Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of using negotiations to delay while reinforcing its position on the battlefield.

Summary

Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 160,000 men—the largest draft since 2011—despite ongoing U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks with Ukraine.

The move raises doubts about Russia’s commitment to diplomacy, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of using talks to buy time for battlefield gains in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia.

Ukraine claims Russia intends to escalate the war, citing forced contracts for conscripts. Losses remain high on both sides, with Russia reportedly losing over 100,000 troops in 2024 alone.

  • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
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    1 day ago

    They’re Russian, stop trying to bring reason into it.

    Oh, absolutely. However, insanity can help only that much with invasion.

    I’m sure they genuinely think that now the US will attack Europe and they can invade on 2 fronts.

    Red, white and bluelandia wants a word with you. Do you really think it’s impossible? At this point I’m not that sure anymore.

    Russians are just insane morons.

    I’d disagree to some extent. Call Putin what you want (and rightly so), but he is not a moron (as opposite to the Orange one). The common people is that or just don’t have a choice.

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      Putin was brilliant, his moves until 2008 were a perfection of geopolitical chess.

      After that he completely lost the plot, his terror at the rise of China completely broke his mind, he felt he had to show strength less Russia become a vassal state and resource depot for the CPC.

      And he wasn’t wrong, but his response was stupid, and relied on Europe continuing to follow Merkel’s ‘nice doggy’ policies.

      Now he thinks he can act anyway, because his sponsored right-wing groups will cause enough dissent that nobody will stop him from taking the baltics.