How Might the War in Ukraine End? Fmr. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Weighs In | Amanpour and Company

[@silviualbisoru5749]

What a change in the narrative, what happened to Ukraine is winning?

[@rigust12]

That was before Maga/GOP and the likes of Orban and Foci + Biden over the top carefulness start to play deal breakers. Democracies aren't built for wars I guess.

[@rigust12]

That was before Maga GOP people, Orban and Foci + Biden over the top de-escalation approach made things shaky for Ukraine. The lesson from this is , I guess, democracies aren't built for wars.

[@SuzannaKiraly]

They can't keep saying that since Russia has taken about 20% of Ukraine territory so far and Trump wants to make peace.

[@wojteks4712]

Don't lie. Nobody said they were winning, they had undeniable success and exceeded expectations. They did what they could, we failed than by bringing weapons too slowly

[@fmnan7247]

I wouldn't say Kuleba did anything to bring his country near to a peace process quite the opposite. He was not part of the first discussions in Belarus or in Turkey.

[@jennergonzalez3176]

And at the same time it was him who carried away Boris’ orders

[@davemccrillis1470]

Until everyone understands that Putin is serious when he says it’s about Russian security. No talks will be of value unless Russia has met its security requirements.

[@waldlaeuferinunterwegs6841]

Yeah, right, all those armies ready to invade Russia must be stopped. This was sarcasm in case you missed it.

[@nelsonking]

@@waldlaeuferinunterwegs6841 Should Russia not be nervous when there's repeated NATO eastward expansion?

[@waldlaeuferinunterwegs6841]

@@nelsonking No. Nato is a defence alliance, as you must know. The ONLY reason countries want to join is the RUSSIAN THREAT.

[@adamizett3169]

@@nelsonking Exactly! NATO broke the agreement to not advance East! Putin had no choice! The Ukrainians voted Zelensky in on a peace platform! Minsk II was torn up as Zelensky was instructed to go to war! Zelensky refuses to have an election! He has become a military dictator!

[@priscillasy4940]

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[@IvaTaiwan-u8z]

Uraaa 🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@stevenambrose2787]

Uruuuunnn from Syria and FLAGSHIP SUNK

[@namur-iq6ih]

In late November, a U.S. official insisted that Ukraine should consider lowering its conscription age from 25 to 18. Today, Ukrainians are balking at the idea. A 20-year-old Ukrainian serviceman named Vladislav said that lowering the military conscription age is a “bad idea.” He volunteered to join the army and believes that the option should be open for 18-year-olds to serve, but that it should not be compulsory. "If there are no people, who the hell needs this land?” The Biden administration is urging Zelensky to lower the draft age from 25 to 18 to boost the military amid the ongoing conflict with Russia, but such a move could have detrimental effects on Ukraine's struggling demographics. As of August, Ukraine's death rate was triple that of the birth rate, as the war with Russia has taken its toll. The first half of this year saw a 9 percent decrease in the numbers of children born in comparison to 2023, and the death to birth ratio has continued to increase since 2020. The population has fallen by 10 million due to deaths, refugees leaving to seek asylum, and fertility issues since the SMO began in 2022, according to Reuters. If bill 12076 is passed and women are allowed to be registered for conscription: Many women face significant barriers to starting families due to instability, increased caregiving responsibilities, and disrupted access to healthcare caused by the SMO. As the SMO continues, these challenges could deepen, leading to a further reduction in birth rates and adding strain to an already declining population. Female-headed households, which are projected to grow due to displacement and men going to war, already face disproportionate and unique economic and social pressures. Compared to other countries in the region, Ukraine's birth rate at just under one child per woman, is the lowest in the region, and in Europe." The demographic challenges are more acute in Ukraine due to the disruptions caused by the ongoing SMO, such as large-scale displacement and economic instability. The war has also led to millions of refugees, many of them young, leaving the country. These factors place Ukraine in a more precarious demographic position compared to neighboring countries. The long-term ramifications of decreasing birth rates and overall population decline in Ukraine extend beyond the immediate loss of human capital to include economic instability, labor shortages and weakened social systems. With an aging population and high out-migration, the country faces a compounding decline in its workforce, which threatens the viability of its recovery efforts. Without substantial interventions, these demographic trends could undermine Ukraine's ability to sustain its development and maintain social cohesion. And large numbers of people were leaving and not coming back, even before Russia’s total war, over unequal opportunities. It could be a Herculean task to convince skilled refugees to repatriate if they have reached a comfortable living standard in the EU. Member states are also using these Ukrainians to plug their own workforce deficits. Their benefit is Ukraine’s loss. The knock-on effects of a demographic crisis will be tremendous, stunting any recovery. The Center for Economic Strategy (CES) forecasts an annual GDP decline between 2.7%- 6.9% if the country loses between 1.3-3.3 million of its citizens. Ukraine also faces a prodigious imbalance between old and young. The age pyramid is very top-heavy, about 30% of the population is pensioners, according to the Ukrainian analytics website Opendatabot. Over half of Ukrainian children under 10 years old are now living abroad, according to researcher Dariia Mykhailyshyna from the CES. With a fertility rate of 1.16, it may be difficult for Ukrainians to multiply their way out of this problem. The ongoing conflict remains a significant barrier, the need for peace to secure a sustainable demographic future, peace is essential for sustainable recovery.

