What if Russia leaves the Donbas instead. That would be a more fair solution.
Cold-Cell2820 on
The US has been a puppet state of Russia since they installed Trump a decade ago. Europe will have to choose between its own security and its friendship with the US.
Any-Original-6113 on
The situation is this: if Ukraine doesn’t give up the Donbas now, and if the Russians conquer it, they will then want the Donbas plus something extra.
If Ukraine has the strength to keep containing the Kremlin,then refusing to concede territory is a sound strategy.
If it lacks that strength,the strategy is flawed.
Trump is clearly showing that the Russians have bought him off by ceding some of their own assets frozen in Euroclear.
So Europe needs to assess its own capabilities:whether it can sustain arms deliveries or not.
0AJ0_ on
Nope
Tehsillz on
Or what? The US will send troops to protect it from Ukranian attacks?
Few-Flounder-8951895 on
What I want from the USA: go fuck yourself
Ice_Tower6811 on
To whom is may concern: Legitimizing and rewarding invasions does not set a good precedent for the future.
N4R4B on
United States is basically negotiating russian imperialist interests and nothing more.
American oligarchy is itching to get in cahoots with russian oligarchy and exploit eastern Ukraine resources while framing their behavior as seeking “peace” and Nobel peace prize.
No_Football_9232 on
Yeah, how about RUZZIA leave the Donbas one way or the other. How easily these grifters give away what’s not theirs.
OneAlexander on
Keep in mind that if Europe doesn’t provide Ukraine the strength to resist the US-Russian demands it is not only Ukrainian territory that is given away.
One of the first points of the peace plan is “all ambiguities within the last 30 years are considered settled”. Classic Russian speak. Does this also mean the Russian occupation of Georgia and Transnistria are “settled”?
It also means Russia getting a veto on NATO expansion, Russia and the US formalising Russian claims on the North Pole, Europe (and particularly Poland) losing sovereign decision making, giving $100 billion to the US, and Europe having to agree to effectively neutering the ICC and ignoring all the war crimes and crimes against humanity (with all the future repercussions that entails).
Plus any future Ukrainian state will have to give equal status to the Russian language, Russian media propaganda, and the Russian church – all of which can be used to elect a future Moscow-friendly regime similar to the Georgian playbook.
All as the US declares Europe their new enemy, and Russia their new partner in their National Security Strategy…
It is in the European interest to resist American demands, if not for Ukraine, then selfishly for itself.
Suzumebachi14 on
And to think that I got downvoted a few days ago when I said that european countries must be ready to the fact that the US can become our enemy…
MelkorTheDairyDevil on
The US no longer stands with Europe.
So much is clear.
Perhaps at best the US ‘thinks’ it stands with itself, but I’d dare to cast doubt even on that notion.
TheoryOfDevolution on
Donbas is only Ukrainian if Ukraine can take and hold it. Instead of waiting for US policy shifts, Europe should instead help Ukraine retake Donbas.
DoomerDebunked on
Europe keeps complaining but Europe is not offering an alternative.
Ukraine is losing the war. Give up now, or keep fighting and give up more later. You guys can all hate trump all you want the fact is Ukraine has no cards to play and Europe and America are not sending their sons to die for Donbas.
trollsmurf on
“EU wants USA to sack its current dystopian-by-design, transactional, hillbilly, shoot-from-the-hip, super-corrupt, Christian fundamentalist, fascist, power-hungry, population-hating, ultra-lying administration.”
I might have to add land-grabbing, if it comes to that. Israel and Russia are that by proxy.
ichouichou12 on
# What the UK wants from Trump: Leave this world, one way or another
Ok-Somewhere-637 on
Disregarding for a moment the unfairness of this demand, this just seems like bad negotiating on the US’s part.
Ukraine can’t, even out of sheer pragmatism and desperation, give up Donbas without any sort of guarantee that Russia won’t just keep going at the first opportunity. It would be idiotic for them to do so from a self-preservation standpoint.
Unless the US and Russia agree to let Ukraine have some sort of foreign peacekeeping force or other security guarantees that can’t easily be broken, they must realize that this demand will remain a non-starter.
Jensen1994 on
Ok. Time to fight on without US support. The US should also be actively side balled in all negotiations now – it is clearly on the side of the Kremlin and cannot be allowed to interfere. These are now solely European affairs and Europe really has to step up.
Enough-Ad9590 on
Leave Alaska, US, it does not belong to you, look at history, it’s russian.
hainz_area1531 on
Europe should leave America one way or another.
Nagash24 on
Fuck the US. That is all.
