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News & Current Events May 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM

EU's Kallas says weakened Putin gives 'opportunity' to end Ukraine war

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EU's Kallas says weakened Putin gives 'opportunity' to end Ukraine war - International - World
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EU's Kallas says weakened Putin gives 'opportunity' to end Ukraine war - International - World
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday said signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin's position is weakening could open a window to ending the war in Ukraine.

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GravitasFailures 19 hr ago +80
Nope, this is Russia, they have to keep fighting until their people are starving and their entire country catches fire, as is tradition. So ask again next week.
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Friendly_Soil6617 17 hr ago +12
No, because even the Z-cannibals are already howling about how bad things are.
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Zixinus 17 hr ago +16
And? They have howled before. Putin is an absolute dictator that has been throwing even the billionaires down stairs full of polonium tea and accidental five bullets to the skull and through the tenth story window. There have been downturns of Russia's war effort before. The economy looks bad, the Ukranians have an upper hand, the Kremlin has gone to do internet blackouts, sure. But this is Russia. Deep oppression is the norm. What are the people going to do, rise up against the very-intact army of the KGB? No, this is just diplomatic manouvering for another of Trump's "peace deals". Putin got on the phone and told Trump that he can have a "peace deal" with Ukraine to compensate and distract from his failure in Iran. It will be another "deal" that fulfills Putin's want and will give Ukraine f*** all. But Trump will push it because he needs a win and Putin will use it to get back a foothold.
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Friendly_Soil6617 16 hr ago +9
Trump has no cards. The U.S. isn’t giving Ukraine a single shell or a single dollar. But they’ll keep selling, even if the Ukrainians tell Trump to f*** off. All he can do is stop providing intelligence, but Ukraine will manage just fine without it. So it’s not all that bad, bud. Trump won’t force Ukraine to surrender in any way; he’ll just step back and start bombing cartel’s boats. Even Rubio has already said that they’ve almost given up hope (of the Nobel Prize lol). If Trump doesn’t pressure Putin now to return the 1,000 prisoners of war, the U.S.’s role in this war is over.
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postusa2 18 hr ago +117
Does seem feel like something is up. Not that there is any hint of concessions or waning commitment to the war, but the parade last week was barely a whimper.
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YF422 18 hr ago +83
Russians are noticing the increasing degradation of their country to a degree they cannot ignore anymore. Key indicators in the economy are flashing danger and they're unable to hide the weakening of their own military forces as Ukraine chews then up and spits them out. Putin's afraid of being assasinated as well. His forces are stuck in a quagmire and Ukraine is starting to take back more land than the Russians are able to capture. Putin fucked around for 4 years and conditions are approaching the point where the find out phase begins.
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NeilDeWheel 15 hr ago +21
I saw a YouTube video that said the Russian propaganda is starting the process of framing the capturing of the limited territory they have as victory. I can imagine Putin saying he will accept peace at the current front line and convince the Russian people that that was what the aim of the SO was, all along. I’m sure Putin will get Trump to pressure Ukraine to accept that, too.
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YF422 15 hr ago +43
Thing is Trump can't pressure anymore in the same way, he blew his leverage with his bullshit with Ukrainian Aid which Kegsbreath is still f****** with right now. Putin also doesn't get to uninlaterally decide where those lines are, if he doesn't make a realistic attempt to seek peace which includes withdrawing from occupied Ukraine then they will keep pushing until something in the Russian side breaks sending the whole lot into chaos. I realistically think the Ukrainians are laying the groundwork for an eventual push on the Southern Front, breaking through there decides the war as Crimea is the whole start of it (not to mention the ZNPP and possibly Mauripol as well). Liberate there and Putins entire legitimacy evaporates there and then as well. They've destroyed nearby Fuel Refineries and infrastructure, damaged the Kerch Bridge repeatedly and now have Drone Superiority over the Land Bridge, wear down, destroy logistics and troops and cripple the remaining forces and it may become possible for Ukraine to attack and punch through this time.
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ProtoplanetaryNebula 14 hr ago +26
Yeah, Trump pulled his aid and Ukraine massively developed their own tech. Today it’s all about their locally developed arms. Trump cant do shit about it now and there are no limits on where they can strike. Trump has been nullified and putin is suffering.
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Lord__Abaddon 6 hr ago +3
Honestly I would not be shocked if it gets bad enough for Russia, Trump tries to enter the war as a peace keeping force and halt the lines and assaults where they're at. trying to handicap ukraine from attacking and allowing russia a pause to get their shit together. I really hope it doesn't happen but the stupid shit we keep seeing feels like at any moment we could be bombing kiev.
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MarmotFullofWoe 15 hr ago +9
I hope you are right
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Gigi_Langostino 18 hr ago +24
He looked like absolute dogshit at the Victory Day parade. I wonder if his cancer is back.
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TheWastelandWizard 15 hr ago +18
Sucks that cancer can contract Putin. Hopefully a good dose of radiation cures it. Polonium tea anyone?
