Putin says Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk must 'surrender or die'
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The Russian leader says his forces have trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.

  • withabeard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    991·
    1 year ago

    So… Let me check I get this right on the timeline.

    America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.

    Categorical that Russia is not serious about ending the war.

    Next steps boys

  • Tamei@lemm.eeEnglish
    80·
    1 year ago

    Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/

      • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Accept that there are those lurking here whos only purpose is to downvote good and accurate content. So for the real lemmy users, no you don’t have to add it. For the ones who are only here to stir up trouble. Why bother.

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    67·
    1 year ago

    Europe, I hope y’all are doing the whole “speak quietly and carry a big stick.”

    Because if Putin steam rolls Ukraine, he’s not stopping there, and now he has the US government under his control too.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      1 year ago

      They have scheduled a committee meeting to decide where to plant the tree from which they might someday get big sticks.

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I heard that Duterte got his Nobel price for his hard work in the Filipines! C’mon putin, visit Cancun but why not have some touchdowns along the way. See if you can tell interpol from cute dancers or maybe food servants? The interpol has your price! Come get it!

  • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    For anyone not reading the article he is specifically talking about any troops Ukraine has left in the Kursk region as there has been a general pullback into Ukraine from Kursk in the last few days. This is not about the wider peace negotiations.

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    After reading this article, I have to say that the headline/image are pretty misleading. He was talking about Kursk, the region of Russia that Ukraine invaded: he said it’s back under Russian control and the Ukraine forces there are surrounded. Then he said they have two options: surrender or die.

    I’m not defending Putin here. Just that he’s evil enough without actually taking things out of context to twist what actually happened into some clickbait headline.

      • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Frankly the news media have been suspect from the very beginning. There’s never been a time when they were not biased or sensationalist. All we can do is read them critically, and not rely overly much on any single source.