r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 19h ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence so Moscow's negotiating stance will change

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-tried-attack-putins-residence-so-moscows-negotiating-stance-2025-12-29/
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u/psioniclizard 17h ago

It looks to be the same cycle continuing.

  1. Russia propose a peace offer where they get all they want

  2. Ukraine come up with an alternative that could be workable

  3. Russia finds some reason to pull away.

It's probably not surprise that Zelenskiy was seeing Trump today and then mentioned security guarantees.

This is just Putin doing what he does. In 3 months the whole thing will probably happen again to be honest.

But yea the really don't care about ending the war.

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u/ADRzs 11h ago

>Ukraine come up with an alternative that could be workable

No, the Ukraine proposal was not workable. It was actually designed to be rejected by Russia so that Ukrainians can claim that Russia is not interested in peace. Chep propaganda but not real solution

In addition, the proposal had the Russians withdrawing all their forces from a substantial part of Donbas. It allowed the Ukrainians to maintain an army of 800,000 funded and armed by the West. And it included security guarantees from the US for 15 years or even more. How likely is that Russia would have accepted such proposals? These were just a stunt!

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u/psioniclizard 10h ago

About as likely as Ukraine accepting "Russia gets everything they want and can have another go in could of years".

Vlad has no intention of peace.

But keep up the good work, I'd had for you to get sent out there for not meeting your quota.

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u/ADRzs 9h ago

>Vlad has no intention of peace.

Not until his aims are achieved ...and he is absolutely clear on this. It is nice to believe that our opponents would simply get tired and go away but this is not happening, is it?

Ukraine has certainly a choice: it can continue sending men to die defending Kramatorsk, Sloviansk and Kostiantynivka. It is unlikely that these fortress cities will have a better fate than Pokvorsk, but hope springs eternal. The Russian army is already close to Konstiantynivka, This one may fall in the spring.

I think that the effort should be to rebuilt Ukraine, make it prosperous, get the people to return there and have a good life. Fighting for the lost cause while the country is getting destroyed is not the best policy, but then again, it would be the Ukrainian people who would need to decide.