Re:Russia Will Recognize 2 Separatist Regions in Ukraine, Kr...
by artem247 on Monday February 21, 2022 @04:02PM
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It is a bit more complicated, because on paper Russia until today recognized separatist-controlled territory as a part of Ukraine. The problem is that DNR/LNR state that their borders are the same as Donetsk/Luhansk oblast, which is a much bigger region.
Second, Russia involvement with 'republics' was mainly with keeping status quo since spring of 2015, that changed in 2021, and what they are going to do now, nobody knows.
Re:Russia Will Recognize 2 Separatist Regions in Ukraine, Kr...
by AnimalMuppet on Monday February 21, 2022 @04:22PM
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So is Russia recognizing them, or is it also recognizing their claim?
That is, the US recognizes China, but does not recognize their claim of the Nine-Dash Line. You can do one but not the other.
Someone steals a chunk of Ukraine territory. Six years later, someone else admits that it happened, and that's aggression? The aggression was taking it in the first place!
(Yes, the one who took it in the first place is the same one who "recognized" the taking six years later...)
The only way this is aggression is if Russia uses it (or Ukraine's or the west's response to it) as a pretext to take more territory.