Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into a fourth month, with only modest gains to show so far, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he rejected suggestions it was time to negotiate peace with the Kremlin.

“When you want to have a compromise or a dialogue with somebody, you cannot do it with a liar,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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    1 year ago

    If you lay off the Kremlin propaganda for a minute you’ll realize what a laughing stock they are to the real militaries in the world.

    • ∞🏳️‍⚧️Edie [it/its]@lemmygrad.ml
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      Ok so, assuming the Russian army is the laughing stock of the world, then why isn’t the Ukrainian Army an even bigger laughing stock?

      For a long time I heard one thing after another about how incompetent the Russian army is. For 1 and a half years, the most incompetent, laughing stock of the world, army has been… losing?

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        Because ukraine is a smaller country, and has been handing russia its ass.

        This is exactly like if the US attacked canada and got its ass handed to it.

        No, Canada is actually competent, this is much worse.

        • Łumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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          The counteroffensive has been an utter disaster, they’ve reclaimed almost no land in months and it has severely cost them in lost men and equipment. Ukraine is anything but competent as they are hugely struggling in the heavily mined territories also covered by artillery and air support.

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        or 1 and a half years, the most incompetent, laughing stock of the world, army has been… losing

        yes? try to keep up (with reality, not your provided opinions)