Zelenskyy is accepting defeat

In an interview with Sky News, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said Ukraine may have to cede territory. He recognizes Trump may want him to cede Kharkov, Donbass, Kherson, Crimea, and is preparing for it. He said he will be willing to do this if the rest of Ukraine can join NATO. This part is irrelevant, as Zelenskyy knows the rest of Ukraine cannot join NATO. He is only saying this to make it sound better to Ukrainians still willing to fight. His comments to Sky News reveal a willingness to make a peace deal which involves ceding territory. With or without Trump, Ukraine is losing and Zelenskyy knows this.

For those interested, Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

After ten years of war, russia is infesting only 18% of Ukraine's territory.

russia chose the slow-motion way to win a war, huh? 😂

Meanwhile, in russia, you can get a mortgage at a rate of 28%, the US dollar sells for 118 roubles (twice what it once cost), factories, refineries, etc cannot operate because they can't get the parts, those factories which can operate don't have the staff because their former staff are dead in Ukraine, using the airlines is a high-risk gamble (no parts and no maintenance staff), inflation is rampant, and russia can't sell export goods because other countries (especially China) won't transfer payment due to the risk of secondary sanctions.

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@newjaninev2 Who brought you out of your box? Get back in it.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@SW-User Freedom of speech on a public-domain website.

I know you russians struggle with that concept... would you like me to explain it to you?

I promise I'll type slowly so that you can follow along, but perhaps you'd better check with your supervisor first.

Слава Україні!

Героям слава!

🇳🇿 🇺🇦 🇳🇿

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@SW-User and just so you understand that your day is about to get harder, and why...

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@newjaninev2 Where do you get your news? More than seven million Ukrainians have fled their country and its economy is failing. It is unable to send Russia out of its territory. They are stuck fighting Russia and have achieved nothing but economic ruin and thousands of dead Ukrainians for land they could have ceded 34 months ago.

“russia is infesting only 18% of Ukraine's territory.”

3.5 million Ukrainians live in this territory. What are you getting so excitable about if it is only 18%, you old harpy?

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@newjaninev2 You sound like a rabid nationalist. Many Ukrainians speak Russian, and some would say they are Russian. It doesn't matter. Ukraine is losing the war and cannot win the war without western troops on the ground. The numbers are important. Ukraine has fewer men and fewer resources. You think Russian economy has taken a beating, but have you seen the state of Ukraine? Russia has built a war economy and it is doing well. We still sell oil and gas to the world. Europe still ends up using Russian oil and gas. When the war is over, the interest rates will normalize as the economy will no longer be centered around the war.

In the same way it was impossible for Kamala Harris to overtake Trump in the election once the votes started coming in, it is impossible for Ukraine to defeat Russia. There is no need to get emotional about it. Find a new foreign country thousands of miles away from your own to be obsessed with.

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