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[Optimistic News from Quora re Ukraine]

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Mats Andersson  ·  Follow Visited 24 European countries 4y Why won't Ukraine just surrender to Russia? You do realise that this question has been asked daily on Quora since February 24th, and that it's only gone more stupid and desperate each time? Ukraine doesn't surrender because they are winning . Russia is losing, and their situation gets worse daily. Both on the ground, and politically. At the beginning, some people were asking about “when things get back to normal". That's never going to happen. Putin has put Russia in a new and unpleasant future, and it's getting bleaker by the day. 653.9K views View 6,222 upvotes View 24 shares

Why Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Trump

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Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests. Credit... President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the European Union summit in Brussels last week. Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Maria Varenikova , The New York  Times Reporting   from Kyiv, Ukraine Oct. 20, 2026 Updated 4:39 p.m. ET Original article contains useful links Ukraine has been here before with President Trump. But this time, as the American leader plays down Russian violence and makes it harder for Kyiv to respond, Ukrainian leaders have taken a different tack. They have punched back. A senior Ukrainian official likened it to a last chance to sound an alarm as a tsunami approaches. Even before the latest blowup with Mr. Trump, things were looking difficult for Ukraine. Daily strikes were ravaging its energy infrastructure and economy. Ukrainian air defenses were depleted. A difficult winter was ...