| mrmi... | Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine should not have to surrender anything to have Russian invaders removed |
| jhen... | Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Russia has broken international law. They should be forced to relinquish control and pay to restore the damages they have inflicted. Putin is a murderer and should be prosecuted for it in The Hague |
| stev... | Ukraine must be at the table for me to support any deal |
| mary... | Russia has no authority or right to control other countries. |
| jame... | What part of America are we willing to concede to another nation - especially on that's an advisary. Would American's be willing to be left out ot peace talks over the outcome of our country and sit back while our "ally" meets w/ the enemy w/out our prior consent and counseling. Sounds like 1938 Czechoslovakia and England - except it's not England selling out a sovereign nation. It is foolish and unacceptable foreign policy. |
| mich... | But allows Ukraine to join Nato |
| meht... | Previous US administration had bad policies that ruined the country and destroyed many people lives. Only to expand NATO which is ridiculous and most stupid. Let people live in peace. |
| mary... | Invade sovereign nations and take their land? Where does it stop? Greenland? Panama? Canada? The Gulf of Steve Martin? |
| jllm... | Sounds like history repeating itself |
| dbmj... | History keeps repeating itself if Russia just takes sovereign land from other countries. Especially since Russia destroyed all the parts of Ukraine where predominantly Russian speaking people lived and could have voted to annex those areas into Russia democratically! |
| robo... | Russia is in the wrong and should not benefit just because they are ending the conflict that they started. |
| rzip... | Why is Russia being rewarded for its aggression? |
| bsor... | Russia is the aggressor and does not deserve the land. They will continue to grab their terrritory and also attempt to invade the Baltic states and Poland so they can grab parts or all of their land. |
| zack... | It’s concerning that 63% of this poll have zero clue how wars work. Watch the media tear the Trump admin down for ending a war that Biden admin help start |
| kenh... | The lands from the most recent agression should be returned. |
| mari... | Giving Russia land will just encourage them to invade other places. |
| royc... | Russia invaded without cause. The territory does not belong to them. |
| mds4... | Look at history. 1937-1939 |
| kold... | Keeping Ukrainian terrain would be a fascist victory. |
| huwa... | Ukraine has no leverage to reclaim anything, with Europe being sidelined and weak it will not and cannot come to Ukraines rescue. The Trump administration has made clear that it will not be supporting the status quo so unfortunately Ukraine will have to give up the land it has lost |
| jlme... | Crime is crime |
| deli... | Ukraine's idea of a sovereign border is a laughable concept. Like most all of Europe the borders are all soft. And will remain so. |
| papa... | Ukraine is a sovereign nation that was invaded by Russia. |
| brod... | If Ukraine must cede territory to Russia, the the illegal Russian invasion and expansionist war will have succeeded, and Russia will do it again. |
| gary... | Most Ukrainians speak Russian and share culture. The rest is just political posturing. Save lives, keep NATO out of it, avoid WW3 and move on from outdated post WW2 US foreign policy. |
| erfi... | If Ukraine gives up one inch, Russia will take that as a win and go on to attack again, or other countries. Ukraine must hold the line for democracy and sovereignty! |
| tobi... | Appeasement of Putin and his horrific regime will only and bold on him to continue to bring war and devastation not only to Ukraine, but to the other countries that he has horrifically attacked and societies he controls. If Trump wants to make America great again, he needs to resolve this by removing Putin‘s ability to continue his terroristic organization. There is a price for listing piece and appeasement is not one of them. |
| fcse... | Russia’s invasion was an act of aggression against a peaceful neighbor. Russia should not be rewarded. |
| jllf... | Rewarding war by letting the initiators to keep land etc. only encourages future war. |
| madm... | Russia invaded Ukraine. Under Gorbechov, Ukraine negotiated for and legally had jurisdiction over the areas that Russia now wishes to reclaim through warfare. This territory stolen by Putin should be returned to Ukraine. |
| rsta... | It seems like Ukraine will have to cede control of some land lost. |
