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The head of Russian state TV network RT and one of Vladimir Putin’s top propagandists has suggested Moscow should freeze the war in the face of state-of-the-art Western weaponry that Ukraine now holds.
Margarita Simonyan, who has regularly called for all-out war on Ukraine, argued on prime-time television in favour of a negotiated solution and a halt to hostilities while referenda are organised in Russian-occupied territory.
She presented her U-turn as a best-case scenario now that Ukraine has access to Nato-supplied weapons now being used on Russia soil and in the counteroffensive.
“I’ve been talking about this for the whole year. It would be so good to stop the bloodshed right now, stay where we are, freeze it and hold referenda,” she said on Vladimir Solovyev’s prime-time talk show on Rossiya 1.
“Do we need territories where people don’t want to live with us? I’m not sure.”
Of course this option is not available to Russia. The only way this war can end is for Russia to withdraw completely from Ukraine, and even then, Russia will remain a pariah state with a shrinking economy for the foreseeable fruture
Margarita Simonyan, who has regularly called for all-out war on Ukraine, argued on prime-time television in favour of a negotiated solution and a halt to hostilities while referenda are organised in Russian-occupied territory.
She presented her U-turn as a best-case scenario now that Ukraine has access to Nato-supplied weapons now being used on Russia soil and in the counteroffensive.
“I’ve been talking about this for the whole year. It would be so good to stop the bloodshed right now, stay where we are, freeze it and hold referenda,” she said on Vladimir Solovyev’s prime-time talk show on Rossiya 1.
“Do we need territories where people don’t want to live with us? I’m not sure.”
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Of course this option is not available to Russia. The only way this war can end is for Russia to withdraw completely from Ukraine, and even then, Russia will remain a pariah state with a shrinking economy for the foreseeable fruture