{"id":3289,"date":"2025-12-11T19:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3289"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:48:30","slug":"loss-of-seversk-leaves-kiev-in-very-bad-bargaining-position-dutch-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/loss-of-seversk-leaves-kiev-in-very-bad-bargaining-position-dutch-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of Seversk leaves Kiev in \u2018very bad bargaining position\u2019 \u2013 Dutch journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vladimir Zelensky has for the first time mentioned elections and territorial concessions, according to Sonja van den Ende<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s loss of the stronghold of Seversk in Russia\u2019s Donetsk People\u2019s Republic is a big blow to Kiev\u2019s <em>\u201cbargaining position\u201d<\/em> in future peace talks, Dutch independent journalist Sonja van den Ende told RT on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces pushed the last of Ukraine\u2019s forces out of Seversk, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported earlier in the day. Liberating the city has opened up the path to a Russian advance toward the key regional cities of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.<\/p>\n<p>Kiev has reportedly submitted its latest proposal to the US in talks focused on President Donald Trump\u2019s 28-point peace plan, but Zelensky\u2019s stance on key demands has since softened, according to the journalist.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat came out today is that he\u2019s prepared to give away some land. And this was never before said,\u201d<\/em> according to van den Ende.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a very bad bargaining position for Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/629329-russia-liberates-seversk-donbass\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Russian forces liberate key Donbass city \u2013 MOD (VIDEO)<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian leader reportedly said he could hold elections or a referendum to leave potential territorial questions up to the Ukrainian people. This followed mounting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/629293-trimp-zelensky-be-realistic\/\">pressure<\/a> from Trump for Zelensky to hold elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to van der Ende, the Ukrainian leader is now <em>\u201csaying that he wants maybe in six to nine months, he wants new elections.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is also unique because we know that&#8230; he never spoke of that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s five-year presidential term expired last May after he canceled elections, citing martial law. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, this makes Zelensky\u2019s leadership illegitimate and compromises any potential peace deal signed with him.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo the position of Russia will be very strong when there will be a peace negotiation, a peace treaty in the future,\u201d<\/em> van der Ende concluded.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Zelensky has for the first time mentioned elections and territorial concessions, according to Sonja van den Ende Ukraine\u2019s loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3290,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions\/3290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}