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East_Lettuce7143 6 hr ago +2
And this is after the heavy makeup.
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EsperaDeus 18 hr ago +46
He calls him Mr Zelensky now.
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quaste 18 hr ago +18
For the intended audience it’s still degrading and an insult. He still avoids to call him president and give him legitimacy
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Muted_Theory_1073 16 hr ago +2
Feels more like optics than strategy shift. Big parades don’t always reflect what’s actually happening militarily or politically.
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martenic 18 hr ago +23
The period after the war ends will feel like such a calm before the storm moment in EU.
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Kata_Komb 7 hr ago +5
Isn't that true for anything that Russia does? They can't seem to keep to themselves.
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tvtowers 19 hr ago +29
The syphilitic gnome in the Kremlin won't be willing to make concessions yet, he's still demanding territory that his horde of thieves and rapists can't even approach, let alone occupy. Keep the economic pressure on high, Ukraine can take care of kinetic sanctions, and we'll see what the mood in Moscow looks like come August. M
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-TheExtraMile- 15 hr ago +7
I wonder what the financial breaking point will be, or rather when it will happen. The orange rapist´s war has helped putin of course by pushing prices higher but still. Ukraine has been hitting refineries and infrastructure like pros over the past year. The little thundercunt in moscow must be feeling the pressure at this point. The war is not being won, not even close. And time is not on the little taint wart´s side.
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tvtowers 14 hr ago +6
They sold off 22 tons of gold from their strategic reserves a couple of weeks ago, they haven't done that since '98, right before they needed a bailout from the IMF. The finance minister said they've been running out of resources around the same time. It's not critical yet, but I could see them having to face hard choices by the end of summer, maybe sooner if there are no improvements in the inflation/interest rate/debt default spiral they're in.
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-TheExtraMile- 14 hr ago +3
I heard about that sale. Certainly a good signal but I think you are right, it is not critical just yet. That being said, I am not sure if the most horrible hobbit in moscow can hold out that much longer. Months sure, years? I don´t know about that. My gut says that this year will force a conclusion. I just reeeeeally hope that the littlest dictator will not go nuclear at the end.
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tvtowers 14 hr ago +5
I can't see that happening, use of nukes couldn't be ignored by the west. I think he'll try to negotiate hard and fail at that, then watch while his position gets eroded further by battlefield losses of territory and shrinking manpower - he can't afford to hire the whole North Korean army, while the economy continues to plummet. Beyond that, nobody knows. These are just what I can see happening given the way things have been going over the past six months. Any random unforeseeable factor could change things radically.
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-TheExtraMile- 14 hr ago +3
Yeah, I think you're right. The nuclear option would probably cause many consequences from China and others of course. The liquid beer shit in human form probably won´t risk that. What I wonder is how he can possibly sell this internally? I mean he is a psychopath and incapable of admitting fault, so how could this play out? Declare victory and retreat? I just don´t know how he will or could act when pressed into a corner. Anyway, the people of Ukraine will win this war. It´s "just" a matter of time.
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tvtowers 14 hr ago +3
I hate pretending I have a crystal ball, because I don't, but I'm not sure he stays in power much longer. He's asked his oligarchs to contribute to the war (about a year ago), they won't continue without results. They probably control the Rosguardia, which is separate from the army, and the army is weakened. He'll either resign and relocate to Korea, or worse. Again, no crystal ball, and if there is some breakthrough on the battlefield it turns everything I said to mush. But the current trajectory observed since late last year seems to point in that direction.
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-TheExtraMile- 14 hr ago +1
Hmm, do you see anyone in particular who could follow his reign? Also, would someone with his personality profile go willingly? Either way, we´ll find out. I very much appreciated our chat. All the best to you.
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tvtowers 13 hr ago +2
Can't see anyone in the current government succeeding him, possibly one of the oligarchs. He won't go willingly, but given a choice between escape and facing a Mussolini-type fate, he'll go. Maybe he can sit in Pyongyang and plot his return like a similarly proportioned dictator once did on Elba. Thanks, I've enjoyed it, too.
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Lord__Abaddon 5 hr ago +2
I see him moving to the US before NK, Trump will make some kind of bull shit excuse he defected and will give him quality medical care and he will live in a high rise for his remaining years. The war will be blames on his seconds and he will be relatively safe unless another Admin comes in and ships him off to the ICC.
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Lord__Abaddon 6 hr ago +1
I don't think he can, I'm half expecting putin to loot what he can from Russia and flee to the US for safe haven. Live in high rise and get quality medical care for his remaining years. It would give trump the upper hand by granting him asylum. if he stays in Russia he most likely will take the window on the way down at some point in the future. even winning the war at this point would stil probably result in regime change as the damage he dealt to his own economy is massive.
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JarvisModeOn 18 hr ago +6
Sounds more like pressure than confidence. The question is whether Russia is actually ready to negotiate, or just trying to buy time.
