President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine’s partners “are afraid of Russia losing the war” and would like Kyiv “to win in such a way that Russia does not lose,” Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent.

Kyiv’s allies “fear” Russia’s loss in the war against Ukraine because it would involve “unpredictable geopolitics,” according to Zelensky. “I don’t think it works that way. For Ukraine to win, we need to be given everything with which one can win,” he said.

His statement came on May 16 amid Russia’s large-scale offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and ongoing heavy battles further east. In a week, Russian troops managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers in the northern part of Kharkiv Oblast, according to Zelensky.

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  • Rimu@piefed.social
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    7 months ago

    Yeah although if Russia wins it’d involve “unstable geopolitics” too.

    This could be a long war.

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I said it many times before - no one wants this war to end except for Ukrainians. It’s just a very profitable venture for the rest of the world.

      • jabjoe@feddit.uk
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        Putin will want it over. It’s an embarrassment to him that Ukrainians don’t want him and have resisted him so effectively.

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        For the US maybe, but I don’t think it is profitabel for Europe.

        Refugees aren’t cheap (even though ukrainian people might integrate easier than others and later add value), a good part of money for weapon purchases flows towards America since they have more immediate capacities, and long term we do want to integrate Ukraine, which means Europe will ultimately bear a significant chunk of rebuilding costs.

        • Aux@lemmy.world
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          Ukrainian refugees are great. They’re highly educated, have high standards of work ethics and are just great people overall. I’m definitely biased as a person from xUSSR country who is also 1/4 Ukrainian myself, but I’m really glad to see more Ukrainians in Europe.

        • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          When billions of dollars worth of equipment is shipped to Ukraine, that’s billions of dollars going to the American military industrial complex. Some of them might prefer if Russia weren’t dramatically weakened, so as to still have something to point to when lobbying for additional military spending.

        • Aux@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Different countries profit in different ways.

          US got rid of old weapons stock and pumped shit loads of money into making new weapons.

          Norway started selling fuck ton of oil and gas to Europe to the point that they now own almost 2% of the world through their sovereign fund.

          Heck, even North Korea has finally entered the global market through trade deals with Russia.

          The list goes on. Sadly only Ukraine is suffering.