[@danwelterweight4137]

Let them send in their 18 to 24 year old men, leave the Ukrainian women. Guess who the Ukrainian women will mostly likely marry and have babies with? Who is more culturally and ethnically more similar to Ukrainians than Belarusian and specifically Russian men? They might swear in their graves they will not marry Russian men, but at the end of the day that is exactly what they will do, specially in the regions that will end up in Russian hands.

[@garyl3802]

The country that is losing wants a fair deal, lol.

[@iconifyme]

I don't know how you are measuring winning and losing, but Ukraine, less than half Russia's size, not even close to its wealth and resources, is killing 8 Russian soldiers for every Ukrainian soldier killed. I would not call that a win for Russia. Syria collapsed primarily because Russia does not have the ability to project power the way it could 3 years ago. Ukraine is not winning, but neither is Russia. At the rate Russia is gaining ground, it would cost them 2 million soldiers or more to take the whole of Donbas.

[@ad.6472]

He is delusional.

[@wojteks4712]

A Citizen of a peaceful semocrating country is Laughing Out Loud at people dying invaded by brutal dictatorship and asking World to make sure they get fair deal.

[@andreyd8116]

@@iconifymeStop reading Ukrainian propaganda. Ukraine lost around 105k killed or missing according to Ukrainian propagandist Butusov. Russian losses are only 50% higher at 150k KIA.

[@domino20]

Russia shouldn’t have invaded but Ukraine isn’t blameless either. Why couldn’t Ukraine simply treat the Russian population in the eastern provinces decently? They didn’t necessarily want to join Russia, they just wanted more autonomy from the government of Ukraine after 2014 and they weren’t getting it. There were opportunities with the Minsk accords and the 2022 Istanbul agreement to avoid all this death and destruction without trying to drag the whole world into risking nuclear war.

[@Scrooge1Percenter]

Yeah thanks to Boris Johnson the Istanbul Negotations failed.

[@irynaskvortsova6996]

This is just not true. This is lies propagated by rf propaganda. In Ukraine people who speak russian for centuties were treated better than people who speak ukrainian language. Those who speak ukrainian are persecuted by colonial autorities and bulied on the streets and institutions. So, stop telling things which are false.

[@Whitebarberian]

Agreed and just simply remained neutral.

[@danwelterweight4137]

You are 100% wrong. The Eastern Ukrainian regions wanted to seceed from Ukraine way back in 2014 and join Russia. Putin is the one who told them no. You cannot join. He say instead of leaving Ukraine, I will talk to the Ukrainian government and the West and ask that you will have greater autonomy within Ukraine. I will ask that your language, culture and civil rights are respected within Ukraine. I will demand the Ukrainian government stop the siege, the bombardment and the violence that has killed thousands and thousands of your people. Ukraine signed a peace agreement with Him in Minsk called the Minsk agreement in which they agreed all these things. Ukraine refused to abide by the agreement and continued the violence. They were also on the verge of launching a huge invasion and attack of the Eastern Ukraine region. This is why Russia decided to send in its troops to protect those people. Right after that Russia launched another peace agreement attempt in Istanbul in which they offered Ukraine all of its territories back if they agreed to its terms to respect the rights and freedoms of the ethnic Russian Populations in Eastern Ukraine and give them autonomy within Ukraine so that their language and culture be respected. Ukraine had initially agreed. Then Boris Johnson flew to Kiev and told them to reject the agreement and fight instead. And the rest is as they say history. When Russia saw this rejection of the Istanbul peace agreement attempt that is when they decided to bring in the Eastern Ukrainian regions into Russia and annex them to the delight of the people of Eastern Ukraine who had been asking for it for 8 years.

