The Torygraph has been pushing a great deal of "PUTIN STRONK, UKRAINE MUST SURRENDER" shite lately. While I would trust the Torygraph about as far as I could throw it, it did arouse my curiousity as to the general mood of Ukraine towards the current round of negotiations.

While I imagine war exhaustion is high - and I've certainly read no shortage of accounts of the suffering of the Ukrainian people and their thoughts on the misery and pointless death the Russian invasion has brought about - does anyone have insight as to the general mood of the civilian population in Ukraine at the moment?

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[–] Mika@piefed.ca 42 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's the public mood? It's a big country and everyone is affected differently. Those who joined army in '22 are drained because there is no end date to their service. Those who found themselves a job that has protection from mobilisation can live more or less normal live, except for sleepless nights due to shahed bombings. Those who are falling into mobilisation group are highly nervous and generally try to avoid going out of home unless needed.

Exhaustion is high, but what's an alternative? I don't see the will to accept surrender. And it's not like trump's direct negotiations lead to anything, the idiot don't understand shit about fuck. He thought russia is talking about territory exchange, but they demand unilateral withdrawal. He thought russia wants direct negotiations president-to-president, but it's not on a table - they suggested to continue Istanbul's talks, where russia offers capitulation, and the level of their delegation is laughable - you can't discuss shit with them because they literally are nobody and have no right to discuss serious subjects.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago

What’s the public mood? It’s a big country and everyone is affected differently. Those who joined army in '22 are drained because there is no end date to their service. Those who found themselves a job that has protection from mobilisation can live more or less normal live, except for sleepless nights due to shahed bombings. Those who are falling into mobilisation group are highly nervous and generally try to avoid going out of home unless needed.

Exhaustion is high, but what’s an alternative? I don’t see the will to accept surrender.

Understandable. Thank you for your insight into the matter.

All my hopes are for an eventual Ukrainian victory leading to a lasting and just peace.