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BumRushDaShow

(165,323 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:06 AM 10 hrs ago

Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force if Kyiv doesn't want peace [View all]

Source: NBC News/Reuters

Dec. 28, 2025, 2:47 AM EST / Source: Reuters

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and if it did not want to resolve their conflict peacefully, Moscow would accomplish all its goals by force.

Putin's remarks on Saturday, carried by state news agency TASS, followed a vast Russian drone and missile attack that prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to say Russia was demonstrating its wish to continue the war while Kyiv wanted peace.

Zelenskyy is to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday to seek a resolution to the war Putin launched nearly four years ago with a full-scale invasion of Russia's smaller neighbour.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Putin's remarks.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/putin-russia-ukraine-aims-force-kyiv-peace-rcna251193

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Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force if Kyiv doesn't want peace [View all] BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP

Holy shit! mikeysnot 10 hrs ago #1

He grew up in the USSR. Igel 10 hrs ago #3

EXACTLY what I thought... it's putin who does not want peace....fucker...nt mitch96 7 hrs ago #14

Oh, well, that will be a new direction. Hasn't this what he's been doing since Day 1? travelingthrulife 10 hrs ago #2

Umm... when hasn't he done this? ananda 10 hrs ago #4

Putin, Trump's idol, is a monster. He's lost 1.2 million soldiers so far, but doesn't care about them. surfered 10 hrs ago #5

Putin's military and brutality hasn't been able to achieve his goals yet so what lets him think that will ... Botany 9 hrs ago #6

In '62 we had a president with balls Submariner 9 hrs ago #7

Putin's bitch. WestMichRad 35 min ago #22

Fuck Putin duckworth969 9 hrs ago #8

Sounds like Trump's logic of deserving a Nobel Peace Prize. Norrrm 9 hrs ago #9

Yeah, Putie. Whatever. paleotn 9 hrs ago #10

I feel like if they could achieve their goals by force, this 4-day-war would have been over 4 years ago. nt Gore1FL 9 hrs ago #11

Putin is reaching his last straw popsdenver 7 hrs ago #12

Putin should remember that Russia also has reactors. The Madcap 7 hrs ago #15

Putin Speaks With Trump Ahead of Zelensky Meeting in Florida to, receive, I guess, his marching orders. Brother Buzz 7 hrs ago #13

What they been doing all along Historic NY 6 hrs ago #16

Putin doesn't want "peace"--he wants "a piece" or several pieces...Russian lebensraum Maeve 6 hrs ago #17

Dear Vlad BidenRocks 6 hrs ago #18

But Kiev wants peace through expelling Russian forces from their territory and getting security guarantees. ChicagoTeamster 6 hrs ago #19

Putin will achieve his ends in Ukraine by force alone no matter what. Any peace "deal" is just a ploy. Martin68 4 hrs ago #20

so far he is not having much success with his force nt msongs 2 hrs ago #21