July 12, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview last week that Kyiv is not willing to cede any land to Russia when it comes to finding a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
Last week, The Trends Journal ran a cover titled, “THE BIG LIE: Russia Will Lose!”, that noted ongoing reports in the West by military and other “experts” that predict Russian forces are suffering massive casualties and the Ukraine military will beat them. These reports highlighted alleged troop desertions and victories by Ukrainian forces. The losses were due to a catastrophic miscalculation by Russian President Vladimir Putin who thought Ukraine would lay down its arms when his tanks began to roll.
But the realities on the ground have since become more apparent. Russia now controls all the territory in the Luhansk region, and it is believed that Putin intends to take over larger swaths of the country. Russian troops continue to look to the west in the country and on Monday fired missiles into Chasiv Yar, a town about 12 miles from the front line.
Zelensky has been consistent in his position. He told CNN last Thursday that Ukrainians “are not ready to give away their land, to accept that these territories belong to Russia. This is our land.”
“We always talk about that, and we are intending to prove it,” he said.
The Trends Journal has reported that Zelensky has refused all calls to negotiate for a peaceful resolution. (See “ZELENSKY REJECTS PEACE PROPOSAL, SAYS UKRAINE WILL BEAT RUSSIA,” “CRACKS EMERGE: BIDEN SAYS UKRAINE IGNORED FACTS THAT RUSSIA WOULD INVADE,” “ZELENSKY WON’T BUCKLE, LAMENTS BEING PRESSURED FOR PEACE.”)
Zelensky is not alone in Ukraine. A University of Chicago’s NORC poll found that 89 percent of Ukrainians agree that ceding any land to Russia to achieve peace would be “unacceptable,” and about 79 percent approved Zelensky’s approach to the conflict. The International Republican Institute found 97 percent of Ukrainian participants believed Ukraine will win the war, according to CEPA.
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