Ukrainian president says plan would not be fair without guarantees that Russia would not simply take over zone
The US wants Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, and Washington would then create a “free economic zone” in the parts Kyiv currently controls, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
Previously, the US had suggested Kyiv should hand over the parts of Donbas it still controlled to Russia, but the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that Washington had now suggested a compromise version in which Ukrainian troops would withdraw, but Russian troops would not advance into the territory.
“Who will govern this territory, which they are calling a ‘free economic zone’ or a ‘demilitarised zone’ – they don’t know,” said the Ukrainian president, speaking with journalists in Kyiv on Thursday.
Where have I seen this before…
They made Escape from Tarkov into a real thing
Any time you see “economic” in a war plan it means “give the land to the most powerful capitalist”
They’ve been saying the same thing about Palestine
Let’s guess who will be extracting the profit from that “free” (as in Trump doesn’t have to pay for it) zone. It sure as shit won’t be the Ukrainians.
The Ukrainians haven’t been profiting from anything in Ukraine since 1990.
Inflation-adjusted GDP PPP in 1990 was $1.2 trillion, it collapsed after the dismantling of the Soviet system, and by 2022 it still hadn’t recovered to 2/3rd of what it was in Soviet times as it was below $800bn. And this is even before taking into account the massive inequality that was created at the time and has perpetuated itself. Sadly, Ukrainians have suffered immensely in the economic sphere since 35 years ago.
A “free to take” zone…
Russia and USA can get fucked, and I say this as a US citizen. Trump didn’t just suck Clinton’s dick, he’s still sucking Putin’s dick.
Slava Ukraini!!
Ukraine will be free!
“Free”
These “peace plans” are deliberately humiliating and dumb. Time to stop inviting the US to the negotiating table.
Problem is that the Great Bozo the Orange keeps showing up and Russia likes him there because they think he’s funny.
The more stupid Russia makes Trump look, the better it is for them. The entire objective is to fully destroy America’s reputation in the world. They’ve already done that with spectacular success, now they’re just piling on.
It’ll just raise the US’s reputation even more when it finally stirs from its lethargy and cleans house.
Or ruin it even more when they squander that opportunity, like they did during the Biden administration.
Unfortunately you’ll most likely be right, dems won’t do shit, because they don’t want to cause a ruckus and their backers probably have their own skeletons in a closet that might fall out. All the shit under Trump will just fade away.
It’s not just modern Dems. The simple fact is, Dems have been extremely weak for decades, and have basically become presidential placeholders, in office just long enough for people to forget the last bad Conservative president, and elect another one to continue their destruction of America.
The last strong Democratic president was LBJ. We need another warrior like him.
I think you’re confused: this is a proxy war between the US/NATO and Russia, using mostly Ukrainian lives. The big boys table involves Trump and Putin, lol, they’re the decision makers here, Zelensky is just a handpicked puppet. 🤷
Trump’s USA is most definitely not on NATO’s or Ukraine’s side(s).
Which is why the peace deal has already been made right?
So if the USA and Russia declare peace, but Ukraine keeps fighting?
By the logic of @ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world, Ukraine, as a US puppet, wouldn’t continue fighting if US and Russia declare peace.
I don’t see that they have any choice but to keep fighting.
Which gives Russia the excuse it wants to attack and try and take more land.
Just like the lopsided cease fire in Gaza that the US “brokered” gave the IDF a bunch of excuses that they still managed to massively overreach.
trump is trying to give putin time to recover, its obvious
I think it’s the other way around. Trump’s trying to force Ukraine to surrender before the Europeans get their fingers out and confiscate frozen Russian oligarch assets. Because when that happens, the slowly deteriorating Russian position will rapidly worsen.
Russia can’t steal it, if we steal it first!
That was great, thanks.
The 11th Province- Donbas.
“Free economic zone” raises my hackles. Is this a technical geopolitical term or is it really just gonna be the Corporation Wars zone?
EDIT: I think I was kind of thinking of “Free trade zones” which this is not. So who knows what they’re talking about.
There’s a ‘free zone’ in Belize that ahh… It’s like a pustulant blister of capitalism. It’s gross. Feels gross. Everywhere that isn’t actively selling shit is a literal garbage dump, and there’s a ton of building carcasses with faded signs falling off of them. Looks like in its heyday it was at best a sleazy strip mall.
Is it Corozal Free Zone? Why is it that I can only find photos that look like they’re from the 90s?
Why do I kind of want to go there?
I thought this was a 20 year old photo but that car in bottom left corner looks newer.
Isn’t this almost literally the plot of the new Superman movie? A billionaire [not Trump, someone else pulling strings] carves out a portion of a country intentionally made war-torn for their own gain?
Yup. And he wants to do the same in Palestine.
Probably other places too.
Everything’s a grift with this guy.
Everything’s a grift with this guy.
You would think that EVEN THE DUMBEST OF THE DUMBEST WOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT BY NOW - BUT NO. The clowns and incompetents in his regime know it but are in on the grift.
Makes me think of the neutral zone between romulans and federation.
And he’ll name it
LuthoriaTrumporia.