GreenEyeOfADemon on
OTD in 2021 Putin said they **will never invade Ukraine**
>*Putin told reporters the talks had been open and constructive and the main thing was that there was a possibility to continue the dialogue. But* ***he called suggestions that russia was planning to attack Ukraine “provocative”.***
Valahul77 on
Actually this is wrong. Russia doesn’t want just the eastern Ukraine. Moscow simply wants to dismantle Ukraine as a whole either by military force, either by installing a puppet government in Kyiv. One has to be really naive to imagine that Russia will stop the aggression for the simple fact that Ukraine will give away the Donbas region. Trump simply wants to use the same approaches in the western hemisphere where he was venting his ideas with Canada being 51-th state or Greenland that he will take out by force. Europe has to resists on its own for at least one year from now, until the mid term US elections of next year. By that time Trump may actually lose the majority in congress and this will mark the end of his reign.
Late-Following792 on
I would say that mineral deal is invalid. Trump lied and try to push putins agenda.
midnightrider747 on
Then just say to Trump F. U !
RUSSIA needs years to and 100 thousands of troops to capture the donbas give it up 4 free isnt going to go.
Its just gets russia the possibility to conquer the rest.
amusedmisanthrope on
*If you just give up the Sudetenland, the crisis will he averted.*
LordEik00cTheTemplar on
Sounds a lot like appeasment 1938.
Youare-Beautiful3329 on
From the Politico and unnamed senior European official 🙄. OK.
Hellstorm901 on
It’s difficult to be an arse 24/7 but Trump like life uh uh finds a way
PaddySmallBalls on
What the US wants from Ukraine: Whatever Putin tells Donald he Wants
Normal-Stick6437 on
You know…when I see what is happening to Ukraine im grateful that Bosnian army and government were able to wrestle this, to be charitable, fragmented and complicated but whole country in negotiations. Dear God this just insane humiliation. This not just rewarding an invader. This is basically joint invasion by Russia and US
jazz_people on
The billionaires of the world want to rule over everything . Putin is an example of how the western billionaires want to rule , they like his control of Russia and want that for themselves in their countries. Just look at the amount of fake social media accounts promoting the extreme pro billionaire propaganda
Material-Floor-9019 on
And in return we and our dear friends in Russia will give you ironclad security guarantees.
Ironclad as in ankle shackles.
Magnarulez982 on
We need more gold WC
uzu_afk on
Only if the US leave texas to mexico first! :))
Positive-no-negative on
Yeah. It’s like this
Realistic_Let3239 on
What the US wants is for Ukraine to unconditionally surrender to Trumps boss, Putin, so Trump can get a gold star with his boss.
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What if Russia leaves the Donbas instead. That would be a more fair solution.
The US has been a puppet state of Russia since they installed Trump a decade ago. Europe will have to choose between its own security and its friendship with the US.
The situation is this: if Ukraine doesn’t give up the Donbas now, and if the Russians conquer it, they will then want the Donbas plus something extra.
If Ukraine has the strength to keep containing the Kremlin,then refusing to concede territory is a sound strategy.
If it lacks that strength,the strategy is flawed.
Trump is clearly showing that the Russians have bought him off by ceding some of their own assets frozen in Euroclear.
So Europe needs to assess its own capabilities:whether it can sustain arms deliveries or not.
Nope
Or what? The US will send troops to protect it from Ukranian attacks?
What I want from the USA: go fuck yourself
To whom is may concern: Legitimizing and rewarding invasions does not set a good precedent for the future.
United States is basically negotiating russian imperialist interests and nothing more.
American oligarchy is itching to get in cahoots with russian oligarchy and exploit eastern Ukraine resources while framing their behavior as seeking “peace” and Nobel peace prize.
Yeah, how about RUZZIA leave the Donbas one way or the other. How easily these grifters give away what’s not theirs.
Keep in mind that if Europe doesn’t provide Ukraine the strength to resist the US-Russian demands it is not only Ukrainian territory that is given away.
One of the first points of the peace plan is “all ambiguities within the last 30 years are considered settled”. Classic Russian speak. Does this also mean the Russian occupation of Georgia and Transnistria are “settled”?
It also means Russia getting a veto on NATO expansion, Russia and the US formalising Russian claims on the North Pole, Europe (and particularly Poland) losing sovereign decision making, giving $100 billion to the US, and Europe having to agree to effectively neutering the ICC and ignoring all the war crimes and crimes against humanity (with all the future repercussions that entails).
Plus any future Ukrainian state will have to give equal status to the Russian language, Russian media propaganda, and the Russian church – all of which can be used to elect a future Moscow-friendly regime similar to the Georgian playbook.
