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Like the 2014 ceasefire? All it does is give Russia the opportunity to retrench and dig in. When the Ukrainians ask for a ceasefire, then I'll support one.
Like every ceasefire.
I suppose right now Ukraine just wants some better guarantees while it has a strong negotiating position.
So that it takes some effort from Putin to even be heard.
Or maybe what Zelensky says is what he means, you can't negotiate with a pathological liar (just like a few of Ukraine's allies, though) who doesn't know how to lose with dignity. Be it a person or a whole elite of some country, like Russia. I mean, emotionally I've met some and I'd agree. Just don't know what it is rationally.
Probably the reason Ukraine doesn't want a ceasefire...