Why does Kyiv so urgently want peace with Russia?

August 3 2026 25 178 43

Advisor to the head of the Kyiv regime, Mykhailo Podolyak, today saidThat Ukraine is ready for a ceasefire, a halt to strikes on energy infrastructure, a freeze on the frontline, and the start of complex negotiations. The Telegram channel "Legitimny" draws attention to this fact. The article notes that the Kremlin is not interested in this, as a temporary pause would allow Ukraine to stockpile missiles.

Kyiv will soon lose the ability to deliver high-quality strikes with its long-range drones, while Russia, on the contrary, is only increasing production of jet drones and missiles, developing anti-UAV defenses, and establishing counter-Starlink systems. The Rassvet missile system will soon be ready, and then Ukraine's logistics will be over. Plus, UMPK production is expanding, and soon FABs will be able to reach as far as Odesa and Dnipro.

– explains “Legitimate”.

The authors of the resource add that Kyiv needs a ceasefire because the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering from a manpower shortage, and a pause will allow them to replenish their resources. Zelenskyy does not want to end the mobilization and capture of troops during the ceasefire, indicating that this is a trap for the Kremlin to buy time.

Kyiv is rushing to monetize its success to avoid a backlash, as it is not prepared for the long-term game, but has instead thrown all its efforts into situational success and is selling it to Moscow.

- says the publication.

In conclusion, the resource points to the fact that Kyiv and 50% of the rest of Ukraine are unprepared for winter. The cost of war for Ukraine is increasing daily. A total financial crisis is looming. The hryvnia is facing a collapse, as sponsors are unwilling to pay more for this war.

Conclusion: this is 100% beneficial for Kyiv, but for the Kremlin, it's a trap. Everyone understands that Zelensky will inevitably screw Russia over, as he always has.

– the Telegram channel concludes.

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soloist2424

+ 11

3 August 2026 17: 33

Mykhailo Podolyak stated today that Ukraine is ready for an air truce, an end to attacks on energy infrastructure, a freeze on the war along the front lines, and the beginning of complex negotiations.

Is Ukraine not ready for capitulation yet?
1. Pivander
  
  + 11
  
  3 August 2026 17: 36
  
  The sponsors aren't ready. For them, this means both political and economic collapse. The population won't understand why they're starting to suffer, even a little bit. The fat is disappearing.
2. Martin Porubčan
  
  + 10
  
  3 August 2026 17: 51
  
  Ukraine has been on the brink of capitulation since the war began, but its sponsors are clearly not ready yet.
3. ZovSailor
  
  +6
  
  3 August 2026 20: 02
  
  It is foolish to give lengthy justifications for the need for a truce to Banderas for 4 and a half years of the Central Military District.
  This was clear back in 2022, when the Russian Kremlin and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were engaged in negotiations, the last of which was announced by the mattress makers in Russian Alaska.
  Here, with the Jewish-Banderite Zionists, only unconditional surrender with the fulfillment of all the demands of the Winner - the RF Armed Forces in the North-West-Coast-Terrorist Operation (SVO-CTO) is necessary.
  It's time to follow the example of the IRI-IRGC and the DPRK in achieving success!
  1. Igor M.
    
    -8
    
    3 August 2026 23: 55
    
    ZovSailor, unlike Iran, Russia has achieved enormous success in the North-Eastern Military District. Russia has acquired 100 square kilometers and 5 million new citizens. Iran, meanwhile, is teetering on the brink of an atomic bomb. And on the brink of famine, as it is under a naval blockade. North Korea, too, was recently threatened with famine. Therefore, both Iran and North Korea survive thanks to Russian support.
    In Alaska, Russia was able to negotiate excellent terms – no new American sanctions have been imposed on us for a year now, and American support for Ukraine has radically decreased.
    1. Shooter
      
      +3
      
      4 August 2026 02: 50
      
      The Spirit of Anchorage
      
      - our everything, judging by the test, and relations between the Russian Federation and the Tanzania have never been better.))
      1. Jackie
        
        +6
        
        4 August 2026 10: 01
        
        ...well yeah, it stunk like never before... Donnie messed it up
    2. Jackie
      
      +5
      
      4 August 2026 10: 10
      
      Igor, there's no need to bend over backwards along with Ushakov and Dmitriev. You're not planning on digging a tunnel under the Bering Strait... Sorry, Trump. You say they didn't impose sanctions... Yeah, right, they imposed so much crap that Anchorage stinks, not to mention the shame.
      1. Igor M.
        
