Bloomberg is reporting that Putin is ready for talks with Ukraine, but the caveat is only as part of

[JohnSJ]

a Ukraine surrender.

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. I think the Ukrainian naval servicemen and women on Snake Island said it best.

Link to tweet

[JohnSJ]

3. If there are any talks, I would think it needs to be without conditions, only after a ceasefire, and

at a neutral place

[NCjack]

11. It should be about enlisting the Red Cross to manage the exchange

of POWs, as the Russian military beats a hasty retreat to their barracks in Russia.

[BeyondGeography]

2. This after he talked to China

Daddy Xi told him his way wasn’t working.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Hoping Zelensky will cave...

[Happy Hoosier]

7. You are, or he is?

I think you meant Putin is.

I wonder if this suggests Putin is not as confident in his progress as he'd like to be. I assumed he would not consider "talks" until after he had seized Kyiv.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Yes, of course.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Minsk is no place for peace talks.

Belarus snakes.

This also seems revealing - Putin has totally lost the 'image war' and cannot sustain an actual street war for very long. And definitely can't survive the inevitable popular blowback in his own country. He wants this over quickly.

[JohnSJ]

6. Exactly. It would need to be a neutral territory, no pre-conditions, and require an immediate cease

fire in my view to demonstrate they are serious

[uponit7771]

9. I don't think this is going well for Pootin

[SheltieLover]

10. And gtf out of Crimea, putin!

[Nevilledog]

12. Why would Putin talk if they've surrendered? Bullshit offer.

This comes right after he calls Ukrainian leaders "drug-addicted neo-Nazis"

[Aristus]

13. Surrender and then we'll talk?

How f*****g crazy is that?