Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
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Q: What is the word of Putin worth when he violated the non-invasion treaty in the first place?
A: Fuck-all. A belligent bad-faith actor isn’t woth listening to. They have nothing meaningful to say.
Exactly. Just like making a trade deal with Trump. What’s the point when he’ll just rip it up in a few years. Some of us have shit to do.
“we need a break. we totally underestimated their will and determination. we’ll totally come back and take the rest as soon as we’ve fully resupplied and have more and better-trained troops to toss into the grinder”