[@Spencerlayne]

Ukraine is totally to blame. Russia was never going to have America on its borders. And Ukraine said a massive f you to that. They could have just stayed neutral. And they've killed a million people for America. This is Americas war. Not Russia's or Ukraines. Bellendsky is a dickhead. He either knows he is being used and doesn't care. Or he's that stupid he doesn't know he's being used. Either way, that's not a man who can or should be leading a country.

[@IvaTaiwan-u8z]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 has lost the war 😁😁😁

[@mkdijkstra4855]

ok mr taiwan eating cat man, China will be in taiwan soon, now you also happy about this?

[@wollercr]

We will see. Most likely Trump will send more weapons.

[@wojteks4712]

Only Russian troll or someone well manipulated by them would be happy at democratic pro-western peaceful country losing war invaded by brutal dictatorship Who are you?

[@davidmartin4683]

Yokey palkey comrade

[@meleket]

New sanction? The 15th one? What did the previous 14 achieve? It only proves how resilient Russian economy is.

[@johnadam2885]

Kuleba is a first class joker. He has to put on a brave face.

[@calistamitsy4411]

Russia’s economy is in shambles. 104.64 rubles= $1.00 !

[@wojteks4712]

Resilience? It's a gas station pretending to be a country... Russian economy is crushing, basically if you spend a lot of money on militarization it looks.good in GDP, Hitler also had great economic results. Except those are not productive investments.so when your war stops your economy is dead

[@Scrooge1Percenter]

By Ukraine giving up Territory there is no other way they are loosing on the Ground.

[@lamzahs]

Do you think Russia can go like this forever? Why did they ask N Koreans for help?

[@Scrooge1Percenter]

@lamzahs longer than we all think it's not just NK.

[@Kerorhavbc777]

Mate they didn't ask anybody for help is juat they are participating just like NATO in Ukraine​@@lamzahs

[@wollercr]

They cannot legally give up ground. It is against the consitution. War will always continue or restart later.

[@lamzahs]

@@Kerorhavbc777 give me one example where any of NATO sates has sent their regular military to Ukraine to participate in military actions. Any. I'll wait....mate.

[@krolikisergunka]

Unconditional surrender!

[@wojteks4712]

So.many Russian trolls here

[@bobdeverell]

It might be worth asking the winner how the war will end rather than the losers.

[@M4DHUSKY]

Ukraine can ask for a "fair" deal when it starts winning, until then its fate will be determined by others

[@sgu2693]

Kinda like how North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam, and Palestine were partitioned in Arab and Isreali land. We know how that went! Let's see if Ukraine will fight back in 10 or 20 years to reclaim those land or if Russia will want more land.

[@trqster]

Wait a minute wasn't the war supposed to go on for as long as it took until a full Ukranian victory was achieved, even taking back Crimea!? Especially considering that Zelensky said recently that less than 80k ukranian soldiers were kia in comparison to +700k russians, means that Ukraine is winning massively in the battlefield right?

[@Инквизиторрасплатапридет]

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[@patrickkumwenda1309]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kerorhavbc777]

😂😂😂

[@art-media209]

Why the ex foreing ministr isn't still at front line?😮

[@PaulV.]

AP reports that there are already more than 200k deserters from the Ukrainian army. In November 2024 alone almost 19k new criminal cases were started, up from 8500 in October and 3000 monthly at the start of the year. Their army is collapsing no wonder they ve started talking about peace negotiations. Still it's better than the war but the Ukrainian politicians should also understand that as a losing side they are not the ones who will be dictating terms of any future peace deal.

[@ioannisdimakis7460]

In 3-4 years the Ukrainian problem will be solved without any negotiations. 1 million more will be dead or seriously injured. 2-3 more millions will leave Ukraine .Some more will be under Russian jurisdiction. So without Ukrainians what Ukraine means?

[@brendamontgomery850]

I want the Ukraine to get Russia out of their country. Putin had no right to invade their country.

[@167mm167]

will you go to Ukraine to fight ??

[@winkus8586]

​​@@167mm167in the past..... You are dealing with small countries where you can say this and that.. today......... It is russia. A country with the most nuke and unstoppable delivery system. Are you willing to do the nuke exchange for Ukraine?

