Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took another concrete step towards launching ceasefire talks with Russia by saying he might call for a ...

You can hold voting for a referendum? But no presidential election? Contradictory but whatever.

Furthermore Zelensky said that Russia should be invited to the next peace summit in November. No way he'll negotiate sensibly and it will still be for Ukraine's PR.

The majority of the world today says that Russia must be represented at the second summit, otherwise we will not achieve meaningful results,” he said, adding “since the whole world wants them to be at the table, we cannot be against it.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/601950-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-zelensky/

Clownsky's just adjusting his tone to retain the western audience imo.

  • theturtlemoves [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    I think at this point even Zelensky must know that Ukraine can't win. The referendum could be a face-saving (and life-saving) way for him to negotiate some sort of compromise with Russia.