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Re:Ask HN: Can't Ukraine lease/sell border land to EU tempor... by 323 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:03PM (#30480670)
For a simple sale/loan the land would remain Ukrainean.

Just like if an American buys a house in Russia, it won't mean now that USA can militarily defend it.

Every piece of land has actually two owners: the sovereign nation and the civilian/company "owning it" as understood in regular speech.

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Re:Ask HN: Can't Ukraine lease/sell border land to EU tempor... by templarchamp on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:08PM (#30480711)
You are confusing an individual from a sovereign state. If a state buys it, it belongs to the state where the constitution protections are enforced.
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Re:Ask HN: Can't Ukraine lease/sell border land to EU tempor... by templarchamp on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:11PM (#30480744)
Yeah, 2 owners like Guantanamo? Ukraine can relinquish control for a known time, even a year. Russia would dare not start war by crossing another country. If there is no will to defend, there is no solution.
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