Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into a fourth month, with only modest gains to show so far, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he rejected suggestions it was time to negotiate peace with the Kremlin.

“When you want to have a compromise or a dialogue with somebody, you cannot do it with a liar,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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        1 year ago

        No I mean armed insurrection taking over government buildings at gunpoint.

        I don’t know what country you’re from but I don’t think there are many that are going to keep the kids gloves on for long in such a situation

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          Yes, when there was insurection in France and the Paris Commune was created, the government sent the army and killed everyone.

          It was a bad thing when France did it, and it was also a bad thing when Ukraine did it. Monarchists and fascists are just equally disgusting.

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            Yeah I’m sure if you go through human history you can find some insurrections you support and others you don’t :)

            Perhaps you’ll want to pick another example though, as this particular one was started because their government capitulated to a foreign invader while Parisians wanted to fight. So just a little bit of irony there