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With no way out of a worsening war, Zelensky’s options look bad or worse
The Washington Post ^ | Apr 06, 2024 | Isabelle Khurshudyan

Posted on 04/06/2024 6:36:56 AM PDT by Salman

KYIV — As Russia steps up airstrikes and once again advances on the battlefield in Ukraine more than two years into its bloody invasion, there is no end to the fighting in sight. And President Volodymyr Zelensky’s options for what to do next — much less how to win the war — range from bad to worse.

Zelensky has said Ukraine will accept nothing less than the return of all its territory, including land that Russia has controlled since 2014. But with the battle lines changing little in the last year, militarily retaking the swaths of east and south Ukraine that Russia now occupies — about 20 percent of the country — appears increasingly unlikely.

Negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war — something Zelensky has rejected as long as Russian troops remain on Ukrainian land — is politically toxic. The Ukrainian public is hugely opposed to surrendering territory, and Putin shown no willingness to accept anything short of Ukraine’s capitulation to his demands.

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WaPo calls it front page news, but I tagged it "editorial" because it is.

Not the story itself, but the fact that it's in The Washington Post is significant. Because WaPo is the voice of the Deep State.

1 posted on 04/06/2024 6:36:56 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

This is fake news. Putin is dead from cancer and Ukraine is winning.


2 posted on 04/06/2024 6:38:30 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Salman

Ukraine may as well attack Moscow. Why not?


3 posted on 04/06/2024 6:39:46 AM PDT by MeganC ("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
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To: Salman

I have confidence in Zelensky.

Bring Putin to his knees!


4 posted on 04/06/2024 6:41:55 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: MeganC

Look to see false flag attacks soon. Ukraine attack Poland and say it was Putin. Imagine if Zelensky could get his hands on a nuke—even a small one. Its going to get worse before it gets better.


5 posted on 04/06/2024 6:44:42 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. )
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

If Z. had nukes then Ruzzia would have never started their war in the first place.


6 posted on 04/06/2024 6:49:25 AM PDT by MeganC ("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
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How many Ukrainians have to die to cover up Democrat crimes in Ukraine?


7 posted on 04/06/2024 6:50:14 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Salman


8 posted on 04/06/2024 6:56:28 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Admin Moderator; Salman

Dupe, Moderator please remove

posted just 8 threads below in the list!!


9 posted on 04/06/2024 7:01:44 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: canuck_conservative

it’s hard for you not to scream for censorship, isn’t it?


10 posted on 04/06/2024 7:14:28 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: MeganC

Ukraine had many nuclear weapons when the USSR collapsed. the US and U.K. made them give them up in the 1994 Budapest agreement.


11 posted on 04/06/2024 7:27:57 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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Zelensky just lowered the age of conscription from 27 to 25 so he’ll have more meat for the meatgrinder. When will it ever be enough?


12 posted on 04/06/2024 7:35:10 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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With no way out of a worsening war, Zelensky’s options look bad or worse

Sure there's a way out, Zelensky can Surrender Unconditionally to Russia, and turn himself in to Russian authorities for Prosecution.

When he gives evidence against Globalist and Ukraine Nazis he will be given a reduced sentence and protection.

13 posted on 04/06/2024 7:41:32 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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How many Ukrainians have to die to cover up Democrat crimes in Ukraine?

All of them.

14 posted on 04/06/2024 7:43:21 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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I bet Zelensky wishes he could travel back in a Time Machine to March 2022 when Ukraine and Russia AGREED to a peace treaty and then that idiot Boris Johnson told Ukraine not to take the deal. A deal which was on much more FAVORABLE terms for Ukraine than any they could get now. Ukraine rejecting the March 2022 peace treaty with Russia has to go down as one of the STUPIDEST acts in the history of diplomacy. Ukraine gained NOTHING from the rejection of that treaty except for thousands more dead, lost territory, and a wrecked economy. That's what they get for taking the advice of IDIOT Boris.

Yeah, Zelensky would love to travel back in time to take the peace treaty they already AGREED to and tell Boris to STFU.

15 posted on 04/06/2024 7:43:34 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
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Thanks Joe Biden.


16 posted on 04/06/2024 7:45:19 AM PDT by Wuli ( )
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Zelensky’s options for what to do next — much less how to win the war — range from bad to worse...Ukraine will accept nothing less than the return of all its territory...

Bad outcome? That's a great outcome. Also buying Highgrove House at US taxpayer expense. I cannot understand why everyone is so depressed. Life's great.

Or you could just hang onto your grift, do a peace deal, and tell the MI6/CIA globalist cabal to go eff themselves. Of course might make it difficult to occupy your real estate holdings in globalonianlist occupied western states, but you know, as they say, location, location, location. You could have bought really nice properties in places that would not punish you for perfidy to the globalist elite.

17 posted on 04/06/2024 7:46:16 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Salman

The only thing Zelenskyy is worried about is the correct time to absconded with the money and leave his people in the lurch.

If he leaves too soon, he will leave money on the table. If he leaves too late, it could get dangerous.

Picking the right day to take the money and run is a difficult problem.


18 posted on 04/06/2024 7:48:01 AM PDT by gridlock (At some point, King Robert must take responsibility for his own predicaments. )
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“Zelensky has said Ukraine will accept nothing less than the return of all its territory, including land that Russia has controlled since 2014.”

Not happening.


19 posted on 04/06/2024 8:02:36 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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“: Salman
How many Ukrainians have to die to cover up Democrat crimes in Ukraine?”

Easy now. You can’t let logic and reason intrude when a DRat War Mongering grift is going on. There’s still billions of borrowed from China to be paid by us taxpayer bucks up for grab


20 posted on 04/06/2024 8:03:47 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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