Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means” as both countries prepare for President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

In an interview with the Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne, Zelenskyy said he is certain that the war will end “sooner” than it otherwise would have once Mr. Trump becomes president.

The prospect of Trump returning to power in the United States next year has raised questions about the future of the conflict, as the Republican has been critical of U.S. military aid to Kyiv.

Zelenskyy said that Ukraine “must do everything so that this war ends next year, ends through diplomatic means.”

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    No chance of help to protect his homeland from belligerent invasion? You’ve got to cut the losses.

    Then Russia can invade in another 10 years and take more. Yay! It can be an every-decade thing!

    • LukácsFan1917@lemmy.ml
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      19 minutes ago

      Russia is not just this blob of ooze that wants to consume more land. It took them a decade to come to the aid of the regions that the Bandera worshipping post-Maidan government turned on, and much of the Ukrainian army defected to.

    • Bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
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      16 hours ago

      He is not “protecting his homeland”. He is flying around the world telling people that he does that, that he protects democracy and so on, while people are trapped in his prison, kidnapped off the streets and sent to the meatgrinder.

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        10 hours ago

        When I read comments like this I do wonder if there’s any point trying to reason. You either are too far indoctrinated or just reading the script.

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            7 hours ago

            I guess you’re right. If only Zelensky would stop his aggression against the peaceful Russian and north Korean forces freeing Ukraine from the burden of democracy…

            In your case I’m leaning on indoctrination. I don’t think they’ll hand you such a retarded script.

            Nice instance BTW. Surely it’s not you with 10 accounts trying to circumvent bans.

            • Bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
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              7 hours ago

              I guess you’re right. If only Zelensky would stop his aggression against the peaceful Russian and north Korean forces

              If he were to stop his aggression at Ukrainians, I would be satisfied already.

              freeing Ukraine from the burden of democracy…

              Democracy? What democracy? Did you mean to say Zelensky’s authoritarian regime where people are treated worse than dogs?