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“They even told our delegation: we know that our memorandum is an ultimatum, and you will not accept it,” Zelensky said. “Thus, the question is not the quality of the Istanbul format, but what to do about the Russians’ lies.”

  • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Yup. Russia does not plan to give up any occupied territory, return Crimea, or stop trying to expand.

    The Russian rulers are not dealing with their own death on the battlefield. They can stay in their offices, comfortably, for years, while others die.

    • randomname@scribe.disroot.orgOP
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, as a famous writer once claimed long ago:

      “One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”