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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he wants to end war with Russia through diplomacy next year (www.cbsnews.com)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through "diplomatic means" as both countries prepare for President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.

In an interview with the Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne, Zelenskyy said he is certain that the war will end "sooner" than it otherwise would have once Mr. Trump becomes president.

The prospect of Trump returning to power in the United States next year has raised questions about the future of the conflict, as the Republican has been critical of U.S. military aid to Kyiv.

Zelenskyy said that Ukraine "must do everything so that this war ends next year, ends through diplomatic means."

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (16 children)

What he likely means "ending the war by diplomatic means" is not talking or negotiating with Russia. No, that would be worst heresy imaginable. When he has previously talked about the use of diplomacy to find peace, what he really means is for Ukraine redouble it's efforts to beg for more money and weapons, but also get US and Europe to put more pressure on countries like China and India to ditch Putin and support Ukraine instead. Zelensky has talked along these lines before. Make his position seem reasonable to those who who want Ukraine to seek settlement, when it really isn't any different from "Zelensky's peace plan" that can be summed up in demand Russia's unconditional surrender as a precondition to any kind of dialogue.

I fear it's this kinda crazy talk that we are looking at. Zelensky or his inner circle just bring themselves to talk to the Russians, nor can they talk about things like giving up even places like Crimea. They just can't give an inch and we all know what happens to the reeds that don't bend with wind.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

None of my web browsers knows what to do with https://prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/vr/hls/3330898_hls/master.m3u8 nor does VLC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

yt-dlp converts it to a mp4 successfully for me.

yt-dlp https://prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/vr/hls/3330898_hls/master.m3u8

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Huh, thanks! Based on its name I assumed it was exclusively for YouTube.

$ yt-dlp https://prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/vr/hls/3330898_hls/master.m3u8
[generic] Extracting URL: https://prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/vr/hls/3330898_hls/master.m3u8
[generic] master: Downloading webpage
[generic] master: Downloading m3u8 information
[generic] master: Checking m3u8 live status
[info] master: Downloading 1 format(s): 2879+audio_aac-English
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 45
[download] Destination: master [master].f2879.mp4
[download] 100% of   87.22MiB in 00:00:18 at 4.66MiB/s
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 45
[download] Destination: master [master].faudio_aac-English.mp4
[download] 100% of    4.04MiB in 00:00:01 at 2.14MiB/s
[Merger] Merging formats into "master [master].mp4"
Deleting original file master [master].faudio_aac-English.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file master [master].f2879.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
$ vlc 'master [master].mp4'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's kinda wild.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md

It also works in places I wouldn't have expected it, like Twitch livestreams

yt-dlp https://www.twitch.tv/amazonmusic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

lol

$ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/refs/heads/master/supportedsites.md | grep -i porn | wc -l
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$

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I wonder how Zionist Biden would feel -if it all- once Russia annexes parts of Ukraine. Probably how he felt about Israel annexing Palestinian and Syrian lands. His underling Blinken even defended Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (11 children)

The best reason to end any war is to ask how everyone can just stop killing one another.

This is modern day civilization, not the barbarian hordes of Europe 1500 years ago.

We have a choice to act civilized or like our ignorant ancestors from thousands of years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Thousand years from now, the same statement will be made of us. We humans change little.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Very hopeful,

"We have to understand what the Russians want," Zelenskyy said.

That would mean peace instead of Ukraine becoming a new South Korea. Ukraine led peace negotiations can bring China in to outbid blackrock for the ruins in the country, and perhaps Chinese peacekeepers instead of nazi EU supporters. The Musk plan that was floated is a non-starter with Russia. EU trade deal finally happening is something Zelensky can try for, but Ukraine's purpose was always suicide to the last Ukrainian, and everything dangled as a carrot disappears when they let go of that course.

EU/US have to step up financial reconstruction offers instead of weaponized nazification to be relevant in the peace.

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