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75 sats \ 12 replies \ @petertodd 3 Jun
0 sats upvoted after 8 hours?
Stacker News commenters are hopelessly disinterested in real news. I'm spending some of my own sats to fix this.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 3 Jun
Most stackers seem interested in discussions, not links
There’s a lot of history regarding link posts without context on SN, haha
But now that you’ve zapped it, I might indeed watch it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Jun
Disinterested in real news?
We saw this in January with the Los Angeles fires
The worst disaster in the history of Los Angeles
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Jun
War fatigue
Both sides need to negotiate a ceasefire
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 3 Jun
Why should Ukraine give up anything to a bunch of psychopathic thugs who have repeatedly broken ceasefires in the past and never had any valid reason for their violence?
This is as absurd as negotiating with a thief on how much they're allowed to take from your store.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 3 Jun
Ukraine doesn't have to give up anything... go back to the status quo pre Feb 2022
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 3 Jun
Russia's negotiation position is that Ukraine has to give up territory that Russia does not control, as well as drastically reduce the size of the Ukrainian military.
That is very much giving up something. It's straight up suicide really. Russia will obviously rearm and attack again. Just like every other time.
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110 sats \ 5 replies \ @kristapsk OP 3 Jun
Ukraine has stated multiple times it is ready for ceasefire at any time, but Russia agrees only under impossible demands, like Ukraine giving up territories Russia haven't even conquered.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Jun
NATO membership is a redline for Russia
A neutral or independent Donbas is non negotiable for Russia
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 3 Jun
Who cares? Russia claims all kinds of things are red lines. Every time someone shows strength and kills Russians they back down.
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110 sats \ 2 replies \ @kristapsk OP 3 Jun
They ask not only for all Donbas, which they haven't conquered fully, but also all the territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. And new presidental elections. Ukraine can't even do that according to it's own constitution, for giving up territories it needs referendums in whole Ukraine and new elections are not allowed during wartime. Not even talking about their demands of Ukraine disarmament, which would be suicidal for statehood of Ukraine.
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @petertodd 3 Jun
Russia is obviously positioning themselves to attack Ukraine again after rebuilding their military. It's hard. But unfortunately the only good option right now is for Ukraine to fight until they win.
Russia isn't going to change until the current population is dead. Either by old age or military defeat. Or by becoming economically unable to fight.
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