Thread by @NTenzer

I agree 100% with what President @ZelenskyyUa stated again.
There can be no discussion, let alone negotiation, with Putin's #Russia until its forces are driven out of the entire #Donbass and #Crimea.
Some elements in this recap #thread.
1/11

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1560309887158075392

1 First, any proposal by Putin in this sense is a ruse—he is stalling in #Ukraine and he knows it. He's trying to hold on to what he has, before replenishing his forces and going on the offensive again.
Let's not give in.
2/11
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2 Given the massive crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine by Putin, accepting negotiations would implicitly mean wiping the slate clean on these imprescriptible crimes.
This is Putin's goal—we gave in to #Syria. Let's not do it for #Ukraine.
3/11
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3 Accepting that Moscow retains control over the territories conquered since 2014 would lead to an even greater increase in persecution of Ukrainians in these regions (and, in the case of Crimea, also of Tatars).
This would be to authorize the continuation of the crime.
4/11

4 What some call a half-defeat for Putin would be a defeat not only for Ukraine, but also for democracies and international law.
Putin has always wanted (Chechnya, Syria, Georgia) to show that the West is not serious about international law.
Let's not prove him right again.
5/11

5 The Ukrainian people have understood this and are asking their president and government, in their immense majority, to continue the fight until complete victory. Their will is clear.
Not only their authorities, but also we in the West, must comply with it.
6/11

6 For too long—and this was the fault of some EU countries, but also partly of the US—before February 2022 and afterwards, we pushed for negotiations and concessions.
This policy was a mistake; today it would be a betrayal.
7/11
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7 Those who would still push in this direction must be considered accomplices of the Kremlin—the propagandists are on this line, who demand that we do not arm #Ukraine.
They are enemies of the EU & the free world.
For them the law and the punishment of crimes don't matter.
8/11

8 The first conclusion of this is of course that—I will repeat it to the end—we must arm #Ukraine so that it can as soon as possible reclaim all these territories. We have to do it massively: every Ukrainian life counts.
Let's not trivialize the murders committed by #Russia.
9/11

9 The 2d conclusion is: radically defeating this regime would have happy consequences for our security in the West & for the peoples oppressed by Putin's allies (#Syria, #Belarus, #Burma)
It would also have virtuous implications for #Georgia, #Serbia, #CentralAsia, #Africa.
10/11

10 Western leaders must make clear that their war aim is this defeat of the Russian regime.
This is also what🇷🇺dissidents who are fighting this crime-ridden regime want.
Let them stop being afraid & be strategically responsible
Look at the long history, far beyond Ukraine.
11/11