{"id":319098,"date":"2025-11-27T07:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319098"},"modified":"2025-11-29T06:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:33:56","slug":"former-zelensky-spox-ukraine-must-sign-peace-deal-to-avoid-even-greater-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319098","title":{"rendered":"Former Zelensky Spox: Ukraine Must Sign Peace Deal To Avoid Even Greater Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MD Kittle \u2013 The Federalist Nov 24, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Things are very bad in Ukraine right now. The former spokeswoman for Ukraine\u2019s clearly overmatched comedian leader says things could get a lot worse if Ukraine\u2019s government walks away from peace this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery subsequent deal for Ukraine will only be worse \u2014 because we are losing. We are losing people, territory, and the economy,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IuliiaMendel\"> Iuliia Mendel<\/a>, press secretary for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from 2019 to 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IuliiaMendel\/status\/1992359920587456588\">wrote<\/a> in an X post this weekend as negotiators went back and forth in marathon peace talks.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Zelensky\u2019s former press secretary says Ukraine needs to sign a peace deal and end the war now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery subsequent deal for Ukraine will only be worse \u2014 because we are losing,\u201d she says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oBX8cDv6cm\">https:\/\/t.co\/oBX8cDv6cm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1992731740952260686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018Meaningful Progress\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rubio-claims-tremendous-amount-progress-ukraine-peace-talks-following-geneva-meeting\">told<\/a> multiple news outlets that he was pleased with the \u201ctremendous amount of progress\u201d toward finalizing a U.S.-brokered peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but more needed to be done to get there.<\/p>\n<p>As the Trump-hating BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3zwy808dpo\">reported,<\/a> Ukraine and its <em>friends<\/em> in Europe weren\u2019t happy with previously leaked proposals, \u201cseen as favouring Russia and welcomed by [Russian President] Vladimir Putin as \u2018the basis\u2019 for settlement.\u201d Zelensky earlier<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy5g4r9l4dlo\"> said<\/a> his bomb-battered country and his fellow citizens \u201cmight face a very difficult choice: either losing dignity, or risk losing a key partner\u201d \u2014 President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/11\/23\/ukraine-peace-plan-russian-wish-list\/\">reported<\/a> the leaked draft would force Ukraine to reduce its army and turn over land that Russia has not taken. That proposal also would prohibit NATO troops. U.S. officials said the draft has been updated, with Zelensky sounding more confident that \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s team is hearing us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, the White House issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/11\/joint-statement-on-united-states-ukraine-meeting\/\">statement<\/a> describing the talks as \u201cconstructive, focused, and respectful, underscoring the shared commitment to achieving a just and lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discussions showed meaningful progress toward aligning positions and identifying clear next steps. They reaffirmed that any future agreement must fully uphold Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and deliver a sustainable and just peace,\u201d the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/11\/joint-statement-on-united-states-ukraine-meeting\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cAs a result of the discussions, the parties drafted an updated and refined peace framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018You\u2019re Playing Cards\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>But some nine months after Trump and Vice President JD Vance had their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/28\/in-oval-office-temper-tantrum-zelensky-blows-up-peace-talks\/\">come-to-Jesus meeting<\/a> with an arrogant Zelensky, Ukraine still holds very few cards. As Trump told Ukraine\u2019s president at the time, \u201cYou\u2019re not in a good position. You don\u2019t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky responded, \u201cI\u2019m not playing cards. I\u2019m very serious, Mr. President. I\u2019m very serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re playing cards. You\u2019re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You\u2019re gambling with World War III,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-trump-and-zelenskyy-said-during-their-heated-argument-in-the-oval-office\">told<\/a> Zelensky pointedly. \u201cAnd what you\u2019re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that\u2019s backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lack of gratitude from Ukraine\u2019s leaders clouded negotiations for a time over the weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Just in: Marco Rubio hails &quot;tremendous amount of progress&quot; in the Geneva talks with Ukraine and says &quot;there are a couple of issues we need to work on.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;None of them are insurmountable,&quot; he says. &quot;We just need more time than we had today. I honestly believe we&#39;ll get there.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yYtSm6Bms\">pic.twitter.com\/9yYtSm6Bms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jorge Liboreiro (@JorgeLiboreiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JorgeLiboreiro\/status\/1992683314298200118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018My Country is Bleeding Out\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mendel said the European countries that have pushed Ukraine to continue the nearly four-year war have helped keep Russia\u2019s economy running over the period. She said the European Union has pumped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchange-rates.org\/converter\/gbp-usd\/311000000\">more than $400 billion<\/a> into Russia\u2019s coffers in energy and goods since the war began in February 2022. The EU, the journalist and author said, \u201chas no real strategy, no way to stop fueling Russian budget or support Ukraine enough to win, no direct dialogue with Moscow, and no meaningful leverage over either the Kremlin or Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the siren song from neocons and other warmongers has been \u201cRussia has gained so little land.\u201d Mendel said those arguments \u201csound almost childish when you consider the human cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lost more people in three years than some European nations have as the whole population,\u201d the former Ukraine press secretary said.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the leftist Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2025\/jun\/22\/one-million-and-counting-russian-casualties-hit-milestone-in-ukraine-war\">reported<\/a> Ukraine had suffered as many as 100,000 military personnel killed and some 400,000 casualties. Russia, according to the publication, had recorded more than a million troops killed or injured since the opening of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/ukraine.ohchr.org\/en\/Number-of-civilians-killed-and-injured-in-Ukraine-reaches-three-year-monthly-high-in-July-2025-UN-human-rights-monitors-say\">report<\/a> in August showed nearly 14,000 Ukrainian civilians, including 726 children, have been killed in the war. Many thousands more injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy country is bleeding out,\u201d Mendel wrote. \u201cMany who reflexively oppose every peace proposal believe they are defending Ukraine. With all respect, that is the clearest proof they have no idea what is actually happening on the front lines and inside the country right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018War is Not a Hollywood Movie\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It appears French, German, and other European officials are doing what they can to screw up the fragile negotiations. The Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/11\/23\/ukraine-peace-plan-russian-wish-list\/\">reported<\/a> that a European delegation is working on a counterproposal, which would begin territorial negotiations at the front line \u2014 not beyond it \u2014 and give Ukraine \u201crobust, legally binding security guarantees, including from the U.S.\u201d That plan is not likely to satisfy the Russian government, responsible for sending hundreds of thousands of young Russian men and women to early graves.<\/p>\n<p>To perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/04\/ukraine-is-neocons-last-gasp\/\">the U.S. neocons and their good friends<\/a> in the military-industrial complex that stand to lose a lot of money if the Russia-Ukraine war ends, Mendel reminded that \u201cWar is not a Hollywood movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never abandon the values that God and democracy both place at the very foundation of human existence: human life is the highest good, and people \u2014 living, breathing people \u2014 are the ones who must be saved,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/24\/former-zelensky-spox-ukraine-must-sign-peace-deal-to-avoid-even-greater-losses\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are losing. We are losing people, territory, and the economy,\u201d Iuliia Mendel, press secretary for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from 2019 to 2021, wrote in an X post recently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319100,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319098\/revisions\/319100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}