| kevi... | Regardless of "the reason" why Russia invaded another sovereign nation is irrelevant. The whole NATO expansion used as an excuse to initiate war is a propoganda tool to derived from "blood and soil" ideology. Literally any thought process to accept Russia's side is due to falling for their propoganda. In 1994, the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances got Ukraine to give up their massive stock pile of nuclear weapons inherited from the fall of the Soviet Union, and in return they are to receive aid and help if Russia were to try and reclaim old territory. Yet, people still want to think our aid comes from nefarious reasons without strings attached. |
| gbtk... | Trump administration’s decisions have been disgraceful. Ukraine deserves our pity as well as our support. |
| snid... | Finding a way for Putin to save face while relinquishing territoy within Ukrane is the way to thread the needle here; how to do that is the open question since without some form of claim to victory, Putin will strongly resist ending the war since he knows everyone hates it other than he. |
| simo... | Tell Putin to have fair elections in his country before he tells others to do so |
| 1331... | If the Ukraine does not regain its lands, Russia will try this again later and eventually take them completely over. And Russia will then be bold and try to regain hold of all its former satellite countries from the former USSR. |
| tjli... | Did we learn nothing from Czechoslovakia and the Sudentenland? Neville Chamberlain claimed "Peace in our time", and months later, the world was at war again. Appeasement doesn't work, never has, never will. Not to mention, it's not ours to give. |
| meng... | As the instigator against a peaceful sovereign country, Russia also needs to pay reparations for the lives and property lost. |
| pama... | It's insane to reward Russia for its aggression. |
| bbat... | It is not practical to consider a scenario where Ukraine is capable of retaking all the land that Russia has already taken. However, the ultimate agreement needs to be made by Ukraine, the US cannot decide the terms of an agreement for them. Trump, still smarting from the Ukraine scandal of his first term that lead to one of his impeachments is not acting in Ukraine's best interests. Rather, he wants to "get even" for the perceived slight of Ukraine not going along with his demands in 2019. |
| pmsm... | If Russia is allowed to steal territory from other sovereign nations what’s keeping them from doing so again? |
| paul... | IS needs to support Ukraine and oppose Russian aggression towards Europe. |
| trag... | While I would like to see an end to this war I don’t trust Russia to restrict the territories it seizes. If they keep some territories I doubt that they will stop there, but will continue to take additional territories. I also think there is an issue of fairness ( not always a popular concept) in that Russia invaded Ukraine, unprovoked, so they need to back off and let Ukraine return to a level of pre invasion “ normalcy” |
| guin... | Rewarding Russia's invasion by gifting land and denying Ukraine the ability to apply to NATO are concessions to starting a war. |
| stev... | This should not be for negotiation. Europe is next - time to stand strong against this invasion. |
| cica... | Rubio and Trump are the new Neville Chamberlain, only worse. Trump is clearly corrupt and benefiting personally in some tangible if yet undisclosed way. He’s getting something from Putin ( or more accurately the Russian people). Rubio only cares about his position. He’s a hack. They’re both Traitors |
| scot... | Ukraine was invaded by Putin. Ukraine needs to have all their land back. Putin needs to be in jail for war crimes. Also, Ukraine needs to be in NATO. |
| lalo... | Letting them keep some of the territory they have invaded would only encourage them to continue this type of take over again in the future. |
| mads... | Reagan spending and raising our national debt to breakup the USSR and free Eastern Europe must not be squandered making concessions to Putin who is trying to rebuild the Soviet Union. |
| jmic... | If Russia is allowed to retain some of Ukraine, they not only win, but they also will attack again once they reload. |
| fmge... | We would be rewarding aggression. What happens when Russia invades the Baltic countries? |
| davi... | Stop the War. |
| dweb... | It’s not fair Ukraine is not at the table. The trump administration has shifted from helping Ukraine to helping Russia giving them things without ukraines involvement. But this is not surprising given that trump seems to do everything wrong and nobody has the balls to tell him what he is doing is wrong. Our government officials have no backbone. |
| lill... | Putin is terrorist |
| scot... | Putin should not gain from his actions |
| jame... | Why reward a dictator who has caused a war killing millions ? |
