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submitted 7 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's statehood could suffer an "irreparable blow" if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made. Putin made his televised comments a day after Switzerland agreed to host a global summit at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Putin dismissed "so-called peace formulas" being discussed in the West and Ukraine and what he called the "prohibitive demands" they entailed.

"Well, if they don't want (to negotiate), then don't!" he said.

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[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I'm sorry you see my analysis as blind support, I've been pretty frustrated with supposedly independent media constantly misreporting updates from the front without important context and causality for things that are going on, especially when people claimed to be so surprised with the quality of US intelligence before the invasion. Frankly, insulted.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh, I get it. Honestly, is hard for all of us to not be misled by one-sided reporting. It's not fun to look at a war and see things we don't want to see. That goes for me, you or anyone.

In the context of this conversation, I was trying to be objective. The front lines have been static recently and there are reasons for it, is all. (The front lines are as static as they can be, in a very dynamic situation. It's yet-another issue of perspective.)

As an example, you had said that Russia cannot get fresh water because of their poor logistics. That is probably true, but it doesn't take into account that Russia is likely pilfering supplies from occupied territories. Ukraine also cannot destroy its own infrastructure in the occupied territories because of civilians. Russia will take advantage of that.

Like I said, I am not an expert. However, I have been trying my best to read into reports from both Russia and Ukraine and also follow pro-Ukranian news/telegram channels and pro-Russian news/telegram channels. There are millions of different sources and millions of different opinions and it's a pain to sort through everyday. What I can do, is give quick summaries for people who don't follow every grain of news.

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