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Political scientist, University of Ottawa. Research politics, conflicts, policy & political communication in Ukraine, US & Canada. Ex-Harvard, SUNY, UofT & LoC.

Aug 25, 2022, 10 tweets

"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who arrived in Kyiv, said that holding peace talks between Ukraine and Russia now would be a disaster for the whole world." #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia 1/ strana.news/news/404783-dz…

Boris Johnson: “There is a certain logic in the position in which we find ourselves, because now there are no negotiations, there are no proposals. And even if there were such a proposal, I don’t see under what circumstances the Ukrainians would agree to these negotiations." 2/

""Considering aggression, tyranny that is happening in Ukraine, such negotiations would be a disaster for the whole world," Johnson said."

His 3d sudden visit to #Ukraine & his statement suggest that he came to tell again #Zelenskyy not negotiate peace deal with #Russia. 3/

"Possibility of talks between Zelenskyy and Putin came to a halt after Johnson’s visit - UP sources." #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineCrisis #RussiaUkraineConflict #Ukraina pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/…

"PETER HITCHENS: A long war in Ukraine will bring nothing but death, poverty and ruin. It's time for peace." dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

"The longer this war goes on, the more it will hurt both us and Ukraine. It will mean more coffins and lost homes and grief for Ukrainians. Yet there will one day be peace, and it will be on terms rather worse than they would be if a deal were made now." #UkraineRussiaWar

#Ukrainian unit commander Volodymyr Regesha ("Santa"): "Where do we win? On Facebook, YouTube, Instagram. And that's it." Well, five hundred fighters were killed in those Pisky. I understand that the "population" needs positivity. Yes, but at such price?" fakty.ua/406512-gde-my-…

He is Right Sector unit commander in Pisky in Donbas

And similar casualties in Bakhmut: "The unit, which once had around 120 soldiers, had been reduced to 55 men in recent weeks as Russian forces pushed to take the city. Berlin attributed his unit’s casualties to Russian shelling from mortars and rockets." nytimes.com/2022/08/25/wor…
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Ex Chief of Staff of British Army says that #Zelensky should ‘start negotiating’ as ‘Russia is not going to lose.’ "The military commanders have got to advise, Look, Mr. President, we have done as much as we can, but we really can’t throw the Russians out"

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