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.

  • ImmortanStalin
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    17
    ·
    1 year ago

    It’s not like country B wasn’t ethnic cleansing near its borders with country A while conspiring with hostile to country A: country D. But let’s just rehash everything as a marvel film for the yankkks.

    • fhqwhgads@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Exactly. It’s not like that. That would just be regurgitating Russian propaganda in an attempt to justify an invasion of a sovereign nation , wouldn’t it?