One more thing to ponder - Russia invades Ukraine, starts a campaign of death and destruction...

[NewHendoLib]

...and concessions are being discussed? They attacked a free nation! This is insane. I realize things have to be done to stop the killing of Ukrainian people - but it just blows my mind that the Ukrainians should have to give a single inch to that monstrous authoritarian asshole.

[C Moon]

1. I was thinking the same.

[WhiteTara]

6. So is Zelinsky

[C Moon]

9. Hope so!

[WhiteTara]

11. He said so and I believe him

Putin made a big mistake to do this without traitor trump.

[C Moon]

23. We can thank COVID for that big mistake.

I think the plan was to do this in 2020.

[WhiteTara]

28. I never thought I'd be grateful for a pandemic

But I certainly am now.

[Irish_Dem]

2. That is the point of an invasion, to get something you want.

Going back to the Vikings, that is the plan.

You would think in the 21st century this plan would not work anymore.

[dchill]

3. Concessions should all be from Putin. Period.

[BootinUp]

4. I doubt all the weapons we pledged have been delivered

yet. Gotta keep ratcheting up the pressure on Putler.

[VMA131Marine]

7. Russia is already party to a treaty ...

to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty. If this shows anything it’s that Russian promises are worthless. There is nothing Putin could promise to Ukraine that you can believe.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Well said.

Like dictators throughout history, his word means nothing.

[panader0]

8. Leave all sanctions in place until Putin pays restitution in full.

Many billions will be required, maybe a trillion or more.

[BlueIdaho]

20. Leave sanctions in place

Until Russia delivers Putin’s head on a platter. Then we can talk about the return of captured land to Ukraine. Then we can talk about their restitution for damages to Ukraine. Then we can talk about sanctions.

[calimary]

21. And gets OUT of Ukraine in full.

Repeat: in FULL.

[usonian]

10. War crimes are non-negotiable in my book.

Next shitstorm.
Vlad calls _______? as character witness.

[byronius]

12. Darkest Hour says it all.

"You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth"

[KS Toronado]

14. One of the concessions was that UKR would never join NATO

What I see happening right after Russia finally pulls out of UKR, NATO hurries up and makes UKR a full member.
And then warns Putler not to do anything stupid. He breaks treaties & agreements all the time, turn around
is fair play, fuck his feelings.

[Mr. Evil]

17. You're a mind reader!

That's exactly what they should do!

[calimary]

22. Like this one A LOT!

[uponit7771]

27. +1,

[Mr. Evil]

15. I'm in total agreement.

We'll quit bombing you indiscriminately if you give us this, that and those. Fuck Putin and fuck those Russian asshats that believe everything he says. They're just like the brain-dead republican MAGAts here. Totally psychotic and untrustworthy.

[BradBo]

16. Hello!? The nukes!

[NewHendoLib]

18. And you think that negotiating with a mad man authoritarian will prevent that possibility?

One should not negotiate with a terrorist.

[Warpy]

19. Russia withdrawing means Ukraine also gets to concentrate its forces

Part of the reason for this is that the Russian invasion of Donbas has been bogged down in the city of Donetsk for 8 years.

I agree that they need to retreat to their 2013 borders meaning no Donbas, no Crimea, and take those atrillery batteries in Belarus and just over the border with them. Eventually that will happen. Russia will be on a murderous tear until it does.

By the time they get rid of Putin, they will have to rebuild their military completely. They will also be facing incursions on their southern border by former possessions who want some of their ancestral land back.

[L. Coyote]

24. Exactly how the United States took half of Mexico.

[moondust]

25. How vengeful is Pootie Tootie?

What is the price for not embracing him and kneeling in gratitude? Total destruction?

[Hekate]

26. I know exactly what you mean. Has the world turned upside-down?

Mariuopol alone has been 80% destroyed. A quarter of the nation’s population has been internally displaced. We all know some of the rest of the horrors.

So what are these concessions of which they speak?