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Putin announces 72-hour Victory Day ceasefire (www.rt.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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Putin is a master troll.

Declaring a short unilateral ceasefire with the pretext of being a goodwill gesture is a good move. It shows Trump that Russia is serious about negotiations to bring the war to an end and to show that Russia isn't opposed to ceasefires in general. And it helps make the point that long term ceasefires with no agreements or monitoring aren't really ceasefires.

But.....

Declaring a unilateral ceasefire in celebration of the defeat of the nazi 3rd reich and he's asking the banderite neo-nazis to observe it? That is just a muah chef kiss. Fucking hilarious.

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[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also it gives Russia 3 days to resupply and regroup which they probably need having taken a lot of ground lately.

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but the Ukrainians can use those 3 days to do the same thing. And the way things are, that means the Russian army loses momentum while Ukrainians gain respite (if they actually go for the ceasefire). Don't get me wrong, I agree with Putin's decision. It's the right thing to do, both morally and politically. Especially for the reasons to outline (but I think in Putin's mind he's just trying to present some good faith on Russia's behalf, and he's probably hoping there's no incident in Moscow while a bunch of BRICS leaders and other world leaders gather together). But militarily it might turn out to hurt the Russian effort more than it would help.