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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Nov 18, 2022, 08:34 PM Nov 2022

Eastern Europeans balk as some U.S. officials nudge Ukraine toward talks with Russia

LONDON — A split appeared to be opening this week among Ukraine's supporters over whether its government should sit down for peace talks with Russia.

Some U.S. political and military officials have questioned whether the war could ever be concluded through force, with diplomatic talks the inevitable outcome.

But senior figures in Ukraine and in neighboring countries in Eastern Europe and central Europe — who were once part of a wider Russian empire under the then-Soviet Union — have rejected the idea that Kyiv should sit down and talk terms with Moscow.

“We shouldn’t be in a position where we dictate to Ukraine with other conditions for peace, if they are fighting for their own survival,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský was quoted as saying in an interview with The Guardian on Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/eastern-europeans-balk-as-some-u-s-officials-nudge-ukraine-toward-talks-with-russia/ar-AA14h0Y7

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Eastern Europeans balk as some U.S. officials nudge Ukraine toward talks with Russia (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
Those who will likely be next know not to give in to Russia. Biophilic Nov 2022 #1
Yup, Ukraine will talk when every soldier leave their land and return to it's pre 2014 borders mitch96 Nov 2022 #2
Eastern Europe should form their own pro-Ukraine alliance. ColinC Nov 2022 #3

Biophilic

(3,689 posts)
1. Those who will likely be next know not to give in to Russia.
Fri Nov 18, 2022, 09:03 PM
Nov 2022

The Ukrainians are fighting the battle all the former Soviet states face. They know what it would mean to negotiate for peace with Russia. They are not stupid.

mitch96

(13,924 posts)
2. Yup, Ukraine will talk when every soldier leave their land and return to it's pre 2014 borders
Fri Nov 18, 2022, 09:28 PM
Nov 2022

They will then negotiate how much money in reparations ruzzia will pay Ukraine...
My thoughts...
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