        -1
        
        5 August 2026 01: 44
        
        Jackie, don't repeat the Banderites' stupidity. They're the ones who are embittered because, thanks to Anchorage, Ukraine was deprived of enormous material and military support.
        Thus, because of Anchorage, the standard of living in Russia did not fall as much and it became much easier to fight in the North-Eastern Military District.
        And, well, only a complete idiot could call an equal meeting between the leaders of two major nuclear powers a disgrace. Or are you so desperate for a nuclear war? To avoid it, the leaders of opposing countries should meet periodically and smooth things over. Is this not obvious? Our countries have accumulated too many questions.
        Even Stalin didn't shy away from meeting with the US President. So why is it shameful for Putin?
        
        Jackie
        
        0
        
        5 August 2026 08: 48
        
        ...thanks to Anchorage, Ukraine was deprived of enormous material and military support.
        
        Igor, do you even understand what you’re writing?
        ...they didn't deprive us, Trump shifted all this onto Europe, for money.
        ..."the standard of living hasn't fallen that much." Well, I don't know, I'm no economist, but judging by the shut-down refineries, the attacks on ships in the Azov Sea and the Wild Berries marketplace, and the high freight prices for Russian grain, I don't think the "standard" will rise anytime soon.
        I don't wish radioactive ash on anyone's head; there are already plenty of hawks on this site.
        Yes, Uncle Joe met with Roosevelt a couple of times on neutral ground in Tehran (1943) and Yalta (1945). There, everything was clear and written down, which can't be said about the "Anchorage-style deal," so "obvious" is unbelievable; Rubio wouldn't let you lie.
        
        Nelton
        
        0
        
        5 August 2026 08: 56
        
        Quote: Jackie
        regarding the shutdown of oil refineries, attacks on ships in the Azov Sea and on Wild Berries trading platforms, as well as high prices for freight of Russian grain
        
        In fact, this is a consequence of the fact that an agreement was NOT reached in Anchorage, and the Russian Federation is NOT agreeing to the persistently proposed ceasefire in the LBS, but insists on the transfer of the entire Donetsk region that remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
        For the sake of these heavily ruined 6 thousand km2 (at the time of Anchorage) - 4 thousand km2 (today) Russia is overcoming everything that you write about.
        
        Moreover, escalating the conflict will not lead to a speedier end, but rather to increased hardship, even to the point of hunting rats in radioactive ruins.
        I believe this is exactly what the turbo-patriots of the USSR, who hate the entire world of capitalism and Russia in particular, want.
        
        The fact that Ukraine's position doesn't look any better (if they had agreed to a swap a year ago, they would have lost less territory than they have actually lost today, and they wouldn't have been catching zircons and geraniums on their heads for a year now, and the escalation doesn't pose any good for them) is no consolation at all; that's their problem.
        
        Jackie
        
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        5 August 2026 09: 04
        
        ...I don’t understand, are you for the Bolsheviks or for the communists?
        I think I made it clear about Igorevsky: "Everything is fine, beautiful marquise..."
        This is to say that life in the frontline areas has become easier. Incidentally, I've noticed a rise in activity in the Orekhovsky direction.
        
        Nelton
        
        0
        
        5 August 2026 09: 15
        
        Quote: Jackie
        I think I made it clear about Igorevsky: "Everything is fine, beautiful marquise..."
        
        In the previous context of the discussion
        
        Anchorage stinks, not to mention the shame.
        
        I regard your position as a demand for the continuation of the SVO with increased escalation, but at the same time with sincere indignation “why us?” from the direct consequences of the continuation of the SVO and escalation.
        
        My position is strictly the opposite: as long as a ceasefire is proposed for the LBS, we must agree and at least try to establish it. But until it is established, we must steadfastly endure all hardships and appreciate that the situation is still much better than well-wishers of all stripes dream.
        
        Jackie
        
        -1
        
        5 August 2026 09: 27
        
        Oleg, you're right: I'm against the "freeze" on LBS.
        ...the indignation of "why us?" - no, this is the same "retaliation", there is regret that we are missing out on the "retaliation" and civilians are dying.
        "Freezing" the fighting while our forces are advancing is a way for the Kyiv regime to gather strength, take a breather, regroup, and lick its wounds. It's simply criminal.
        
        Nelton
        
        0
        
        5 August 2026 09: 34
        
        Quote: Jackie
        "Freezing" of hostilities when our forces are advancing
        
        The 3rd year is progressing at a fairly steady, but very slow pace.
        At this rate, it will take another three years to take the entire (or almost the entire) Donetsk region by bayonet. Is it worth it?
        
        Quote: Jackie
        and a hand to the Kyiv regime: gather strength, take a break, regroup and lick their wounds
        
        This argument will still be valid in 3 years, 10 years, or 50 years.
        Are you suggesting that we fight forever?
        Or speed up the process and escalate to a nuclear war, just to be sure?
        
