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highplainsdem

(55,085 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:25 PM Thursday

Putin suggests temporary administration for Ukraine to end war

Source: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords to reach a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported early on Friday.

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Putin's suggestion of a temporary administration appeared to address his long-held complaint that Ukraine's authorities are not a legitimate negotiating partner as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has stayed in power beyond the May 2024 end of his mandate.

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Zelenskiy has rejected any notion questioning his legitimacy, saying Ukraine is barred by law from holding elections under martial law and holding a poll in wartime conditions would in any case prove impossible.

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Russia, Putin said, was in favour of "peaceful solutions to any conflict, including this one, through peaceful means, but not at our expense".

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-temporary-administration-ukraine-end-war-2025-03-28/



The leaders who need to be removed are Putin and Trump.
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Putin suggests temporary administration for Ukraine to end war (Original Post) highplainsdem Thursday OP
He acts like Russia is winning... when, in fact, Russia is losing lapfog_1 Thursday #1
Unfortunately, that's incorrect Polybius Friday #17
That is incorrect. lapfog_1 Friday #18
It's not Incorrect Polybius Friday #20
Putin is the aggressor who invaded a sovereign Ukraine and he wants to dictate their constitution Deuxcents Thursday #2
European nations should be negotiating. Perhaps NATO? SheltieLover Thursday #4
Heads up, pootin. It's not your country & you are losing the war badly. Stfu. SheltieLover Thursday #3
Russia must end. AmericaUnderSiege Thursday #5
Putin and Medvedev must end. Initech Thursday #7
How about the UN put Russia under temporary administration and hold new elections. sinkingfeeling Thursday #6
Oh sure..we will install a dictatorship puppet, murder all Ukrainians, erase their history and end their sovereignty PortTack Friday #8
Fuck you Putin. How about RUSSIA get a "temporary administration"? SunSeeker Friday #9
Even dying, putin is a piece of low life crap. C Moon Friday #10
... 2naSalit Friday #11
OFFS! sheshe2 Friday #12
Didn't we do that in Iran BidenRocks Friday #13
Volodymyr to Vlad. Botany Friday #14
Hey, Putin, here's an idea... swong19104 Friday #15
No. He'd kill democracy there that way. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #16
Solution is right here. bluestarone Friday #19
Trump administration rejects Putin's proposal that the U.N. should govern Ukraine Eugene Friday #21

Polybius

(19,599 posts)
17. Unfortunately, that's incorrect
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:28 AM
Friday

Ukraine did exceptionaly well at fighting off an enemy that's 10 times larger, but they have lost serious ground to Russia. They are not winning.

lapfog_1

(30,728 posts)
18. That is incorrect.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 10:02 AM
Friday

Ukraine lost ground in the initial surge by Russia.

Since then, they have learned to fight the Russians with help from the west to a virtual standstill. They have destroyed enough armor material from the Russians that the Russians are now resorting to using both foreign fighters ( N. Korea ), foreign material ( Iranian drones ) and donkeys used to transport materials to the front lines. In addition the drone campaign to cripple Russian oil refineries and pipelines has ( along with western sanctions ) has really hurt the Russian economy.

This ends the way the Russian occupation of Afghanistan ends... with Russia deciding that empire is not worth the cost and withdrawing completely. The Russian people were only a little bit behind the war when it started, they are fed up with the whole thing at this point and wish it had never happened.

Polybius

(19,599 posts)
20. It's not Incorrect
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 12:24 PM
Friday

They have lost territory to the Russians and are likely to relinquish more land in a future agreement. Their primary concern is securing guaranteed safety in any potential deal. It raises the question: why would they consider ceding land if they were achieving victory?

Deuxcents

(21,548 posts)
2. Putin is the aggressor who invaded a sovereign Ukraine and he wants to dictate their constitution
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:32 PM
Thursday

And make demands on how they will respond to his demands. He and TSF need to butt out and let an independent committee negotiate with no strings attached to the spoils of war

 

AmericaUnderSiege

(777 posts)
5. Russia must end.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:39 PM
Thursday

It's obvious that letting the city of Moscow dictate terms to a huge swath of a continent is no longer working, either for those people or the world. Russia must end.

Initech

(104,372 posts)
7. Putin and Medvedev must end.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:49 PM
Thursday

The sooner these evil fucking scumbags rid the world of their presence, the better.

PortTack

(35,447 posts)
8. Oh sure..we will install a dictatorship puppet, murder all Ukrainians, erase their history and end their sovereignty
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 12:01 AM
Friday

Amazing he and tsf talk about Ukraine like it is theirs to split up and decide Ukraine’s fate.

Hello Donnie and pootie, you’re up against a real leader with the support of the entire free world behind him…bugger off!

C Moon

(12,766 posts)
10. Even dying, putin is a piece of low life crap.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:28 AM
Friday

Fictional writers in our future, will have a huge amount of material with putin's character.

BidenRocks

(1,242 posts)
13. Didn't we do that in Iran
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:49 AM
Friday

Vietnam, Panama, Phillipines, .... et.al. ?
Yeah, how did that turn out?

Botany

(73,680 posts)
14. Volodymyr to Vlad.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:59 AM
Friday

Nyet.

BTW Russia has been getting its ass beat all
the time in Ukraine now.

Eugene

(64,125 posts)
21. Trump administration rejects Putin's proposal that the U.N. should govern Ukraine
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:48 PM
Friday
Trump administration rejects Putin's proposal that the U.N. should govern Ukraine (NBC News)

The White House on Thursday dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion that peace talks in Ukraine should depend on the country being governed by the United Nations while new elections are held.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to a Russian nuclear submarine in Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle, Putin reiterated his claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's mandate is illegitimate.

With the United Nations, the United States and European nations, "we could discuss the possibility of introduction of temporary governance in Ukraine,” Putin said, while Ukraine holds “democratic elections, to bring to power a capable government that enjoys the trust of the people.”

But a White House national security spokesperson dismissed Putin’s proposal, saying that Ukraine’s government was determined by its constitution and citizens, Reuters reported.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putin-trump-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-un-guinea-timor-yugoslavia-rcna198520
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