Ukraine conflict could be 'frozen' sooner rather than later, says Poland's Tusk after talk with Zelenskyy
Source: guardian
Updated at 05.20 EDT
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, just told reporters that he spoke with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this morning and believes that the Russian invasion of Ukraine could soon be frozen.
There are certain signals, I also have an intuition that perhaps a freezing of the conflict I dont want to say the end of the war, but a freezing of the conflict could happen sooner rather than later.
He added:
There is hope for this. Today is the deadline for the ultimatum. President Zelenskyy is very cautious, but still optimistic.
The Ukrainian side is very keen for Europe, including Poland, to take part in shaping this future ceasefire and, later, peace. We are also very keen on this, so that peace can prevail in our region, because that would also have a very positive impact on our security.
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FakeNoose
(38,335 posts)... when he lost half of his army? THAT kind of "frozen"?
riversedge
(77,280 posts)Donald Trump before the election: Ill end the war in Ukraine on day one.
Reality: Russian attacks on Ukraine have doubled since Trump took office.
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Bengus81
(9,197 posts)then the World will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.
hueymahl
(2,832 posts)Hopefully it leads to a lasting peace.
PSPS
(14,834 posts)He's already ignoring his own "deadline" and, instead, talking about meeting with his paymaster Putin "maybe sometime next week." Maybe it will turn into one of those "two weeks" things. Oh, and sending another love note with the close, "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Oh, and I see hegseth has directed that arms destined for Ukraine are going to be stopped again, "ahead of President Donald Trumps potential meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week." TACO is groveling in advance. Of course, none of this is getting us any closer to the epstein files, but it knocks that off the front page.
maxsolomon
(37,152 posts)Which was probably inevitable. Ukraine doesn't have the capacity to repel Russia now, if they ever did.
"Finlandization".
electric_blue68
(23,387 posts)Xolodno
(7,121 posts)Still technically at war but end of major hostilities, just the occasional cross border exchange.