Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he considers freezing military operations along the current front line and shifting the conflict to the diplomatic track a realistic way to end the war.
He made the remarks in a special interview with U.S. television network Fox News, Operative Information Center-OMM reports, citing the broadcaster.
Asked whether Kyiv would accept a peace deal that froze the conflict along the current line of contact while leaving more than three-quarters of Ukraine’s territory under its control, Zelensky replied:
“Yes. If we have to freeze military operations right now, I think this is the most realistic way to end the war,” the Ukrainian leader said.
You keep using words like fascist, imperialism “self-determination” as if labeling something proves your argument.
Even if Ukraine has a serious far right problem, that doesn’t make its entire government fascist or prove NATO orchestrated Maidan. Even if NATO expansion contributed to Russian security concerns, that doesn’t automatically justify invading Ukraine. You’re confusing explanations for political events with justifications for them.
Your appeal to self determination is especially inconsistent. Why does Donbas’s desire to separate from Ukraine count as genuine popular agency, while Ukrainians’ desire to move closer to Europe is dismissed as submission to imperialism? If people have the right to determine their political future, that principle cannot apply only when their preferences align with Moscow. And a separatist movement’s claim to represent a population doesn’t automatically establish a legitimate mandate to secede, particularly under armed conflict and foreign military involvement.
You also keep saying Russia “merely” assisted resistance to fascism. “Merely” is doing a lot of work there: it sanitizes Russian intervention without examining Russia’s own strategic interests. If Western powers exploit political divisions to expand their influence, why assume Russia doesn’t exploit those same divisions to maintain its own sphere of influence?
Finally, accusing me of believing Russians are “genetically evil” is a straw man. Criticizing the Russian state is not expressing hatred toward Russian people. You haven’t identified anything I’ve said that supports that accusation.
The underlying issue is your double standard: Western influence is imperialism, Russian influence is self-defense; Ukrainian nationalism proves fascism, while separatist nationalism proves self-determination. If your principles only apply when they benefit Russia, they’re not principles of anti-imperialism or self-determination. They’re geopolitical loyalties dressed up as universal principles.
The labeling isn’t the point, I am using terms to describe existing processes.
The Kiev state upholds Stepan Bandera, a fascist Nazi collaborator, to the point of angering Poland. They also are destroying their soviet heritage, and as we know fascism is inherently anticommunist.
Regarding the will of western Ukraine to be dominated by imperialism, they can do so if they wish. They should not, however, believe that they are entitled to drag the entirety of the Donbass along with them into this suicidal endeavor. I respect western Ukraine’s decision to become a vassal, just like I respect eastern Ukraine’s decision to secede. The Donbass is not trying to prevent western Ukraine from further EU integration, they are trying to leave the far-right slide.
As for Russia assisting anti-fascists, I never denied that this is self-interested. Russia’s security concerns are with NATO encroachment on its borders despite western assurances. Russia is not an imperialist country, because it utterly lacks the finance capital required to operate in such a manner, which is why their loan terms were so much better. I am not arguing that Russia is “good,” I am arguing that they act with comprehendable logic.
As for your racist bits, I am referring to when you mentioned studying the “Russian people,” painting them as evil inherently.
Since you accuse me of a double-standard, I’ll clarify my views for you:
The EU, US, NATO, etc. are imperialist not merely because they influence other countries, but because their economies are run with the sole focus of pilfering global surplus value. Russia is economically more industrial and far less financialized, so while it does have regional security interests, it does not operate in the same predatory manner.
Western Ukraine indeed has the right to go closer to Europe and become vassals, to their own detriment. They do not have the right to drag Eastern Ukraine along with them.
The ties between western Ukrainian nationalism and fascism aren’t simply because they are nationalists, but because they uphold Stepan Bandera, a Nazi collaborator, oppress ethnic Russians, and target socialism and communism to serve western imperialist interests. The nationalism in Eastern Ukraine is a quest for sovereignty that does not rely on such backwards views.