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Vladimir Putin rejects Zelenskyy’s offer to meet and reaffirms Ukraine war aims
(www.theguardian.com)
Can't say I'm surprised by his rejection.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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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.
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.
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."
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.
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He's publicly showing insecurity. He knows he's fucked up and that it's only a matter of time that Russia turns on him.
Maybe he's trying to wipe out more of his military in Ukraine first so there'll be fewer soldiers to storm his bunker when it all falls apart.
I’ve seen an article saying Putin is exploring lowering the start working age to 12 to make up for the million men he has removed from the workforce. I assume that they were all men as there aren’t many reports of women in the Russian front lines.
The allies should have tried that in World War II
Dear Mr Hitler, we extend to you our invitation to attend "talks" over tea and crumpets. Your sincerely Winston Churchill,
PS sorry about the smudges, I was laughing while I was writing this.
Does he believe that Zelenskiy would attempt killing him or what. Eats his own propaganda probably
A rude letter? And after Vladdy took such care to mostly bomb civilians!
Just like Russia, any other country could lose access to their legitimate assets in dollars or euros, as well as western financial and payment systems.
Switching to a different system just puts you in the hands of a different master. In any case, Russia is in no position to complain about the seizure of its assets abroad as compensation after destroying far more Ukrainian assets in its invasion and occupation.
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