| robi... | Russia is a terrorist country! |
| obri... | Trump is destroying our relationship with Europe and kissing Putin |
| patr... | But Ukraine must be at the table - not on the table. And Trump’s blatant lies that Ukraine started the war - when Russia was clearly the aggressor - must be called out!! |
| cmck... | Trump needs to go! Economy is horrible in Ohio don’t move here inflation is high ! Homeless everywhere! |
| jgas... | trump/putin alliance spells trouble every way possible...follow the money |
| aubr... | Russia is a big bully and will keep doing these land grabs. |
| kpnj... | We cannot trust Putin. A IS aligned with a dictator like Putin is bad. What does he have on Trump ? Something. Trump is being played |
| mark... | Russia tried to take what is not theirs. The Ukraine deserves their territory back and all the Russian assets held need to be liquidated to pay to rebuild Ukraine, plain and simple Russia is the bully that started this! |
| inak... | Its just insane that Ukraine is not included in those talks |
| mari... | Trump is being played by Putin at the expense of Ukraine and Europe. Being a citizen of The Netherlands residing in the US, I find this charade and embarrassment. I wonder how the US might feel had something similaer occurred with Mexico invading the US... would we accept Mexico and Canada meeting over a peace deal and not haivng included the US. WTF! |
| ps.c... | That would be appeasement. |
| mgre... | Fuck russiA |
| wate... | Wow. Who are these 64.5% who believe retaining "all land" is even possible, and how much money would they like to send and for how long would they like to send it, and from where will that money come? Morons! |
| happ... | Ukraine should get back all its land including Crimea and other provences seized in 2014. There was a Kiev before there was a Moscow. Russia is our longtime enemy and Ukraine has been weakening our enemy and deserves our support. We should not give in to a dictator who kills his political enemies. |
| jgp2... | Okay if mostly ethnic Russians |
| jwre... | Russia was the aggressor and started an unprovoked war. They were threaded with joining NATO with attack and were attacked anyway. WHY should they give up any of their county to Russia… and should we encourage Russias behavior by agreeing with them in the name of peace! Am I missing something?! |
| gena... | Russia attacked Ukraine. America helped fund the war. WE in solidarity with Ukraine not Russia should not concede land. It should return to prewar boundaries. |
| bery... | Americans must realize the Russia and Putin are NOT our allies. Their goal is to convince the rest of the world that democracy doesn't work. |
| jdd0... | That is really not a yes/no question. There are a lot of considerations to be taken into account. Certainly not all of the territory Russia has occupied. There are some areas that are predominately Russians. If there were truly free elections without intimidation that would be ideal. However, given Russia's history that scenario is highly unlikely. Ukraine's industrial and mineral rich areas cannot be ceded to Russia. And steps must be taken to ensure Ukraine's security and to dissuade Russia from attacking other neighbors. Russia is an untrustworthy rogue nation. |
| howd... | Russia needs to learn that it can't willy nilly into Ukraine |
| lora... | This war should end. Zelensky is a crook who stole $32 billion from the Ukraine people. He is also stealing money from the US which we have given Ukraine $200 billion. The East side of Ukraine is mostly Russians who were not allowed to use their language or had restrictions on their Russian Culture. Zelensky did all of this to provoke war to enrich himself. He is also the main character with Biden corruption. |
| over... | Obama gave up Crimea in 2014, there no going back on that.! |
| roci... | The thugs who started the war have no right to keep what they usurped. It is not fair. |
| ebr.... | Russia can’t go around sticking their flags in the ground claiming land that is not theirs. Russia invaded the sovereign country of Ukraine for no reason other than stealing their land and resources. Russia should go home and return all land to Ukraine. 🇺🇦 slava Ukraini |
| dani... | Appeasement didn’t work in the 30s and it shouldn’t be allowed today. |
| jeff... | given we have given up all negotiation positions ahead of talks, we only have a military solution threat and the current administration is afraid to pull that trigger. So Ukraine is probably going to be the loser here. |
| alan... | The US is causing more damage to Ukraine, They are also wanting to rape the country for its resources. |
| ahma... | How dare US even be trying to mend ways with the US America is going to hell We are a laughing joke But I guess one DIC TATOR TO ANOTHER DIC TATOR |
