As Washington ramps up its pressure on Zelenskyy to step aside, his rivals are talking to Trump’s team.

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    Petro Poroshenko the former President of Ukraine, and Yulia Tymoshenko a former Prime Minister of Ukraine are Russian now?

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      Hey, if you take a realist position this war in the west, you are either a russian, a russian asset or a victim of russian propaganda. Any anti-war or Anti-Zelensky force in Ukraine is by these people’s definition most definitely a Russian asset.

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      Poroshenko who’s on record publicly speaking about his genocidal intent behind the bombing of ethnic Russians in Donbas, “may or may not” be working for Russia.

      Fucking libs I stg, every bit as racist as conservatives and hardly any brighter.

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      They’re working for them, yeah?

      Edit: I’m looking more deeply into them. I only had a rudimentary knowledge. They may or may not be working for them.

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        Wow excellent analysis, anything against US Interests is Russian. And you base this upon what exactly?

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          No, you’re right. They may or may not be working for them. Regardless, if they’re willing to go behind Zelenskyy’s back with the republicans in the US, they aren’t on Ukraine’s side and helping the Russians. They may not be doing it intentionally.

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            Perhaps, or perhaps they told Trump to fuck off. Or perhaps they don’t agree with Zelensky’s approach to ending the war and are trying to replace him, etc etc. I think it’s disingenuous and dangerous to assume that if someone doesn’t 100% agree with the current president of Ukraine that they are traitors.

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              Why would they meet in secret?

              Also, this:

              The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.

              The discussions centered on whether Ukraine could hold quick presidential elections. These are being delayed in line with the country’s constitution because Ukraine remains under martial law. Critics of holding elections say they could be chaotic and play into Russia’s hands, with so many potential voters serving on the front lines or living abroad as refugees.

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                American have been interfering in Ukrainian election to get their man installed for 20 years and more .

                They put poroshenko in place in the first place