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Cyzax007 17 hr ago +4
No sense talking to Putin... He'll lie, and then resume the war when ready...
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Howaboutnopers 15 hr ago +13
The responses here are largely hopium. These are the same people who, just before the war, said Putin was just saber-rattling as he parked 100,000 troops on the border. You want the war to end. Therefore, Russia is on its last legs. My response to this report: Nothing we haven't heard before.
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The_Man11 9 hr ago +3
Naive. This war isn’t over until Putin is gone.
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snow-eats-your-gf 5 hr ago +1
And Russia will be Russia with Putin or without
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Idiot_Savant_13 10 hr ago +3
See, the problem is... Ukraine is now *winning* a war the whole world thought it would lose in days, many years ago. Ukraine doesn't ***need*** peace - they can achieve it thru force of arms, and proven not only able to fight back... also able to market their skills & developing tech to other countries. Russia does not have a history of keeping its word. Why would Ukraine waste its time getting empty promises from known liars, when it's an evolving military industrial force that is reshaping the world right now? Russia might have to actually bargain to get what they refused to grant for years... and it would serve them right. "I need ammunition, not a ride." - F****** legendary response, and it opened up some magnificent possibilities.
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isthereadrwho 18 hr ago +1
Actually makes sense. So what you should do is give Ukraine a lot of funding and weapons, I'm talking full military support, then you may even be able to get Crimea back. Why? Stop now? He'll be even weaker in 6 months you got to really stand behind the ukrainians
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Jelly_fish_farmer 15 hr ago -2
Give them a lot of funding and weapons to man and operate with whom? You? You must not realize just how fucked Ukraine demographically is and how little of manpower they have left, especially the one that is trained to be anything else but a cannon fodder minuteman. If that wasn't the case, they wouldn't be literally kidnapping boys as young as 16 or 17 from the streets and be throwing them in the back of the van, dragging them to the barracks to give them 1-3 weeks of training and be sending them into the meat grinder where most of them don't last a week once they move to ground 0. Now, they are slowly starting aiming for women as well, at least according to their propaganda posters on the streets and such, which paints the picture on how dire the situation is, so you can give them all the arsenal of this world, wo anyone to man it, it's just a scrap metal good only for those who sell it. Russia is having the exact same problem too, but to a lesser extent for the obvious population difference and lately recruitment of the fresh cannon fodder from the 3rd world which they promise a visa. So unless you want to take their place in the grinder, I'd suggest you to stop promoting for sending other ppl's kids into the futile, forever war, as it's easy to swing another man's c*** through the thorn bush. I'm from Europe and I have no desire to fight nor sacrifice my kids for neither UKR or RU, which is exactly what the messaging of this article is aiming at, so no tnx, but you can go right ahead.
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GuitarGeezer 16 hr ago +1
Yeah, but America wants the longest war possible to aid the imperial ambitions in Canada Greenland so money is on collapse before peace. Witkoff and Trump should be at Leavenworth forever due to all of this. Anybody doing what they did by adopting the enemy’s most impossible lies as official US policy would have been seriously screwed back when we were kind of a real republic.
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Honest-Estimate4964 18 hr ago -1
Bla-bla. Another year - same hopes.
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Sind23 16 hr ago -8
Ill be happy when this clueless hateful war monger women stops appearing in my feeds.
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EsToBoY629 16 hr ago -8
She shouldn't be speaking, insane she is allowed in any sort of power, given the history of her and her family tied to corruptions and working for Russia.
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MeanCat4 15 hr ago -6
Just don't throw away other bilions that should be destined only for low class European citizens! 
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Jelly_fish_farmer 14 hr ago +2
From where else you think they gonna get the money? Sell their villas and private jets to help the cause? No, my friend, we still have a lot to give, our healthcare and social security funds are next in line, but who cares as long as we're weakening the Russia and fund the American war industry lobby.
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Cemcan20 15 hr ago -2
Der Krieg ist stecken geblieben! Russland schafft sein Pensum nicht noch mehr Land einzunehmen und die Ukraine schafft es nicht ihr Land zurück zu erobern !!
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Golda_M 4 hr ago +1
It's amazing to me how important vibes, propaganda and sentiment are... in this current moment.  Hard force cuts through everything... but hard force also stalls an is indecisive more often than not. At that point, vibes grow in importance.  Russian hardliners are feeling pessimistic about the war for a few months. Zelensky puts out a trolling statement. Maganimously grants Moscow safety to have their parade, at Trump's request.  Suddenly, there's a turn.  Modern media algorithms have really given a lot of power to daily public sentiments.  Trump and the Mullahs of Iran fit really naturally into this space. Vibes, sentiments and propaganda are *obviously* more important than anything material to them.  In any case... If europe sees an "opportunity" the thing to do is to exploit it.  After 4 years of war... Europe still has no real way to speak for an decide for Europe. That needs to be remedied quick. How does Europe create a negotiating team that's actually empowered to negotiate and represent European interests?
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