Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian president Vladimir Putin are discussing a place

[yaesu]

to hold talks, according to a spokesperson for Zelenskiy. just reported on the guardian. Well, we know pooty can't be trusted but what other options does Zelenskiy have? I think he has his people on his mind when reaching out to monster putin, they are now dealing with empty stores, loss of power, water, ect..., not just bombs and bullets.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It may be too soon to be hopeful...but still I am. n/t

[CentralMass]

2. How about Hell Vlad, you can get a head start.

[SheltieLover]

3. Lol

Great idea!

[blogslug]

4. In the same room?

eeks

[zuul]

17. God, I hope not. Putin the Poisoner will kill him with polonium.

Or have him shoved out a window.

[lpbk2713]

5. Schedule the talks in a NATO country.

And then arrest Putin for war crimes.

Beat him at his own game. The Russians don't really like him,
so they won't be real quick in coming to his defense. They will
actually be better off without him.

[SheltieLover]

8. Great idea!

I d9n't think they should meet.

Nothing to discuss really. Putrid needs to gtf out of his neighbor's country, including Crimea. Now!

[lpbk2713]

12. Putrid. That's good.

First time I've heard (seen) that.

[SheltieLover]

13. Fkr is putrid & untrustworthy

[Carlitos Brigante]

6. Yeah... Belarus (with the Combover King of The East) should be taken off the table. nt

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. I don't trust Putin, period.

At this point, the only endgame I want to see for Putin involves a bunker and a shotgun.

Or he could simply stroke out and die in his own piss like Stalin did. That would work, too.

[SheltieLover]

10. He has never had any integrity. Sleezy little slime ball

I don't think they should meet!

[radius777]

14. I favor an ice pick.

We should work with pro-democracy forces within Russia to take him out.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. I suspect that because the war isn't going so well for Putin and the worldwide condemnation,

his military advisors, the Oligarchs are putting enormous pressure on Putin to negotiate a settlement.

The Russian military must be thinking that if they can't beat the Ukrainain's easily, then taking on NATO would be suicide for the Russian military.

[Itchinjim]

11. Yep.

[radius777]

16. Taking on NATO would be suicide for Russia, period.

Such a conflict, which would be WWIII, would result in Russia being conquered and occupied by the West - and they know it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

18. An occupation would be counterproductive, that would unite the Russian people,

like it did when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, a better outcome would be NATO pushing the Russian military back to their borders and demanding the handover of Putin and his inner circle for prosecution before the ICC for crimes against humanity and whatever else they can think of.

[radius777]

23. A temporary occupation, like in WWII.

We would have to help rebuild to some extent, like we did for Germany and Japan.

Simply getting rid of Putin isn't really enough to prevent another rogue Russia from emerging.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

24. Ok, I see your point and I do agree that a temporary occupation would be feasible.

[yaesu]

20. yep, pretty much. nt

[honest.abe]

15. I suppose you have to give this a chance but it might be a Putin trick.

I would not be surprised to see Putin bring along bunch of goons to arrest Zelensky.

[radius777]

19. Zelensky would not be taken alive, IMO.

He has special forces around him, which likely are moving him to secret locations. If cornerned he likely would go down fighting.

[Thomas Hurt]

21. Liable to ambush Zelensky or arrest him if he meets him anywhere in Russian controlled territory.

[Quixote1818]

22. Could Ukraine give them the small breakaway regions along the East border?

Sounds like they want to be part of Russia anyways? Then build your the Ukraine military big time to prevent Putin from every attempting something like this again.

[radius777]

26. Putin would want the Donbas as well as a puppet gov't.

Putin's actions in Ukraine are all about purging pro-democracy/pro-West elements from the country and restoring a Russian puppet of the type that was toppled in 2014.

[PortTack]

25. Zelensky is a good man, he cares very deeply for his country and it's ppl. He may think they can't

Keep fighting. If so, it’s a sad time, but the losses may be to heavy for them to continue

[crickets]

27. Zoom call, at least to start. There's no need to meet in person.

I don't trust Putin around tea, water bottles, umbrellas, windows - or anywhere, really.

[Bayard]

28. Ehhhh........

Cheese, meet mousetrap.

What's to discuss? Zelenskiy's surrender? No. Send representatives, like Blinkin, McFaul, or John Kerry.

[roamer65]

29. President Zelenskyy.

Aim well, please.