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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.

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[–] faberyayo@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the peace talks...

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Piss negotiations.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 days ago

Funny how Putin offers "mercy" while bombing hospitals. His dictionary must define peace as "total submission."

🐱🐱

[–] withabeard@lemmy.world 140 points 3 days ago (7 children)

So... Let me check I get this right on the timeline.

America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.

Categorical that Russia is not serious about ending the war.

Next steps boys

[–] Sirus@lemm.ee 20 points 3 days ago

The next step is to get Putin to a table and poison or radiate him and end it that way.

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 98 points 3 days ago (15 children)

Europe, I hope y'all are doing the whole "speak quietly and carry a big stick."

Because if Putin steam rolls Ukraine, he's not stopping there, and now he has the US government under his control too.

[–] cool@lemmings.world 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If Europe really wanted to stop Russia, they would've sent armies into Ukraine.

"We don't want to escalate because it might start WW3!"

But Putin is going to attack you guys anyways when he's done with Ukraine.

"Yes, but this is the rhetoric dumbasses have been told to peddle so that's what we're doing!"

I still remember when people said Ukraine shouldn't mine its border because it would be seen as "escalation." Funny how the wrong-crowd always scatters like roaches after the damage is done.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

They have scheduled a committee meeting to decide where to plant the tree from which they might someday get big sticks.

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[–] Tamei@lemm.ee 102 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 47 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Ukraine shouldn't have started it by wanting to be independent of Russia.

Edit: do I really need to add /s?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 3 days ago

Ukraine asked for it. By the way she dressed. If Ukraine didn't want to be invaded, she should have just kept an aspirin between her knees

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (4 children)

For anyone not reading the article he is specifically talking about any troops Ukraine has left in the Kursk region as there has been a general pullback into Ukraine from Kursk in the last few days. This is not about the wider peace negotiations.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Strange because the actual title of the article mentions that fact. it appears the link seeks to make it as clickbaity as possible.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah. I didn't like that. I don't like Putin but misinfo isn't going to help.

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[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago

For anyone not reading the article

ie. everybody in the thread

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[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can someone please take Putin out on a balcony

[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

or a window in top floor of a skyscraper. Dude needs some fresh air.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

He should fall for so long that he has time to regret his life choices. They should need to to a dna test to confirm it was him with from the shit stain in the crater.

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[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Putin really meant, "Surrender AND die".

[–] DaChrissy@reddthat.com 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its wild to think that when this started I was not married and my now wife then girlfriend was still in college. Time flies. Aside from that, what the fuck putin?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Probably important to note that in American English, college refers to tertiary education ('university' elsewhere)

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

After reading this article, I have to say that the headline/image are pretty misleading. He was talking about Kursk, the region of Russia that Ukraine invaded: he said it’s back under Russian control and the Ukraine forces there are surrounded. Then he said they have two options: surrender or die.

I’m not defending Putin here. Just that he’s evil enough without actually taking things out of context to twist what actually happened into some clickbait headline.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm amazed he's offering "Surrender or die", I figured he'd pull an Israel and go "Surrender AND die"

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago

They say 'or', then they act out 'and'.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That is definitely what will happen if they surrender though.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Trump was supposed to end this war in a day. Has it been a day yet?

TBF he never specified which day.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yes a very weird one... Albeit a long one.

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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 59 points 3 days ago

Bro, you don't even have the strongest army inside of Russia.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

Fucking war criminal.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hm this is going to be a real speedbump on the way to Trump's Nobel

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 3 days ago

Hey Putin, wanna hear a funny story?

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Putin must surrender or die

I'd love to fly that drone that does the job

😁

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can't happen soon enough man. I wake up every morning and go to Google news front page hoping to see it. I hate that my mind is being spent on having to hate this ugly, evil person.

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (13 children)

So more weapons and aid to Ukraine it is then.

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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There will be peace when there's nobody left to fight.

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