Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force if Kyiv doesn’t want peace

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/28/putin-russia-will-achieve-ukraine-aims-by-force-if-kyiv-doesnt-want-peace.html

44 Comments

  1. Wow, absolutely shocking. Putin claims he is going to take by force something they haven’t been able to take by force that they wanted from the beginning. All while saying Ukraine doesn’t want peace, unreal.

  2. Easy when you change the goals of the war constantly. As far as I’m concerned, Russia had one chance to achieve its goals and that was back in February of 2022.. we’re coming up on January of 2026 now, so let’s not pretend like Russia has achieved anything other than changing the map a little bit.

  3. bestmindgeneration on

    “And if we reach a peace deal, we’ll get everything else by force in a few years.”

  4. Wasn’t Putin’s original justification for invading Ukraine about Nazis? Doesn’t seem to be any Nazis in power there, I guess Russia’s aims are met and they can go home now?

  5. Kind-Objective9513 on

    Really, since Russia is the aggressor and invader here, it’s pretty obvious they could just leave Ukraine and there would be peace.

  6. Yeah right, Putin home invade Ukraine and commit war crimes galore and he expect Ukraine to fold?

    Dream on. Ukraine is ramping up its domestic weapons production and Russian people will soon feel the full wrath of what Ukrainians have been suffering all this time.

  7. Putin says Russia will keep using war and violence to force Ukraine, and others, to stay in violent war instead of the peace it already had…

    FTFY.

  8. Yeah the “by force” method really hasn’t been working for them. So I guess he is now trying to use threat of force since the force itself was insufficient

  9. Green_Zone_9090 on

    Time to put out the Russian fire/invasion. The entire world (yes, even PRC and N. Korea) should be appalled by Putin’s actions and cruelty. India doesn’t need their oil, even at a bargain price. Maybe time to break Russia into separate encampments, as they were a thousand years ago.

  10. philip_laureano on

    This is like saying, “We’ve already taken 20% of the country [in 4 years]. Submit or we’ll take the rest of the country by force [in 16 years].” 😅

  11. Haunting_Pop_749 on

    “is Herr Putler on crack again? who’s in charge delivering his medicine last night? report to 3rd floor commissar now!”

    -Col. Ivanov Ivanovich Ivanovsky-

  12. DirtyHippyfucker on

    If you don’t stop deflecting my series of drunken punches I swear I’ll start punching you!

  13. Zealousideal-Arm1682 on

    Honest question:What exactly is gonna happen to Russia once this is over?

    From my understanding their economy is shattered,their oil is drying up fast due to the attacks,their population is being torn apart especially the younger generation,and globally they’re considered weak and pitiful.

    Is like……Russia just fucked afterwards?

  14. I know it’s easy to go down a rabbit hole on the internet but Russia is not doing well in its war, and it’s economy is close to collapsing.

  15. Leather-Map-8138 on

    Europe has said not one inch of Europe may be acquired by force. They will contain and deplete Russia. The hundreds of billions in frozen Russian assets can be used for reparations or defensive weapons. Either way, that money’s gone. They can go be India’s gas station.

  16. Ukraine needs those tomahawk missiles that can reach Moscow that’ll get Putin to end this war quickly

  17. DanglyDinosaurBits on

    It’s weird that the aggressor continues to claim that the victim doesn’t want peace.

  18. lifeisahighway2023 on

    Putin huffs, and he puffs and then he goes to bed and repeats next day. Almost 4 yrs into the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in the 3 day/3week/3 month action and here we are, he is still huffing and puffing, and going broke in the process.

  19. Vegetable-War-4199 on

    Putin is getting more desperate, Ukraine has caused so much damage to Russia, he does not have a clue what to do now except empty threats. Any other person in the White House would be backing Ukraine to the hilt

  20. “If you don’t want peace on our terms then we are going to keep killing you.”

    That’s how you know any terms agreed upon, even if the favour Russia *heavily* will not result in peace. They wont stop until they get what they want, and what they want comes with 0 room for compromise.

    And if *you* can’t see that by now, I don’t really know how else to communicate it.

    Russia must be forced into a position of capitulation. Whether it is a change in regime, or some form of collapse or uprising – doesnt really matter. The country is violent and unreliable as it stands anyways. Ukraine is willing to do a lot of the heavy lifting, they just some support.

    Russia started this. They want it to end on their terms.