54% are against negotiations with Russia. Among those serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the opponents of negotiations are more numerous than among civilians. The Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that Ukraine might agree to negotiations only if Russia ‘conducts them in good faith’.In russia,

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  2. I would negotiate with Russia only if I had my loaded pistol hard into one of the eyes of each of their negotiation team – after all, that is the same position Ukraine is in!!

  3. Who conducted this survey and how were the questions *really* phrased? “Negotiations” while you are under occupation is capitulation.

  4. Negotiations only work if your opponent is reasonable. That is, sadly, not the case here.

  5. Negotiations are pointless with Putin, he never will keep a promise. Negotiations are pointless unless Russia leaves Ukraine, there are still Ukrainians living in Russian held territory. Russia will never leave unless they’re made to leave.

    Only complete idiots think that negotiations are the solution. Russia is just going to demand surrender. Ukraine is going to demand 1991 borders, the ability to join NATO.

  7. Trusting Putin after he has broken every agreement signed doesn’t sound wise.

    If Ukrainians don’t want to negotiate, they need to sign up to defend their interests.

    It’s a war of wills at this point. Putin is hoping to break the will of Ukrainians before Russians revolt.

  8. Negotiations mean nothing and it is good for the public face of both governments. They will just talk and reject each others offers until both sides are ready for real peace. It is just a stalling tactic.

  9. In no way, shape or form should ruZZia be expected to negotiate in “good faith” – they simply don’t have the mental capacity.

  10. Ruzzia wouldn’t know good faith if you hit them around the head with it

  11. “Good Faith” and “Russia” in the same sentence?

    I’ll see Bigfoot on a unicycle before that happens.

  12. It’s their country, so they get to the side but I would really hope that at a minimum they get an ironclad agreement before the negotiations that Ukraine is a separate country having a right to exist and there will be a no objection to joining NATO once the war is over.

    Anything less just sets it up for rushing to attack again in 5 to 10 years.

    We will be right back where we are now or worse.

    For me returning Crimea and southern Ukraine would be the minimum if it’s absolutely necessary to give up on the Donbas along the Eastern Front, that is parts of Luhansk and Donetsk to the east of the current zero line. Even that I would hate to see, but those parts were torn away 10 years ago and they do have a high percentage of Russian speakers, many of whom seem to be okay with becoming Russian Serfs.

  13. Incredibly demoralizing for soldiers. Why fight if gov is willing to negotiate? This FM has got to go. He is jaded.

  14. I mean, ultimately there will be negotiations with Russia. And Russia will show up in (more or less) good faith. They will be forced to.

    Or perhaps a collection of successor states will show up. Depending on how things continue to go for Russia…

    Anyway the point is that someone will show up and Ukraine will negotiate with them. And they will be forced into good faith by the horrible shellacking they have just received from Ukraine, and by their desperate need to be allowed by the international community to finally return to some semblance of stable life.

    The reason I know this is because that is how all wars end. With negotiations of some kind. Over POWs, over handing over war criminals, over reparations, over whether the Russian battlefield dead should be exhumed or left to nourish fields of sunflowers, over the recognition of another 16 new nation-states ready to join the 28 that have already emerged from the collapse of Russia so far… whatever needs to be discussed.

    And soon may that happy day come.

    What is more perplexing is this odd tendency to say that, well, since sooner or later all wars end in negotiations, why doesn’t Ukraine agree to just drop everything right now and negotiate immediately with Russia over Russia’s current desired terms? Right this very moment?

    This particular moment.

    Not, you know, February 22. That wasn’t the time for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, for some reason. And not during the Kharkiv breakout or the liberation of Kherson. Also for some reason.

    Basically, whenever the war has stalled, and Ukraine has started building up a bunch of new corps for a renewed counteroffensive coming up in the future, it is suddenly time to negotiate. Find some way to meet Russia halfway.

    But if Ukraine is in the middle of rapid advances? No no that is not a good time to negotiate. The calls for negotiation suddenly cease. And for some reason no one ever says, “Now is perhaps Putin’s best chance to negotiate, will he let the opportunity slip away?”

    They only seem to ever do that with Zelenksy…

  15. I say negotiate after Putin and his accomplices turn themselves into the Hague.

  16. Do not negotiate with terrorists… especially when you get them on the ropes. This war is destroying Russias future for little Putin’s ego

  17. “Good Faith” and “Russia” in the same sentence is an oxymoron.

    Meaning for those of you that do not know the term “oxymoron” that good faith is impossible (and implausible) in context of Russia.

  18. That’s because the only solution for Russia is to lose and break to pieces . Everyone wants russia beat down to 50 years ago . It’s not made up that they will just come back again.

  19. Russia needs to answer for its heinous war crimes. No negotiations until they give up their occupied “claims”, and return Crimea.

  21. “Good faith”? Ha! Russia is the antithesis of that.

  22. The fact the “source” is the sociologicat group and they seem to have zero presence online is interesting.

  23. There is no “good faith” in the Russian government, therefore there should be no negotiations. Russia just needs to gtfo of Ukraine, ALL of Ukraine.

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