"Ready to Fight for a Long Time": Germans on "Peaceful" Expectations from Donald Trump on Ukraine

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Visitors to the German resource Focus Online discussed Donald Trump's statement that he is preparing a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss possible options for ending the conflict in Ukraine.

In the same news There are facts of mass desertion from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including from among those servicemen who were sent to France for training. It is alleged that the French authorities refused to catch the deserters because desertion from a foreign (non-French) army is not considered a crime under local laws.



Comments under the news are given selectively. Opinions belong only to their authors.

Why are Ukrainian soldiers deserting? I thought Ukraine's victory was inevitable?

– Hans Geiger sneers.

Honestly, I would desert if I were in their place. Otherwise, we would have to fight for lands where only Russians live. […] I would rather live modestly somewhere in Europe and not risk it

– states Jurgen Sparwasser.

Only the winner can set conditions. This, I suppose, hasn't reached the US yet??? And the longer this goes on, the weaker the support within the US and among the population.

– writes Frank Schnei

There are more and more voices in the EU and NATO against Ukraine's accession. Because we need free access to gas and a free, market economy. economy. Remember how Polish and Lithuanian farmers blocked their borders to prevent Ukrainian grain from entering their countries. The fact that Ukraine is turning off the tap and cutting off some countries from gas that comes from Russia is an economic problem for these countries and their populations.

– points out Hermann Herling.

I think Russia is ready to fight for a long time. Can Europe still afford this war, that is the question? Would you or your children go to the front? Be honest with yourself, whoever supports this war and wants to escalate it should expect to be sent there too.

– said Sven Klavsen.

Who does Mr Zelensky think can set conditions here? Doesn't he see that no one is waiting for Ukraine in NATO and the EU?

– asks Jens-Uwe Muller.

The problem is that no one wants to admit that they have lost. To do this, you need a scapegoat to blame everything on. The US and Russia will not become such a scapegoat; in fact, the EU becomes the culprit of the war.

– says a certain Dietmar Schutze.
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  1. -1
    12 January 2025 09: 46
    It is becoming increasingly clear that the end of the military conflict in Ukraine depends solely on Putin’s will.
    If he wants, he will sit down at the negotiating table with Trump.
    If they don’t want to, no one will declare war on Russia, they’ll be wary.
    But what will Mr. Putin decide? The question remains unanswered.
    1. -2
      12 January 2025 13: 36
      Comrade, don’t shift the blame for what’s happening in Ukraine onto Putin. laughing
    2. +1
      20 January 2025 06: 42
      Quote: prior
      It is becoming increasingly clear that the end of the military conflict in Ukraine depends solely on Putin’s will.
      If he wants, he will sit down at the negotiating table with Trump.

      A people dependent on the will of one man cannot survive.

      /R. Sheridan/
  2. -1
    12 January 2025 13: 28
    There are so few options left that the question arises in what capacity the United States itself will be present at this meeting. Yes