{"id":1281355,"date":"2025-08-17T09:54:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/capitulation-in-exchange-for-a-dubious-peace-why-donbas-cannot-be-surrendered\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:06:30","slug":"capitulation-in-exchange-for-a-dubious-peace-why-donbas-cannot-be-surrendered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/capitulation-in-exchange-for-a-dubious-peace-why-donbas-cannot-be-surrendered\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitulation for a False Peace: Why Donbas Must Not Be Surrendered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

Let us try to assess without emotions. If the Alaska summit were a boxing match, the victory on points, by unanimous decision of the judges, would have gone to Putin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    He broke through international isolation with the help of Trump and stepped from the position of an outcast onto the red carpet. This carpet was laid on the bones of the victims of the Russian-Ukrainian war and covered with kneeling American soldiers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    He rallied his people, reminding them once again that the condition for peace is Ukraine\u2019s surrender\u2014at the very least, a complete withdrawal from Donbas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    He forced Trump to retreat from demands for a ceasefire, to postpone the imposition of sanctions if Putin refused to comply, and to accept his own rules of the game\u2014that is, a comprehensive peace treaty on the condition of Ukraine\u2019s surrender.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All of this will be explained to Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the meeting in Washington. Other options, which remain unknown at this time, will also be presented.<\/p>\n

    Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine will not withdraw from Donbas.<\/p>\n\t\t