Two Estonians go fishing. They catch a goldfish that speaks Russian and offers them wishes in exchanges for freedom. Promptly, one of the Estonians bashes the fish’s head with a rock, the other is standing agape at him. He explains, anything speaking Russian can not be trusted.
So as this comes from Russia, the opposite is likely true. Either there were no secret efforts for a cease-fire, or the Ukrainian offensive has actually enabled efforts for a cease-fire. And what the hell is a ‘*partial* cease-fire’?
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky saw this breakdown happening a century ago.
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Two Estonians go fishing. They catch a goldfish that speaks Russian and offers them wishes in exchanges for freedom. Promptly, one of the Estonians bashes the fish’s head with a rock, the other is standing agape at him. He explains, anything speaking Russian can not be trusted.
So as this comes from Russia, the opposite is likely true. Either there were no secret efforts for a cease-fire, or the Ukrainian offensive has actually enabled efforts for a cease-fire.
And what the hell is a ‘*partial* cease-fire’?
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky saw this breakdown happening a century ago.