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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into a fourth month, with only modest gains to show so far, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he rejected suggestions it was time to negotiate peace with the Kremlin.

“When you want to have a compromise or a dialogue with somebody, you cannot do it with a liar,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ironically the CIA believes Putin killed Prigozhin to defuse tensions with NATO for exiling Wagner to Belarus.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If Putin wants to defuse tensions with NATO, he knows what to do.

[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

Right, pullout, like Putin's daddy should have done.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm skeptical the government would allow him to do that.

He's not actually a god-king. If a leader ever became a threat to the power structure, he'd be eliminated. Just ask JFK 🙃

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that would counter Zelensky's argument.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

You mean Zelensky was wrong? No way!