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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.

“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in which he answered reporters’ questions.

“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right. According to Ukraine’s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”

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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 62 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Giving bullies what they demand usually works out super well.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It worked great when Chamberlain pressured Czechoslovakia to cede territory to Nazi Germany. Everyone was happy and nothing bad came out of it.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

everyone was on vacation!

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Readers that cannot tell that I'm being sarcastic need to be supervised near crayons.

[–] jello@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tags are designed for clarity in general but also for neurodivergents specifically. While I can tell that you were being sarcastic, it's possible that others may have been unable to tell.

I'm not saying that you should have put a tag on your comment, but insulting those for whom it would have been helpful is uncalled for.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you speaking as someone that struggles with this or are you speaking on behalf of a hypothetical neurodivergent person?

I would have thought it was implied that my comment was directed at neurotypical people (insulting neurodivergent people for social interaction issues? Is that what you assume of me?).

[–] jello@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago

I am autistic and sometimes struggle to understand indirect statements (especially when not in-person, since there's no tone or expressions to read). I did understand your original comment, but even now I don't see why the second comment should be understood to exclude neurodivergent people. I'm speaking both for myself and for anyone similar to past-me who would have genuinely felt insulted but not said anything.

This doesn't say anything about you, but yes I did assume that a stranger on the internet would insult ND people for social interaction issues. I did just join Lemmy though, so maybe that's an old habit that doesn't apply here. I am glad that I was wrong.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't mean you should shove them up your nose

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Eh, you still get a family, a big house and 2 cars

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I understood this reference.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

And an extended warranty!