Ukraine church leader: No deal with Russia if they see us as colony

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Source: Reuters

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The head of Ukraine's Byzantine-rite Catholic Church met Pope Francis on Monday and said there can be no dialogue with Russia as long as Moscow considered the neighbour it invaded a colony to be subjugated.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk's trip to the Vatican was his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February. He said he prefers to remain in Kyiv to be close to the people despite the bombings and hardships.

"The war in Ukraine is a colonial war and peace proposals by Russia are proposals of colonial pacification," he said after meeting the pope at the Vatican.

Shevchuk, who has several times urged the pope to visit Kyiv, gave Francis a piece of shrapnel from a Russian mine that destroyed the facade of a church in Irpin in March. An estimated 200-300 civilians were killed in Irpin, near Kyiv, before the town was taken back from Russian forces in late March.



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1. If this war becomes too costly and Putin just won't die in a timely fashion

Then I suggest a compromise. Russia give up land equal to 400% of what they've taken in Ukraine, that falls under Ukrainian rule and tax policy. And those regions of adjoining Russian territories that Ukraine agrees to take must pay for Ukrainian military support. And any natural resources, like oil reserves in Ukrainian lands stolen by Russia become the property of Ukraine. Russia can develop the resources, but Ukraine receives 100% of the benefits of the value of those resources. And Russia must vacate Crimea, which it stole from Ukraine in 2014.

That would be my compromise.

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2. Nice thoughtful post...

... it seems to hit the right bases.

[Irish_Dem]

3. If you try to invade a country, steal its land/resources, you will lose your land and resources.

[Martin68]

4. Stand firm!