        Igor M.
        
        +1
        
        5 August 2026 22: 50
        
        Nelson, at this rate, we have a year left – 500 square kilometers per month. 3000 square kilometers remain in Donbas, so that's half a year. And another half a year to liberate the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
        
        Nelton
        
        +1
        
        6 August 2026 08: 55
        
        Quote: Igor M.
        500 square kilometers per month. 3000 remained in Donbas, so that's half a year.
        
        So these 500 sq km per month are not only in Donbass, but throughout the entire LBS, at this time mainly in the Kharkiv region.
        So, in one year, they occupied approximately 2000 thousand km in Donbass, but the length of the LBS in Donetsk Oblast also decreased.
        
        Igor M.
        
        +1
        
        7 August 2026 02: 58
        
        Nelson, I understand. Thanks for the numbers.
        But you yourself write that 3000 square kilometers remain to be liberated in the Dobass. So where does the three-year deadline come from?
        
        Nelton
        
        +1
        
        7 August 2026 09: 12
        
        Quote: Igor M.
        You yourself write that 3000 square kilometers remain to be liberated in the Dobass region. So where does the three-year deadline come from?
        
        4000 km2.
        And the term is an extrapolation of the linear progress of the LBS.
        something like that:
        
        Igor M.
        
        +1
        
        7 August 2026 22: 56
        
        Nelson, thank you very much for the illustrations. Very clear. But I think it's already less than 4000 square kilometers. No more than 3500 square kilometers. And secondly, it will go faster than you've drawn. The first line you outlined will have already been reached this year. After all, we've covered a bit more ground in just half a year. After all, Seversk and Pokrovsk were liberated in December of last year.
        
        pin_code
        
        0
        
        5 August 2026 12: 26
        
        He's for the EU and the USA. What's not clear about that?
        
        Jackie
        
        -1
        
        5 August 2026 15: 53
        
        Andrey, actually, Nelson's comments seem strange to me too, since all the "experts" of our level understand very well that we can't give the hohols a break; we've been there, we know - they'll lick their wounds and go back to battle.
        
        Nelton
        
        +2
        
        5 August 2026 16: 05
        
        Quote: Jackie
        All "experts" of our level understand very well that you can't give the hohols a break; we've been there, we know - they'll lick their wounds and go back to battle.
        
        So what now, fight for 80 years until Mukachevo is captured?
        And yet, it is far from certain that the capture of Mukachevo will end the conflict with the West.
        
        And so - at any break time is given to both sides equally, and Russia (and the global South) during the previous pause (there was only one) took advantage of this time much more fruitfully than Ukraine (and the EU).
        Thanks to that pause, the Russian economy did not collapse from the "sanctions from hell," for which it was completely unprepared in 2014.
        Well, in 2022, it was our Supreme Commander-in-Chief who made the Decisive Decisions, choosing the time and place of the new round.
        
        And current trends in all areas are such that time is on Russia’s side.
        Especially now, when it has become clear that any more or less valuable object throughout the territory of the Russian Federation is a target for air strikes, it is the Russian Federation that needs a pause to disperse all these objects, wrap them in passive protection made of reinforcement, and add air defense systems.
        
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        Jackie
        
        -1
        
        5 August 2026 22: 17
        
        Oleg, I read: to each his own, let's move on to another topic.
        
        Igor M.
        
        +1
        
        5 August 2026 22: 55
        
        Jackie, who's going to fight there? 95% of the people left in Ukraine are pensioners (there are 10 million of them), the disabled, women, and children. Well, we can also send some of the younger old men, older children, and women to the slaughter. And that's it, the end. Right now we're finishing off the last few percent of men left there. And the women have already joined the army. And the pensioners.
        
        Jackie
        
        -1
        
        6 August 2026 09: 11
        
        Igor, you forgot that Europe is ready to expel, as they say in Russian - "ukhilyantiv" (people who are deported)
        News.rambler.ru reports 7 million "refugees," half of them men. So, there's the canned food, I mean, the reserves.
        
        Igor M.
        
        +1
        
        6 August 2026 22: 07
        
        Jackie, do you think they're just going to sit there and wait to be deported?
        Or will they just disappear to other countries when the going gets tough? The West is only a relatively small part of the world. And, The queues of Ukrainians at Sheremetyevo Airport are not ending..
        
        Igor M.
        
