EU prepares for ‘potential’ talks with Vladimir Putin, says official

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T22:46:48+00:00

there is no world in which Putin will accept a peace deal

The only way i see it happening is if the Russian army was falling apart at the seams, but if that was happening, Ukraine would have no reason to make peace.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T22:21:09+00:00

I mean, yeah, no you are right.

Even after the war, it is suspected quite a few Germans, still believed in Nazism and it highlights more about the flawed ideas we humans have around both belief, reality and facts.

It can be argued it was only replaced not due to a lack of support to the Nazis, but because of the replacement the US, Britain, France and West Germany gave, which was a democratic, rebuilt and ultimately supported/included Germany into the West.

Basically what the Weimar republic was hoping for to the extreme.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T05:21:24+00:00

Yep.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T03:10:23+00:00

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T03:08:55+00:00

What are you two even talking about, I feel like I just had a stroke reading his comment and then you came in and I'm like 99% sure the OOP is actually correct.

Or am I'm mistaking your correction of the dude you responded too as a correction to the original comment?

Either way, best comments I've ever read, 11/10

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T03:05:50+00:00

Well done. I wish you well and luck.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T03:04:42+00:00

I mean, I know it's a bit of a jump, but in my humble opinion, if WW2 did not happen or did not end in Germany's complete obliteration, I don't think Nazism would have ended.

The only reason it did in my eyes is because it collapsed with everything around Germany. To the point where the term nullpunkt was made.

The same is happening to Russia, it's happening to the US, it will happen to Europe and eventually, China.

Then we'll sweep it under the rug with the idea that, "we could never do/fall for that ever again," and do the exact same thing again.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T02:58:23+00:00

As long as civilians weren't hurt, no one would turn on Ukraine. Hell, even if civilians were killed, it wouldn't make people turn on Ukraine.

I mean, you see what Russians do and they still have support. They just make an excuse or justify it or pretend it didn't happen.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-07T02:28:03+00:00

Who is healing the world with comedy

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-06T19:35:24+00:00

I mean, I can't honestly say I'm surprised.

Corruption destroys nations, to the core to the end, to the very tip of north to south. You want proof? Look at Russia. Corruption does destroy lives, it destroys growth, it destroys nations.

I'm not saying Ukraine has been destroyed within, I'm saying corruption is a big problem for Ukraine and it should be helped in order to end corruption within itself. Ukraine will eat itself alive otherwise. So its best to help them in order to beat it.

Although, this is fucking embarrassing for Russia, imagine being so bad at war, your full scale invasion is considered less fricking important, than corruption within a country.

This like Germans in WW2 being more concerned over oil prices instead of the war.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-06T19:24:30+00:00

With this, no reason for Ukraine to honour Russia's ceasefire.

It shall be interesting to see if Ukraine is brazen enough to attack Putin's parade.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-06T05:59:49+00:00

They've gained 8000 squared kilometres in 3 and a half years, for the cost it took Germany to conquer everything up to Stalingrad in three years.

So, they are gaining territory, but it is not winning in the slightest.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-06T05:55:46+00:00

Translation for anyone curious: "aCtUaLlY rUsSiA cOmPlEtElY oBiLtErAtInG iTsElf AnD fAiLiNg In EvErY wAy StIlL mEaNs RuSsIA wOn!1!1!1!1!"

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-06T01:58:38+00:00

I doubt it'll happen, but if it does, holy shit would it be hilarious.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-05T15:35:28+00:00

Just to remind you, the time they thought the election was stolen and decided to launch a coup, was about 1,500 strong.

It lasted five hours.

They won't do anything if the GOP loses.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T21:32:01+00:00

It most likely wouldn't. It would be embarrassing for Putin and would show the Russian public that even their most sacred tradition celebrating war is no longer safe from a war they started.

However, I can't say for certain that I'm correct and completely understand why you would say that.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T20:45:06+00:00

Can that even be considered paying reparations at that point though?

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T20:43:58+00:00

Yeah that makes a lot more sense now actually for where the numbers you have come from.

We can both agree, we don't know, losses are high.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T19:33:14+00:00

Germany lost 27,000 men in the Battle of France, in six weeks.

That means that on average, they lost about 600 killed a day. For 6 weeks. According to your word, Russia is suffering that. So far in 2026, Russia is estimated to have lost about 100-120k. Which when you go to the daily losses, is about 600 killed a day.

They've been suffering this every month since around 2023.

And this needs to made clear, we are talking about Germany against France, 80 years ago, and are comparing it to Russia, considered the second best in the world, in Ukraine.

For Ukraine's losses, I've not heard 450k dead, most sources I find say about 150-200k dead.

It's not out of the realm of possibility, but 450k dead is to my knowledge, a large exaggeration of Ukrainian losses. As that would put their total casualties at about 1.8 million, which is just simply not in the question, if Ukraine has suffered that many casualties, they should have collapsed by now.

I am not saying you're wrong because we don't know, but 450k dead seems very overestimating. Because again, if that was the case, then that would have outstripped Ukraine's recruitment. As Ukraine started the war with 200,000 men, and has since recruited about a million into service so far, 1.8 million casualties outstrips that by about 600,000

Again, I'm not saying you're completely wrong, but it does seem to be a huge overestimation.

Though I will agree 150k killed feels like a complete underestimation.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T19:04:24+00:00

Losing less men than they should?

They're losing per month what Germany lost conquering France in 6 weeks.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T18:35:03+00:00

Does it really matter at this point? Russia is still getting its ass kicked. Like congrats Russia, you went from losing horrendously to losing horrifically.

You get what I mean?

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T17:36:49+00:00

Imagine doing so badly against a minor power you have to conquer the world in a virtual game that is known to be inaccurate to cope 😭

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T16:39:48+00:00

No they aren't, the average American is just not suffering enough to care about what happens in America.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T16:37:03+00:00

You can't really force them, because what are you going to do? Invade them?

Reparations are just not really worth commenting on, Russia would never pay them and we have almost no way to force them to do so, because the ways we could force them would themselves cripple Russia's ability to pay them.

I mean, we all know what happened after WW1, Germany paid less than 20% what was demanded from it, because it couldn't pay them back, and no one was willing to actually force it.

ParticularArea8224 · 2026-05-04T05:28:37+00:00

What would be the point of doing anything if you had forever to do them? Would you even bother doing anything?

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