Zelenskyy reaffirms his refusal to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his refusal to cede territory, resisting U.S. pressure for compromise with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.

“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in which he answered reporters’ questions.

“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right. According to Ukraine’s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”

  • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    That’s like saying BRICS is an aggressive organisation because of what Russia is currently doing… Not the same, but in a similar vein. Not all of NATO was involved in Iraq (many countries were opposed to it, and it may as well have been a US only operation). Afghanistan… There technically was a casus belli, but I’ll agree the way the entire thing was handled was a disaster. The occupation following the initial invasion was, notably, a US thing, not a NATO one.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      That’s like saying BRICS is an aggressive organisation because of what Russia is currently doing…

      I’ve heard more than a few NAFO heads repeat exactly that

    • nednobbins@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      21 hours ago

      It would be more accurate to compare it to BRICS being adversarial to the US because China has more than 2x the economy of all the other BRICS nations combined and wants to use it as a counterbalance to the G7.

      That would be perfectly accurate and the US is actively trying to inhibit the growth of BRICS as an organization.