cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/42161794

  • US plan would require Kyiv to give up land, accept curbs to military, sources say
  • French minister: peace cannot mean capitulation
  • US army delegation is visiting Kyiv

European countries pushed back on Thursday against a U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine that sources said would require Kyiv to give up more land and partially disarm, conditions long seen by Ukraine’s allies as tantamount to capitulation.

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European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels were careful not to comment in too much detail about a U.S. peace plan that has not been made public. But they made clear they would not accept demands for punishing concessions from Kyiv.

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Moscow played down any new U.S. initiative.

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A U.S. Army delegation … was in Kyiv [and] met Ukraine’s top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi late on Wednesday. Syrskyi said he told them the best way to secure a just peace was to defend Ukraine’s airspace, extend its ability to strike deep into Russia and stabilise the front line.

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  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Money. He promised them a lot more than the other guy. Any patriotic billionaires are way more billionaire than they are patriotic.

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      1 year ago

      Shouldn’t there be billionaires who reveal the plan? There must be some patriots.

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          1 year ago

          The smaller billionaires must know that the big ones will crush them. Some must be aware of disadvantages.

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            1 year ago

            No. It really doesn’t work that way at all. They are not loyal to anyone but themselves and money. There are 0 “good ones”, please understand this

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              1 year ago

              On the social hierarchy, who are the people with the most influence who are still good?