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Re:Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for hi... by bloppe on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:47PM (#34864993)
The last time they tried to "compromise" was called the Minsk accords, and Putin quickly taught the Ukrainians an important lesson about trusting anything he says. Compromise is simply not an option. Unfortunately, the only options are victory or defeat. The vast majority of Ukrainians are very clear eyed about this.
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Re:Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for hi... by ihatepython on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:27AM (#34866219)
Merkel has stated that the West had no intention of honoring the Minsk agreement. The purpose was to buy time for Ukraine to build up its army. The West negotiated in bad faith.
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Re:Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for hi... by bsjaux628 on Monday February 20, 2023 @04:09AM (#34866421)
Who is invading who again?

If the west knew that Russia wouldn't honor any agreement and prepared for their inevitable attack I don't how is that 'in bad faith', they were right after all

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Re:Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for hi... by ihatepython on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @01:02AM (#34892194)
I would say that technically the US invaded Ukraine by installing a subservient government after the ousting of Yanukovich. This is why Hunter Biden's laptop was buried as much as possible, it would reveal the connections and the financial interests. If Putin truly wanted to conquer Ukraine, he would have taken out the electricity and water supply, things of that nature.

This is not Ukraine vs Russia, this is the US/NATO vs Russia

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Re:Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for hi... by _kbh_ on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @07:44AM (#34894664)
> If Putin truly wanted to conquer Ukraine, he would have taken out the electricity and water supply, things of that nature.

This is exactly what Putin is doing.

> This is not Ukraine vs Russia, this is the US/NATO vs Russia

If this was _actually_ US/NATO vs Russia the war would be over in a matter of months.

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