Zelenskyy: No world leader has the right to negotiate with Putin on behalf of Ukraine

It's fucking ridiculous he has to say it out loud

I am so sad by how Ukraine has been handled.

The West should have been an overwhelming power against Russian imperialism. Ukraine should have been given everything from the beginning, no strings attached, with no self-imposed red lines.

They will swallow another democracy in 10-20 years and the cycle repeats.

This is arguably the whole point of the war.

The comments are peak internet dumpster fire 🍿

Unfortunately, Trump will do exactly that regardless.

You'd think this would be a fairly cut and dry issue - the countries helping Ukraine wouldn't like it either if another country started negotiating terms on their behalf (especially not with a monster like Putin).

Ukraine and its people should be the ones to decide their own fate.

I swear people who think otherwise must've read David vs. Goliath and sided with the Goliath.

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Dude is actually benefitting from this war.

Except that they can't, especially Europe. While EU has drastically reduced oil and gas from Russia it's still like 20%. I've heard Hungary and Austria don't have access to gas from other countries other than Russia. (If someone has a source that says otherwise I'd be open to it).

The only thing that’s worse than having the US as your enemy, is having the US as your ally.

What is he trying to achieve with such declarations ? This won't go well with Donald Trump.

Bro really just out there like "yo gimme 100 billion dollars to save my country but don't you dare think you get to speak for me" SMH

A few years ago, didn't the British prime minister threaten to cut Ukraine out of economic relations if Zelenskyy negotiated with Russia? Kinda seams like that's already happened.

Yet, all other countries are supposed to send unlimited amounts of money and weapons? This is the same bullshit with everyone else... you want all our money, and that's it.

While what Zelenskyy says is absolutely true, no county is obligated to help. Is this a good strategy to lend into?

I disagree, unfortunately.

If Ukraine wasn't so dependent on outside assistance, then he would have a point.

It's terribly ironic to watch people who support US interventionism pretend that Ukraine gets to have any real say in their own destiny at this point. Hundreds of billions of US taxpayer dollars do not go into your coffers without strings.

Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine alone determines its future and any dialogue with Russia must follow a peace plan based on strength and international support.

Support [outside of the racist countries' unilateral support for Israel] will always be based on agreements. It doesn't matter how much Ukraine supports Israel or sends its mercenaries to Gaza. How many countries will help out another for no return?

The right? Maybe not. The ability though? Certainly. Specifically the US absolutely has the power to negotiate an end to the war with Putin.

In principle I agree, but he doesn't really have a choice. Other world leaders are providing the funds to continue the war in the first place. If Zelensky does something they don't like, they can just stop the funding and end the war on Russian terms.