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Rhiannon12866

(232,485 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:50 AM Apr 2

Putin says NO to Trump's ceasefire proposal in Ukraine. - FIVE MINUTE NEWS



Russia will not accept U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine in their current form because they do not address problems Moscow regards as having caused the conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, suggesting U.S.- Russia talks on the subject had stalled. - 04/01/2025.
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Putin says NO to Trump's ceasefire proposal in Ukraine. - FIVE MINUTE NEWS (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2 OP
Reminds Me Of Vietnam Peace Talks DallasNE Apr 2 #1
Good point. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2 #2
The felon's promise of ending it in 24 hours... Justice matters. Apr 2 #3

DallasNE

(7,755 posts)
1. Reminds Me Of Vietnam Peace Talks
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 02:10 AM
Apr 2

There the talks were stalled for roughly 2 years over the shape of the negotiating table. This is shaping up for a long stall while the war rages. Same reason - conditions are not ripe on the ground for a ceasefire deal.

Rhiannon12866

(232,485 posts)
2. Good point.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 02:17 AM
Apr 2

Not to mention that we learned 50 years after the fact that Nixon was secretly communicating with a Vietnamese contact to stall LBJ's peace talk efforts until he took office, that he could give them "a better deal." Meanwhile, this delay resulted in thousands of unnecessary deaths on both sides.

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