Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said his country won’t accept peacekeeping forces from Nato countries in Ukraine under any peace deal, following high-level talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.

“Any appearance by armed forces under some other flag does not change anything. It is of course completely unacceptable,” he said. Russia and the US said they had agreed to appoint teams to start negotiating the end of the war.

“Today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said following the meeting.

  • DevCat@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    This is like sovereign citizens saying they don’t consent to being arrested. Did anybody hear us asking for permission?

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    23 days ago

    Ukraine isn’t their fucking country so go get fucked, if they wanna have friends over to help scare the goons away of course they can it’s their fucking country.

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    23 days ago

    The geopolitical puppet show rolls on, with Lavrov’s performative indignation about NATO troops while cutting deals over caviar in Riyadh. Zelensky’s exhausted face says it all—another chapter in the grand tradition of “deciding your fate without you.” Democracy’s broken? More like a rerun of 19th-century backroom bargains, just with better catering.

    Europe’s “emergency summit” reeked of desperation, a bureaucratic seance to summon relevance. Starmer’s troop deployment musings? Empty posturing. Scholz’s hesitation? The scent of gas deals lingering. They’re all just extras in someone else’s blockbuster.

    Meanwhile, the digital colosseum erupts with hot takes and flag emojis. Social media’s perpetual outrage machine grinds on, mistaking hashtags for strategy. The real war’s fought in server farms and oil pipelines now—boots on the ground are so 20th century.

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        22 days ago

        if they were to use those for any reason, it would be horrible suicide for them. They could destroy the society as we know it with them but they couldnt stop the retaliation which would be so vengeance fueled I dont want to even think about it.