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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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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pointing out supposed hypocrites is just a hiding place for people uninterested in actual ideas.

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Discussion is furthered by pointing out contradictions in positions. Hypocrisy is one of these contradictions.

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, if you're a US citizen, you can't say anything bad about the Nazis, because the US has done genocides, too.... Is that seriously your argument?

[–] kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

That's a pretty poor takeaway I would say. The argument would be that the Nazis took direct inspiration from the early US idea of Manifest Destiny and the dealings with Native Americans. That in turn should give people reason to think about how to change their own society and how to make the world better, instead of handwaving it away by saying, 'Nazi genocide was worse, why are you bringing up the US?'