Public sentiment is characterized by skepticism regarding the potential for effective peace negotiations, with widespread doubts about Russia's genuine intentions and a strong inclination towards supporting Ukraine's defense rather than pursuing concessions.

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Sad that Zelensky have to play along to keep Trump happy. This shit ain’t going anywhere. 

Just pump Ukraine with supplies and arm them. 

wizgset27

Do diplomacy as if you weren't fighting, fight as if you weren't talking.

TremendousVarmint

I highly doubt that. I think this is mainly a rhetoric to please Trump.

irimiash

Free_Philly

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Acrobatic_Morning17

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The best way to get Putin round the table for peace talks is by forcing him. The Russian people have made it very clear that they don’t care about the war as long as they don’t feel it, so let it rain missiles on Moscow (hit some office blocks at night when nobody’s around) and the people might finally turn against their dictator.

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Let me guess. Even if they show up it will be "give us your country and we will stop the war" or "discard weapons, sign up as our ally and we pinky promise not to attack".

Shinael

I mean, what's the point at this stage. Peace talks involve Ukraine conceding and that's not going to happen.

mcgee300

Start by bringing up the conditions agreed upon if Ukraine gave up it Nuclear armaments - sounds like more promises broken.

aboyeur514

How I predict it will go:

Ukraine and Russian negotiators sit down at a table: 

Ukraine: ”Ceasefire? We don’t agree to surrender.”
Russia: ”We don’t agree to a ceasefire. Surrender!”

Then they get up, shake hands and say ”Same time and place next month?”

Wafflars

**Russia and Ukraine will hold a new round of peace talks in Istanbul on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.**

"Today, I discussed with (Ukrainian Security Council chief) Rustem Umerov the preparations for a prisoner exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side," Zelensky said in his daily address on Monday. "Umerov reported that the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday."

Zelensky proposed fresh talks at the weekend, days after US President Donald Trump threatened Russia with "severe" sanctions if there was no ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv within 50 days.

Washington has also pledged new weapons for the Ukrainian military, after Russia intensified attacks.

Moscow has not commented on the peace talks yet. Russia's RIA news agency, quoting a source, said the talks would take place over two days, Thursday and Friday.

A Turkish government spokesperson said Wednesday's talks would take place in Istanbul, the same venue where previous negotiations in May and June failed to work towards a ceasefire, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported.

This week's talks will be yet another attempt to bring an end to the war that has been going on for more than three years, and will come after Trump expressed frustration with Vladimir Putin. The US president told the BBC he was "disappointed" but "not done" with the Russian leader.

* [I'm 'disappointed but not done' with Putin, Trump tells BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e02q12z32o)
* [Ukrainians unimpressed by Trump's 50-day ultimatum to Putin](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3072ezle7yo)

The Istanbul talks could focus on further prisoner exchanges and a possible meeting between Zelensky and Putin, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP.

Moscow, however, has downplayed the likelihood of reaching any concrete outcome anytime soon.

Commenting on the prospects for a breakthrough, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that the two sides were "diametrically opposed" and "a lot of diplomatic work lies ahead".

Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, causing record civilian casualties. It launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in 2022.

ActiveTechnical8997

This is just Trump appeasement.

Nothing will come from it.

Ukraine will say "We are open to a cease fire, we want our kidnapped children back".

Russia will say "Ok, but first remove all sanctions and give us half of the country, no matter if we occupied them or not".

Cinerir

Remember when the israel and Iran ceasefire lasted only a few hours?

Superb_Nectarine9992

No negotiations. Keep going as long as Ukraine can and give them everything they need to push those yardshitters back where they came from.

tsktsk123

Literally nothing will come of this, again.

pillowname

mmliu1959demo

At this point, over what both are fighting? What is it exactly. Bombed ground with dead bodies, who want this? Not a sane person.

ivobrick

USA will say in the end that they will sign a document for NATO non expending anymore. This will be a huge step towards peace.

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&gt; U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks

At this point, it's a joke. Russia's terms have been and will always be the complete disarming of Ukraine so they can wait a year or two and then invade again when they have ZERO defenses. The US probably supports this because it's good for Russia and Trump can say he "stopped a war". 

The only way this war will actually end is if Ukraine continues to pound Russian forces to the point where Putin gives up or is thrown out of office/assassinated.

