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Vladimir Putin rejects Zelenskyy’s offer to meet and reaffirms Ukraine war aims
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Can't say I'm surprised by his rejection.
Zelenskyy would have to be foolish to expect anything else at this point, so this had to have been for another reason. Possibly to prove that Putin remains a terrible person and to keep the conflict in the news.
Obviously. There was a reason for the letter to be publicly available. Now on top of all other things, Zelenskyy is yet agian publicly the peace guyy and Putin yet again the war mongering asshole
Yeah. This way people can't say "oH bUt HaVe YoU tRiEd sPeAkINg wiTh hiM"
"TeLL hIm To StOp, AnD iF hE dOeSn'T, gO gEt An AdUlt."
The motive that makes sense to me is that Zelensky is really speaking to everyone else in Russia who might be exhausted with the war, and seeking to embolden them. Ukraine can now do this from a position of strength, where Russia simply cannot protect their own airspace.
Ukrainians know how Russians think. If he was genuinely thinking he could request a meeting with someone who has personally ordered his death, he'd have to be stupider than Prigozhin. No, this was absolutely a power move, and a clear signal to Russians that Putin is weak.
To have a clear consciousness for when Ukraine wrecks Russia? A sort of "Remember, you asked for this."
I'd love to see it but I can't realistically see it happening. Unless Europe gets much more serious with giving Ukraine more weapons
This past week, Ukraine started hitting closer to cities again, there was some propaganda going around about a school getting hit by a Ukrainian strike and Zelenskyy being another civilian murderer. So yeah, there's always a need to press on the "I did try to talk peace" angle over and over.
Ukraine makes their own and Europe did give them several billions to work with. The thing they don't have is ballistic missile defense, that's still a big issue.
And Russia is ramping up those attacks.
There will be no winners in this stupid war I’m afraid.
"War is not about who is right, but who is left."
... But for all intents and purposes, it'd be better for all if Ukraine remains standing.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Absolutely, but it will be, or rather already is at the cost of many Ukrainian lives, their economy, and probably thousands of square kms that they will not regain from Russia.
Winning is something else in my mind.
Imo one point of this is to get rid of the USA role in the negotiations. Its now reduced to "they can observe a ceasefire". Good.
Well, if you write a love letter and hoping to meet up, you really shouldn't make threats.
If you want to invade another country, just don't. Ukraine has no reason to play nice with this war criminal.
.ml 😆
Putin likes getting fisted up the ass, I don’t think Zelensky is into that stuff though.
Well, a proper hand grenade goes in well too. But no pin, that may be painful.