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Someone needs to negotiate a ceasefire. The longer this goes on the risk for an unthinkable event (Original Post) JohnSJ Feb 2022 OP
And give Putin a chance to regroup? CanonRay Feb 2022 #1
Excellent point.... FarPoint Feb 2022 #3
The longer it goes on the better for Ukraine. mobeau69 Feb 2022 #2
I don't think so. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #7
You are assuming that vlad is somehow amenable to reason? niyad Feb 2022 #4
Face the facts, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #5
I think cutting him off from SWIFT will happen before the weekend is up, but I seriously doubt that JohnSJ Feb 2022 #12
There have been discussions about meeting to discuss iemanja Feb 2022 #6
I believe that is a good thing. JohnSJ Feb 2022 #10
Russia must withdraw, troops should lay down their weapons and retreat to their border. Historic NY Feb 2022 #8
It has been suggested and Putin tried to control all of it. It was a probably a ploy. 58Sunliner Feb 2022 #9
russia has made a decision to bluestarone Feb 2022 #11

gab13by13

(21,360 posts)
5. Face the facts,
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 06:12 PM
Feb 2022

Russia is encircling Kyiv and it is going to get really bad. Ukraine needs those Javelins and anti-aircraft missiles 2 weeks ago. It will be hard to get them those weapons now, hopefully they arrive in time. I go to sleep thinking about those Ukranians.

Do SWIFT now, it is obvious that there is something seriously wrong with Putler. I think that he and Trump both have syphilis of the brain. Make the Russians do a coup on Putler.

iemanja

(53,035 posts)
6. There have been discussions about meeting to discuss
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 06:14 PM
Feb 2022

a cease fire. The issue seems to hinge on where to meet, Belarus, Warsaw, or Jerusalem. Zelensky favors Jerusalem; Putin wants Warsaw.

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
8. Russia must withdraw, troops should lay down their weapons and retreat to their border.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 06:37 PM
Feb 2022

Preventing fuel from reaching Russian armor leaves their troop on foot , some even shedding their uniforms. The more the Ukraine army can pressure and disrupt the lines of communication, it can break the back of the assault. So far they are performing better than Russians. Checkmate.

58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)
9. It has been suggested and Putin tried to control all of it. It was a probably a ploy.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 06:53 PM
Feb 2022

On Friday, tentative discussions on an offer by Zelensky to designate Ukraine a non-aligned country appeared to break down over the proposed venue for the talks.The Kremlin had said President Vladimir Putin was ready to send a delegation to Belarus for talks to discuss the proposal that suggests Zelensky would be willing to negotiate dropping his country’s bid to join NATO.But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukrainian officials reversed course and said they were unwilling to travel to Minsk for talks, proposing Warsaw as a venue instead. He said the Ukrainians then cut off communication." Russia lying again?? What are the chances??

Ukraine wanted it to be in Israel as Belarus is a Russian ally, and asked Israel to host. Israel did not give him an answer. Nice.

"Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday avoided condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine — or even mentioning Russia by name — in his first remarks since the incursion began.

“The world order as we know it is changing,” he said, speaking at an IDF officer graduation ceremony in southern Israel. “The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day.”

“These are difficult, tragic times,” said the prime minister. “Our hearts are with the civilians of eastern Ukraine who were caught up in this situation."
WTF Israel.



Would you travel if you were Zelensky?? Especially to a country that bends over for Putin?

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