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US's Blinken says no to any Ukraine peace deal that doesn't include total Russian withdrawal

apnews.com Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,' legitimizing Russian invasion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States and its allies should not support a cease-fire or peace talks to end the war in Ukraine until Kyiv gains strength and can negotiate on its own terms. Blinken said in Finland on Friday that heeding calls from Russia and others for negotiat...

Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,' legitimizing Russian invasion

“We believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger Ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression,” Blinken said in a speech in Finland, which recently became NATO’s newest member and shares a long border with Russia.

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  • Wait, I thought Ukraine was a sovereign, independent state. That's what the media been screeching about for over a year. Now it is saying USA is deciding their foreign policy?

    Funny that

    • how is expressing an opinion equate to "deciding their foreign policy"?

      edit: other than speaking the obvious, of course

      • Here are some gentlemen "expressing an opinion".

      • The US has no buisness in expressing a term of peace to a conflict they are not a party too, the only explination for this, and its supported by the past actions of The United States, is that it is dictating forign policy to Ukraine

    • It's Schrödinger's regime in Ukraine that's both completely independent and does exactly what its western masters tell it to do.

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