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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Feb 15, 2025, 07:46 PM Feb 15

Zelenskiy: Ukraine won't accept deals reached behind our backs

MUNICH (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday Ukraine would never accept any peace deals reached behind its back or without Kyiv's involvement - an implicit message to U.S. President Donald Trump as he strives to end the war with Russia.

In a speech to the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskiy also called on Europe to create its own armed forces, urging the continent's leaders to decide their own future and saying Ukraine's armed forces alone were not enough for their security.

"Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement. And the same rule should apply to all of Europe," he said.

Zelenskiy spoke after Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone this week, the first between U.S. and Russian leaders since Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and said he and Putin expected to meet in the future, probably in Saudi Arabia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelenskiy-wont-accept-deals-reached-095726763.html

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Zelenskiy: Ukraine won't accept deals reached behind our backs (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 15 OP
He's right claudette Feb 15 #1
It's what the Grifter did yellow dahlia Feb 15 #2
hey, yahoo, it is ruzzia's war against Ukraine. Do try to understand. niyad Feb 15 #3

yellow dahlia

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2. It's what the Grifter did
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 08:07 PM
Feb 15

when he negotiated w/ the Taliban and the Afghani govt was excluded. That manner of negotiation contributed to the debacle around the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

And the Abraham accords were conducted without involvement from the Palestinians. There are some who believe it fueled escalated hatred from Hamas, and also contributed to the actions on Oct. 7th.

Everything the grifter touches breaks.

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