U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, who recently emerged as a leading figure in negotiations regarding Russia and Ukraine, revealed insights into ongoing ceasefire talks between Moscow and Washington.
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“They are Russian-speaking, and there have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule,” Witkoff added, omitting the circumstances surrounding Russia’s sham referendums “at gunpoint” in occupied Ukraine.
Following the start of Russia’s all-out war, Moscow occupied parts of Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts in 2022 by killing thousands of people and destroying cities and towns.
The same happened in Ukraine’s east, where Russia further advanced in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, a portion of which it held since 2014.
Yea… sure doesn’t seem like the majority of the people
The Russian speaking shit is so silly. half the world speaks English or Spanish or Hindi or Mandarin
Those countries now have claim on anyone who speaks the language?
This is how you know ruski culture is so backwards they’re like a century behind still
"This is the kind of connection that we’ve been able to reestablish (with Russia) through a simple word called communication, which many people would say I shouldn’t have had because Putin is a bad guy. I don’t regard Putin as a bad guy," Witkoff added.
Nooooo…you don’t say!
“This might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen,” right-wing commentator Richard Hanania.
HA!