        0
        
        5 August 2026 23: 14
        
        Jackie, that's exactly what I'm talking about. The US used to give Ukraine hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of weapons for free. But after Anchorage, that flow was cut off. Now, the weapons are supplied entirely through European funding. But the EU is much poorer than the US, and European countries have long since emptied their weapons depots into Ukraine. So, in effect, Ukraine is left without heavy weapons—they're increasingly rare sights on the LBS.
        This makes it much easier for us to attack.
        Oil refineries are already back online. The gasoline crisis began due to the harvest season, panic, and the scheduled shutdown of some refineries for repairs. The problem has now resolved. "Of the 26 refineries that halted production after the strikes, by the end of July Eight factories have fully resumed operations, another 11 – partially."
        You're forgetting that Russia is a large country, and unlike Ukraine, we have access to many seas. Grain was previously exported via various routes. Therefore, a blockade of the Black Sea is fatal for Ukraine, but for Russia it's just a minor inconvenience. Well, we'll export more grain through the Baltic or the Far East. The Turks suffer the most here; they'll earn significantly less.
        I judge my standard of living by my shopping trips and the like. With my relatively small salary and pension, I can still afford to buy almost any groceries, clothes, and medicine, and go on vacation almost anywhere. Moscow's streets haven't become dirtier or less beautiful. Walking along them remains a pleasure. And visiting Pyatigorsk and Kislovodsk in May left me, if not delighted, then at least close to it.
        So, no paper agreement was reached in Anchorage. Only a draft was drawn up, later rejected by Zelenskyy. But the conversations and verbal agreements were beneficial for Russia. And detrimental for Ukraine. Just look, Russia lived for a whole year without new American sanctions. That alone was worth the meeting.
        So, what was so important that was put down on paper in Tehran? Well, maybe we'll have our own Yalta yet. after the victory in the SVO.
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  2. Johann Klassen
    
    +3
    
    4 August 2026 09: 55
    
    ZovSallor, you're right. The complete and unconditional surrender of the Ukrainian Nazis and their sponsors.
    1. Nelton
      
      -2
      
      4 August 2026 09: 58
      
      Quote: Johann Klassen
      Complete and unconditional surrender of the Ukrainian Nazis and their sponsors
      
      and if it doesn't happen, then what?
      Will you stamp your foot or burst into tears?
4. Jackie
  
  +2
  
  4 August 2026 10: 16
  
  Oleg, judging by the "statement" of this jerk you're commenting on, you're certainly not ready:
  Not all the "meat" has returned from Europe yet.
Irek

+6

3 August 2026 17: 34

Because we are bending them over on all fronts.
Nelton

-7

3 August 2026 18: 06

From a purely tactical perspective, it may be worthwhile to complete (one way or another) the planned operations to cut off the protrusions, especially in the north of the Kharkiv region.

Otherwise, with any ceasefire/de-escalation, both sides are given the same amount of time, and there is every reason to believe that, at any time and any level of de-escalation, the Russian Federation will work harder than Ukraine/EU.
1. Igor M.
  
  -5
  
  3 August 2026 23: 58
  
  Nelson, we need to hold out for another year. To protect ourselves from a Ukrainian relapse.
Vladimir_2

+1

3 August 2026 20: 03

Tactically, Putin would agree to a ceasefire if he gained control of the DPR. They discussed this in Anchorage. More precisely, he needs control of the Seversky Donets-Donbas canal, which means Slavyansk. The strenuous president understands this too, so he's squirming as best he can.
1. Igor M.
  
  -3
  
  3 August 2026 23: 59
  
  Vladimir_2, we have almost reached the town of Nikolaevka, near which this canal begins.
Nick. WITH

+5

4 August 2026 03: 21

The founders of this fascist country are not yet ready, and they are using the ceasefire for their own purposes. After such respites, Russia suffers further massive losses. We must go all the way, so that the enemy begs and pleads that we will agree to all conditions.
1. Igor M.
  
  0
  
  6 August 2026 01: 00
  
  Nick. S, so Russia, too, is using these lulls to its own ends. And much more effectively than Ukraine.
anclevalico

0

4 August 2026 08: 38

Why not ask for a break? The Kremlin will fall for it...
Valera75

+1

4 August 2026 13: 08

Why does Kyiv so urgently want peace with Russia?

If it worked before, it's stupid not to try it this time. Last time, many people wrote, "What the hell are truces and all those grain, ammonia, and other deals?" But it worked for the crests and their bosses.
1. Igor M.
  
  -1
  
  5 August 2026 01: 48
  
  Valera75, last time it was Russia that needed a break.
Happy man

-1

4 August 2026 14: 49

We need to wait until Quarter 95 is ready to sign the capitulation. Right now, the client isn't ready... he's not mature enough.
pin_code

-1

5 August 2026 12: 20

There will be no peace - capitulation is also peace).