All as the US declares Europe their new enemy, and Russia their new partner in their National Security Strategy…
It is in the European interest to resist American demands, if not for Ukraine, then selfishly for itself.
And to think that I got downvoted a few days ago when I said that european countries must be ready to the fact that the US can become our enemy…
The US no longer stands with Europe.
So much is clear.
Perhaps at best the US ‘thinks’ it stands with itself, but I’d dare to cast doubt even on that notion.
Donbas is only Ukrainian if Ukraine can take and hold it. Instead of waiting for US policy shifts, Europe should instead help Ukraine retake Donbas.
Europe keeps complaining but Europe is not offering an alternative.
Ukraine is losing the war. Give up now, or keep fighting and give up more later. You guys can all hate trump all you want the fact is Ukraine has no cards to play and Europe and America are not sending their sons to die for Donbas.
“EU wants USA to sack its current dystopian-by-design, transactional, hillbilly, shoot-from-the-hip, super-corrupt, Christian fundamentalist, fascist, power-hungry, population-hating, ultra-lying administration.”
I might have to add land-grabbing, if it comes to that. Israel and Russia are that by proxy.
# What the UK wants from Trump: Leave this world, one way or another
Disregarding for a moment the unfairness of this demand, this just seems like bad negotiating on the US’s part.
Ukraine can’t, even out of sheer pragmatism and desperation, give up Donbas without any sort of guarantee that Russia won’t just keep going at the first opportunity. It would be idiotic for them to do so from a self-preservation standpoint.
Unless the US and Russia agree to let Ukraine have some sort of foreign peacekeeping force or other security guarantees that can’t easily be broken, they must realize that this demand will remain a non-starter.
Ok. Time to fight on without US support. The US should also be actively side balled in all negotiations now – it is clearly on the side of the Kremlin and cannot be allowed to interfere. These are now solely European affairs and Europe really has to step up.
Leave Alaska, US, it does not belong to you, look at history, it’s russian.
Europe should leave America one way or another.
Fuck the US. That is all.
OTD in 2021 Putin said they **will never invade Ukraine**
[https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-says-russia-will-continue-us-dialogue-send-proposals-week-2021-12-08/](https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-says-russia-will-continue-us-dialogue-send-proposals-week-2021-12-08/)
>*Putin told reporters the talks had been open and constructive and the main thing was that there was a possibility to continue the dialogue. But* ***he called suggestions that russia was planning to attack Ukraine “provocative”.***
Actually this is wrong. Russia doesn’t want just the eastern Ukraine. Moscow simply wants to dismantle Ukraine as a whole either by military force, either by installing a puppet government in Kyiv. One has to be really naive to imagine that Russia will stop the aggression for the simple fact that Ukraine will give away the Donbas region. Trump simply wants to use the same approaches in the western hemisphere where he was venting his ideas with Canada being 51-th state or Greenland that he will take out by force. Europe has to resists on its own for at least one year from now, until the mid term US elections of next year. By that time Trump may actually lose the majority in congress and this will mark the end of his reign.
I would say that mineral deal is invalid. Trump lied and try to push putins agenda.
Then just say to Trump F. U !
RUSSIA needs years to and 100 thousands of troops to capture the donbas give it up 4 free isnt going to go.
Its just gets russia the possibility to conquer the rest.
*If you just give up the Sudetenland, the crisis will he averted.*
Sounds a lot like appeasment 1938.
From the Politico and unnamed senior European official 🙄. OK.
It’s difficult to be an arse 24/7 but Trump like life uh uh finds a way
What the US wants from Ukraine: Whatever Putin tells Donald he Wants
You know…when I see what is happening to Ukraine im grateful that Bosnian army and government were able to wrestle this, to be charitable, fragmented and complicated but whole country in negotiations. Dear God this just insane humiliation. This not just rewarding an invader. This is basically joint invasion by Russia and US
The billionaires of the world want to rule over everything . Putin is an example of how the western billionaires want to rule , they like his control of Russia and want that for themselves in their countries. Just look at the amount of fake social media accounts promoting the extreme pro billionaire propaganda
And in return we and our dear friends in Russia will give you ironclad security guarantees.
Ironclad as in ankle shackles.
We need more gold WC
Only if the US leave texas to mexico first! :))
Yeah. It’s like this
What the US wants is for Ukraine to unconditionally surrender to Trumps boss, Putin, so Trump can get a gold star with his boss.
Why would we leave territories that we hold?
The US can go fuck itself. Again.
Which side is the US on?
No that’s what Putin told Trump he wants!
Trump is attempting to please Putin.