MapleSurpy

New ideas? They are taking over Ukraine and Rubio, Trump, etc are letting them.

Gold_Honeydew_8530

Let me guess. The new ideas have us betraying our allies and boosting Russia?

Be-skeptical

dendron01

Concepts of a plan? Really?  We're still doing this?  Let me guess, they'll have something beautiful in... two weeks?

Aggressive-Will-4500

CommercialRemote3325

"What did the boss say again? Planning for concepts or something... eh... conceptual forethoughts or maybe pre planned concepts for ideas in a couple of weeks, anyway I'm not sure, can I have another couple of weeks to get back to you?"

National_Olive_2846

I’ll believe it when I see real progress.

cleodivina6

I bet russia will reject it and spin their propaganda that they are definitely winning since Ukraine wants to talk

TotalDC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s calling for a meeting with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks.

Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, has already proposed the next meeting with the Russian side for next week, Zelensky said during his daily address on Saturday.

“The dynamics of the negotiations must improve. We need to do everything possible to achieve a ceasefire. The Russian side must stop avoiding decisions regarding prisoner exchanges, the return of children, and the cessation of killings,” Zelensky said.

Financial-Agency-889

This makes sense in the context that Trump gave Russia a 50 day deadline to agree to a ceasefire.  Proposing peace talks that Russia is expected to reject this early could be an attempt by Ukraine to expedite that timetable, pressuring Trump to move more aggressively on Russia without waiting the full 50 days.

RyansPlace

Ukraine asking for talks is big. Russia rejecting it? Not shocking. But with NATO more united and Europe stepping up, pressure is building. If peace is gonna happen, it needs real guarantees, not just words.

Careful-Reveal-9824

It's a sad sign when I find myself cynical and downright numb to these kinds of announcements — be it Ukraine/Russia, Gaza/Israel and everything inbetween. The same goes for tariff threats, talks, pauses, cancellations and implementation. The result? Financial and diplomatic chaos and instability. This is not how to run a country or the world.




It's similar to how I was feeling as a child in the '60s waiting for a Russian atomic bomb to drop on the nuclear power plant I could see from my grammar school and a couple of blocks from my house. I figured there was a good reason they passed out fall-out maps for potential radioactivity — we were in the darkest cone. Once the '70s hit, I just gave up thinking I'd live to be an adult and did everything my Southern Baptist Church said I'd fry in hell for.

invalidpassword

Putin: "are you crazy? We have record losses we cant stop now!"

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AdorableInternet6707

This combined with Trump and Putin's 50-60 day window indicate there may be some front line collapses in that time frame and Ukraine is trying to get ahead of that and freeze the front line to regroup

Kyiv Independent posted a great video today, recommend you all check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MqoBPXzJds

brnccnt7

No reason to talk. Pudding is losing too many men. A few more weeks and they will have to go back. I mean they have to steal microwaves for chips.

Keep fighting for freedom!

PikebertAlb

There's not much to talk about unless their ready to surrender the country

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Lots of people point to this and say it means the losses are hugely lopsided, and that fact may be true. However, it’s also important to remember that Russia is the side gaining ground, and as such the Ukrainians would have a disproportionately harder time reclaiming bodies of their own soldiers, and Russian captives.

ParagonRenegade

Let's hope more weapons are sent to Ukraine.

Ukraine can't afford to lose men like Russia.
Ukraine doesnt have their own North Koreans to send into the meat grinder.

The new AD systems should also help.

Luis_r9945

Ukrainians also have some fresh ideas on how to even the exchanges. For now its just an ideas, but we know that its nothing impossible for those heroes.

https://www.polishnewsmonitor.com/article/831459267-ukrainian-mayor-suggests-exchanging-soviet-soldiers-including-putin

Most sources are in Russian, thats too fresh, not a big deal and absolutely not what western media will want to share. Thats why link to some… polishnewspssshhh.

Tl dr: Lvov high official proposes to exchange exgumated soviet soldiers from 80-years old graves for Ukrainian pows.

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Hasn't Russia been handing Russian bodies to Ukraine claiming them as Ukrainians anyways? 

Edit: As of now, 72% of my views are Russian. When did this sub become a Russian propaganda sub? I'm also no longer replying to Russian accounts.

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