Ukraine 'holds peace talks with Russia' amid scramble for second largest city

[TheProle]

Source: ITV

Ukraine's peace talks with Russia begun on Sunday afternoon, a Ukrainian official has said, as President Putin's invasion was met with fierce Ukrainian resistance over the weekend.

Anton Geraschenko, an adviser to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, told ITV News that the two sides started discussions on Sunday at around 3.30pm.

Ukraine president’s office said earlier that Ukrainian envoys will meet with Russian diplomats to discuss the crisis. The statement added that the two sides would meet on the border between Ukraine and Belarus.

The talks come as a top EU official announced a new package of sanctions to "step up support for Ukraine". The 27-nation bloc will close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund arms supplies to Ukraine and ban pro-Kremlin media.

Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-02-27/ukraine-claims-control-of-kharkiv-and-confirms-talks-with-russia-will-go-ahead

[COL Mustard]

1. I bet there's at least one

"Go fuck yourself" from the Ukrainian side.

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. how do you hold peace talks with a crazy murderous dictator?

just askin.

[TheProle]

3. Nurture and amplify these voices

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/two-of-russia-s-billionaires-call-for-peace-in-ukraine-1.5798082

[SouthernDem4ever]

5. Putin lied his country into war, you think he'll back down

I don't see him being reasoned with.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Nothing a double tap to the back of the skull wouldn't resolve.

The question is, does anyone close to Putin have the means and the courage.

[Busterscruggs]

10. What's a

Double tap?

[relayerbob]

11. Bang. Bang

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. See here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_tap

It’s also one of the most important rules for dealing with zombies…

[Busterscruggs]

13. Zombies are scary

Because they were based on rethugs. As for the bang bang thing, I am not a gun enthusiast so I don't understand that terminology

[TheProle]

7. You may be right

But that seems no reason not to try.

[SouthernDem4ever]

8. using his BFF trump as an example

the likelihood of success is nil.

[TheProle]

9. Perhaps but even a temp ceasefire

Could help facilitate evacuation of refugees.

[wnylib]

19. When dealing with a dangerous, aggressive person,

you need to give them a face-saving way to back down. The trick is doing it without compromising your own values and position.

Otherwise, if you keep them backed into a corner of humiliation, they get crazier and more belligerent.

[oldsoftie]

4. Well you know HE isn't there

Curious to see what Russia thinks passes for "reasonable demands"

[Marcuse]

14. I'm reminded that George Floyd tried to negotiate with Derek Chauvin.

[TheProle]

15. Yeah... it's exactly the same....

[Metaphorical]

16. These negotiations serve a potentially useful purpose

In the event that Putin should inadvertently drink his own Polonium Tea, it provides a way of de-escalating the conflict in a manageable way. I think its unlikely that these talks are in fact authorized by Putin, but that might also be an indicator that Vadlimir Putin's hold on his own government is nowhere near as absolute as he may believe.

[cstanleytech]

18. Polonium is exactly what he deserves.

[cstanleytech]

17. Talks with a gun being held by Russia to their head is hardly what I would call peaceful.

Putin needs to back the hell up and withdraw all his troops from all of the Ukraine including Crimea and and if he refuses the sanctions including travel bans should all remain in place.