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The memorandum, published by the Russian state media, was less of a peace plan and more a demand for Ukraine to surrender, defang its military and become a vassal of Moscow.

If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thought that his spectacular drone strike on Russian air bases would yield a Kremlin compromise, Russia issued its blunt response in black and white: no chance.

After waiting for weeks for Moscow to present its ceasefire demands in writing, the West finally got them Monday with a memorandum issued by Russian envoys in Istanbul.

Few analysts really believed that Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” plot would gain immediate concessions from a stubborn President Vladimir Putin. And so it was.

The memorandum, published in full by the Russian state news agency Tass, was less of a peace plan and more a demand for Ukraine to surrender, defang its military and become a vassal of Moscow.

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The longer this drags on, the better Ukraine seems to get, and the worse Russia seems to get. At this point Russia had already emptied out most of its prisons to supply soldiers. They've lost massive amounts of tanks, apc's, and aircraft. Their main group of mercenaries started to march on Moscow before being exiled, and they're having to use ineffective foreign soldiers in meat wave attacks.

Meanwhile Ukraine is able to strike within Russias borders at will, their able to manufacturer nearly half of the munitions they need. They still control parts of territory Russia claims, and they'll be getting the full backing of NATO.

Hey Putin, How's that 2 week special operation treating your asshole?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

*3 Day Special Military Operation.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

It was a 2 week operation 2 weeks in. Now it is a special 1195 day operation.

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