannot comprehend that the russians are acting in bad faith, or they simply don’t care).

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Putin has incentive to negotiate. He has drained the filthy Russians of men and matériel. Of course he wants to stop the war, to rearm and regroup.

      no incentive for good faith negotiations

      Oh. Carry on.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    I think the next time around the negotiation has to include people from most of the EU in that room.

    • A_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      Next time it has to be on the front line with American negotiators required to crawl under barbed wire to get there.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    Negotiate peace with who? Russia who invaded them for no reason other than a land grab? Or the US, who artificially created a conflict to gain more leverage over Ukraine to steal their minerals?

  • venotic@kbin.melroy.org
    172·
    2 days ago

    Well, Zelensky, you’re in the worst timeline right now in hopes of achieving that. You have a warring country that outright wants your country in their hands and a country whom you thought was an ally, only was interested in talking you down and trying to buddy-buddy with their newfound traitorous friend.

    Lose-Lose.

    • TooManyFoods@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      What’s all of this “the US planned this all along” stuff I’m hearing. The citizens did betray them by voting in a guy who has a different view of policy, but this wasn’t the policy until that happened.