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Putin demands full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as condition for ending Ukraine war (www.theguardian.com)

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Following Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday, Ukrainian officials are voicing concern over the US president’s apparent shift in tone after Putin demanded full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as a condition for ending the war.

On Truth Social, Trump said he wanted to “go directly to a peace agreement, which would end the war and not a mere ceasefire agreement, which often times do not hold up”.

Speaking to the Financial Times about Putin’s demands, a senior Ukrainian official said: “This is a stab in the back.”

Another senior Ukrainian official said: “He just wants a quick deal.”

Meanwhile, Oleksandr Merezhko, the chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told the outlet that the outcome of the summit was “awful”.

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He should, it rightfully belongs to the Tatars. Just because it was conquered by the Russian Empire doesn't mean that any of its descendant states have any right to claim it. This was a wrong that the USSR should have righted when it created SSRs for other nations conquered by the Russian Empire but somehow for reasons that I don't know didn't do the same for the Crimean Tatars.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was making a joke about how Putin is anchoring the discussion to not even include Crimea.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, there’s no way that Crimea is on the table. Russia is keeping it and all the Russian majority regions in Ukraine.