War is not funny. In truth — and as first stated by American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman — war is hell.

Diplomacy, on the other hand, can sometimes be friggin’ hilarious. And that is especially true when the words issue forth from the Moscow Kremlin.

While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his U.S. and European allies work frantically to finalize a peace proposal that has even a prayer of being accepted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman and all-around good sport Dmitry Peskov — though admitting that Moscow has not yet seen the latest proposal from the West — nevertheless said yesterday that Zelensky’s call for a Christmas truce was not satisfactory. In his words, what Russia wants is not a cease-fire, but a final overall peace deal to stop the war. This is what he said . . . and apparently what he expects the rest of the world to believe:

“We want peace. We don’t want a truce to give Ukraine breathing space and prepare for a continuation of the war. We want to stop this war, achieve our goals, secure our interests, and guarantee peace in Europe for the future. That’s what we want.”
[RFE/RL, December 16, 2025.]

Oh, Dima! You slay me . . . you really do. Seriously: who needs stand-up comics like Yakov Smirnoff when we have you?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
12/17/25