Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that no country or world leader has the right to negotiate with Russia on behalf of Ukraine. He noted that any dialogue with the Kremlin must be held according to an agreed action plan and only from a position of strength.

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted that no world leader has the right to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of Ukraine.

Speaking to Le Parisien readers, Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine alone determines its future and any dialogue with Russia must follow a peace plan based on strength and international support.

He warned against negotiating without clear guarantees of security, highlighting the risks of Putin resuming aggression after a ceasefire.

Zelenskyy called for a strategy ensuring Ukraine’s long-term stability and security, beyond NATO or EU membership timelines.

    • GuitarSon2024@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      2 months ago

      This is a solid take, but the other side of the issue is the question of how long will it take the brainwashed Russian population to realize the economy has passed a point of no return? Outside of major cities much of Russia lives in 3rd world poverty. Will they even notice if the ruble falls to zero?

            • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Holy shit, I haven’t looked at the numbers in a while, but

              • Russian population: 140 000 000
              • Male population: 70 000 000
              • Male fighting age population (18 - 60 years): Very approximately 50 000 000 (I honestly just made up a number a bit smaller than 70)
              • Documented KIA: 85 000
              • Projected actual KIA: 170 000 (Note: Prigozin claimed 120 000 KIA in June 2023)
              • Projected number of severely wounded: Roughly 500 000

              Result:

              • Roughly 0.34 % fighting age men killed
              • Roughly 1 % of fighting age men severely wounded

              This has to be getting close to a point where most Russians know someone personally that has been killed or severely wounded in the war…

                • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  2 months ago

                  True, I did a quick calculation and the probability of knowing someone killed or severely injured is

                  • 12.5% if you know 10 people
                  • 23.5% if you know 20 people
                  • 33.5% if you know 30 people
                  • 41.5% if you know 40 people
                  • 49% if you know 50 people

                  So around ⅓ Russians know at least one person that’s been killed or wounded, and around 10-20% of Russians have someone in their inner circle of friends and family (10-20 closest) that have been killed for wounded.

                  For this last number to reach 50%, the number of killed+wounded needs to reach about 5% of the fighting age population (≈2.5 million).

                  Of course, the above assumes that casualties are randomly distributed in the population. In reality it’s likely that fewer people know someone killed or wounded, and that those that know someone likely know more, because of the casualties being disproportionately effecting more rural regions of the country.