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> Western powers were wrong to encourage Ukraine to fight Russia instead of agreeing to ceasefire terms. This is not what happened. The US, in fact, tried to
by empath-nirvana 3y ago
> Western powers were wrong to encourage Ukraine to fight Russia instead of agreeing to ceasefire terms.
This is not what happened. The US, in fact, tried to get Zelensky to flee and told them that they were going to lose and didn't really offer any aid until _after_ Ukraine fought Russia to a standstill. There have never been any ceasefire terms from Russia. Which has, FWIW been fighting in Ukraine since 2014.
- slashdev 3y agoThat was early on. Later on, when there was a potential ceasefire deal on the table, the West, especially Boris Johnson, advised Ukraine not to accept it. Look it up. > Russia was ready to end the war and withdraw its troops in exchange for Ukrainian neutrality just a few months after the invasion began and was refused partly because of ex-British PM Boris Johnson, who pressured Kyiv into continuing the fight, David Arahamiya, the leader of Ukraine’s ruling party confirmed in a recent interview, published on Friday, November 24th.
- empath-nirvana 3y agoThere was never a ceasefire deal on the table.
- slashdev 3y agoPerhaps you’re right, but you offer no evidence in the contrary
- actionfromafar 3y ago"Our Kiev invasion went badly, please stop shooting at us while we regroup". Kremlin ceasefire.
- slashdev 3y agoMaybe
- BurningFrog 3y agoEven if those rumors are true, a ceasefire is not peace. It's just a pause until Russia starts a new offensive.