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

When are you leaving Hawaii. Hawaiians deserve to be free. You invaded them.

[@M4DHUSKY]

I want to have a Ferrari,but..

[@sneakykidugo]

This is how one who has consumed too much MSM would react to Ukraine's reality on the ground😂😂😂 he almost wants to cry

[@paulywally562]

Russia has ALL the upper hands, what “fair deal” does the Ukrainian side expect? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Love78787]

kosovo proves that Russia can take as much land as it wants 😂

[@raphaelmukumbwa1933]

This guy is wise. I like him

[@robertseaborne5758]

NATO playing with itself again; all a bit of a wank really. 😂

[@jimamar]

Putin is the boss

[@vaclavbozdech8245]

Putin is a clown.

[@lenileman785]

Putin discusting

[@calistamitsy4411]

Putin is an idiot!!

[@at4130-k4y]

Well said Dmytro Kuleba.

[@mirekslechta7161]

Kuleba is not only runner, he was part of criminal government in Ukraine , that is main opinion..

[@Bayethe]

Russia invaded so as to stop NATO troops being stationed in Ukraine. The suggested solutions to the war are, NATO membership and foreign troops in Ukraine as Peacekeepers 😂😂😂. Am I the only one who sees something wrong here. Are these politicians for real. How can the reasons given by Russia for invading, be part of the solution ?

[@danielcreamer9669]

Very curious to see how Trump tries to impose a peace from the outside, and how Europe reacts.

[@167mm167]

NATO troops will go to fight !!

[@conscious_being]

Trump is going to impose nothing. He will let Ukraine and Russia figure it out. He will impose more sanctions on Russia and reduce support to Kyiv to incentivise both to find a mutually acceptable peace deal.

[@brightonmwenebatudjuma3178]

Kyiv is now the darkest capital in the world😂😂

[@garyl3802]

Putin will just say forget the negotiations, we will keep coming until Ukraine surrenders

[@denisalvarado9991]

Trump at one point also has said that any deal would have been better than what is currently happening and has happened in Ukraine.

[@felipe-vibor]

They were told over and over again to stop poking the Bear. They should this advice today before the bear unleashes it's full potential

[@lenileman785]

we love and pray for all leaders of the Ukrainian government… especially the president of Ukraine.. God protect all leaders of Ukraine 💙💛

[@annakorsun9470]

Only fair deal for Ukraine!

[@bene28april]

WHY SOO SOON????,

[@joshuapaul2022]

Unconditional surrender is the only practical solution for Ukraine at this point. Hitler's Germany also refused to admit defeat until Hitler killed himself, then Keitel signed unconditional surrender. Post war settlement is Russia's business.

[@wendel6]

Ivan bot repeating comments everywhere. Go collect your potato salary orc

[@svetlanasawyer5470]

The only deal should be pootin to get out of Ukraine..the war what pootin started its illegal, so the deall should be pootin in jail or get your army out Ukraine territory. 😮

[@slavenaljinovic1162]

The key to peace is in Washington. No NATO expansion Zelenskys weight is just about like Ashraf Ghanis was in Afghanistan

[@notapplicable2515]

is that lady ok?

[@Spencerlayne]

She's just talking nonsense. They can't run with the narrative any more so she's lost for words.

[@alexeyeryomin2962]

Сбитый летчик или Геббельс нашего времени?

[@jodyjemane8541]

Did he just say “sanctions against Russia”???

[@Riconald]

The war will end in 2025, and Ukraine will give up its territories to Russia. Because President Trump won’t go to a nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine.😂😂😂

[@ЛеонидМальцев-с3п]

Donald Trump doesn't understand.

[@massib4523]

Russia has to pay due to now we have to update geography books for 2025

[@icu17siberia]

Ukraine doesn't want their young people to fight, so who's young people does Ukraine want to fight for them?

[@167mm167]

NATO troops will go and fight !!

[@Инквизиторрасплатапридет]

​@@167mm167 gay and lesbian NATO 😅

[@azklb]

@@167mm167never happen 😂😂😂

[@davemccrillis1470]

@@167mm167 NATO leaders will not admit to the casualties they have suffered already, do you really think they will send them home by the hundreds, or thousands and not suffer politically ?

[@ismir8808]

Fake news

[@wendel6]

Pathetic orc lies allowed to be posted here, shame on Amanpour. 🇺🇦💪🏼✊🏻🇺🇦

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

Freedom of sppech my foot, all comments are deleted.