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"Ukraine put in a position of strength" - Precht admits misconception

Book author and TV philosopher Richard David Precht admitted that he made misjudgments at the beginning of the Ukraine war.

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"Ukraine put in a position of strength" - Precht admits misconception

Book author and TV philosopher Richard David Precht admitted that he made misjudgments at the beginning of the Ukraine war. "Bringing Ukraine into a position of strength has been much more successful than almost all observers, including myself, dared to hope," said Precht on Monday evening at the "Rheinische Post" meeting in Düsseldorf.

"Back then, with a few exceptions, the military experts all made the same prognosis, saying that Ukraine would lose this war within days, weeks, maybe a month or two."

"We only now know how incredibly strong the Ukrainian army was from the start, before the arms deliveries came," Precht claimed. "In this respect, I naturally made the wrong assumption that it's not worth defending yourself if the war is lost in a week or two. One can see how one can deceive oneself.”

At the end of June, Precht was one of the signatories to an open letter calling for negotiations to end the Ukraine war as quickly as possible. In addition, the celebrities questioned whether arms deliveries from the West were the right way. They were sharply criticized for this by the then Ambassador of Ukraine in Germany, Andriy Melnyk.

The Ukrainian military meanwhile announced that it would not accept any compromises in the liberation of the country from Russian occupation. This was announced by Commander-in-Chief Valery Zalushny after a phone call with US Chief of Staff Mark Milley. "Our goal is to liberate the entire Ukrainian country from Russian occupation," Zalushnyi wrote on Telegram on Monday. You will not stop on this path. “The Ukrainian military will not accept any negotiations, agreements or compromise decisions. There is only one condition for negotiations: Russia must leave all occupied territories.”

Zalushny is credited with organizing the Ukrainian army's successful resistance to the Russian invasion. His words are directed against advice repeatedly expressed by Western supporters that Ukraine should not rule out a negotiated solution. In the face of military defeats, Russia is again emphasizing its alleged willingness to negotiate. However, despite losses of territory, Russian troops still occupy almost a fifth of the neighboring country a good eight months after the start of the war.

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