Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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shavenferret said:

Ryuu96 said:

“I didn’t say the Russians gave in on everything. But they conceded that Ukraine will preserve its territorial integrity after the war. They admitted they cannot install a puppet regime in Kyiv, which was their main demand at the start," Vance added.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 24 August 2025 at 15:20

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

The concession is that Russia admitted they don't have the ability to rig Ukraine's elections after the war, is that a concession or is it just the reality? How the fuck is Russia meant to install a puppet regime at this point when more than 80% of Ukraine's population fucking despises Russia now? Lmfao. It's a concession to admit they can't rig another countries elections?

"Oh no, I have to make a concession, the concession is that we won't take Kyiv anymore 🤡"

Yeah, no shit, because they fucking can't anymore! They literally don't have the military capability right now! 😂

And a pinkie promise that Ukraine can preserve its territorial integrity after the war, like the Budapest Memorandum. 🤡

It sounds like the Russians know that they don't have as strong of a hand as previously, but still want a deal to be made.         

And yeah, the unfairness of their demands is very bad.  They have deserved every bad thing that has come to their nation.

I think they know that by now they have mostly trash hands but still manage to bluff their way through the game of war. But with the Russian economy starting to crumble and inflation starting to get really bad, I think they feel they are on borrowed time and between a massive rock and a hard place: They can't end the war without gaining what they're asking for (as it would cause both uproar in Russia and strongly diminish their international standing as a greater power, plus potential future weapon exports would certainly be much fewer if they pulled out), but they can't go on for much longer like this (economy getting more and more out of control, as does the inflation despite all the actions from the kremlin to counter those and the bailouts of war-critical companies, plus signup bonuses to become soldiers are rising higher and higher, showing that it's getting harder and harder to find volunteers for the war, plus of course their increasing lack of military hardware), so Putin is just happy to have some fool in the oval office that takes everything he says at face value and still has the Soviet Union at it's prime in the back of his head when talking about what Russia could do to get a chance at receiving what they want despite not being able to get it otherwise.