Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced. "Today marks a crucial step on your path towards the EU," Mr Michel said, describing the European Council's decision as a "historic moment". Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion in February, and the process moved at a record speed... Candidate status is the first official step towards EU membership. But it can take many years to join and there's no guarantee of success...
Not sure how meaningful this is; seems likely that it's more symbolic than anything. Turkey has been a candidate since 1999 and accession negotiations have dragged on for years.
Ukraine war: 80% of troops killed or injured in elite military unit, says commander - and its future is unclear
A commander of an elite unit of Ukrainian marines has told Sky News the majority of his best trained troops have been injured or killed... "My unit was 100% made up of professional soldiers who have a lot of experience. Now, 80% are incapacitated from serious injuries or death," he says. In comments which will alarm those backing Ukraine in its four-month long war with Russia, he says he does not know how long his unit can sustain such losses...
Russia to send Belarus nuclear-capable missiles within months
Russia will supply Belarus with missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads after the president complained about nuclear-armed NATO flights coming close to the Belarusian border. President Vladimir Putin made the announcement on Saturday as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow...
Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk now 'completely under Russian occupation' after months of fighting
he eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is "completely under Russian occupation," the city's head of military administration said Saturday, following months of grueling and bloody fighting. "The [Russians] appointed a commandant. But the city is so destroyed that it will be difficult for people to cope with this situation," said military administration chief Oleksandr Striuk. Regional military officials said Friday that the last troops in Severodonetsk had been ordered to leave, as it was impossible to keep defending their positions...
Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east
Russian forces were seeking to swallow up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, pressing their momentum after taking full control Saturday of the charred ruins of Sievierodonetsk and the chemical plant where hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians had been holed up. Russia also launched dozens of missiles on several areas across the country far from the heart of the eastern battles. Some of the missiles were fired from Russian long-range Tu-22 bombers deployed from Belarus for the first time, Ukraine’s air command said...
Biden arrives in Europe to keep allies united against Russia as a grinding war in Ukraine takes its toll
President Joe Biden arrived in Europe Saturday for a week of summits, where the grinding war in Ukraine -- entering its fifth month and fading from Americans' attention -- will be thrust back to the forefront... Yet big questions loom over the talks in Germany and Spain, most importantly whether the united western response to the conflict can be sustained -- particularly as leaders face the threat of a global recession and growing anger at home over rising prices for gas, food and other goods...
Biden pushes back against criticism of Scholz leadership, praises chancellor
U.S. President Joe Biden thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his leadership on the Ukraine crisis when they met at a Bavarian Alpine retreat on Sunday ahead of a summit of the Group of Seven rich democracies that aims to send a message of unity. Critics, including Kyiv and its western allies have accused Germany of dragging its feet in its support for Ukraine, a charge Scholz has denied...
Boris Johnson says he fears Ukraine will be coerced to make a 'bad peace'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that he feared Ukraine could face pressure to agree a peace deal with Russia that was not in its interests, due to the economic consequences of the war in Europe. "Too many countries are saying this is a European war that is unnecessary ... and so the pressure will grow to encourage - coerce, maybe - the Ukrainians to a bad peace," he told broadcasters in the Rwandan capital Kigali, where he is attending a Commonwealth summit...
Ukraine war: 80% of troops killed or injured in elite military unit, says commander - and its future is unclear
A commander of an elite unit of Ukrainian marines has told Sky News the majority of his best trained troops have been injured or killed... "My unit was 100% made up of professional soldiers who have a lot of experience. Now, 80% are incapacitated from serious injuries or death," he says. In comments which will alarm those backing Ukraine in its four-month long war with Russia, he says he does not know how long his unit can sustain such losses...
Russia to send Belarus nuclear-capable missiles within months
Russia will supply Belarus with missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads after the president complained about nuclear-armed NATO flights coming close to the Belarusian border. President Vladimir Putin made the announcement on Saturday as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow...
Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk now 'completely under Russian occupation' after months of fighting
he eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is "completely under Russian occupation," the city's head of military administration said Saturday, following months of grueling and bloody fighting. "The [Russians] appointed a commandant. But the city is so destroyed that it will be difficult for people to cope with this situation," said military administration chief Oleksandr Striuk. Regional military officials said Friday that the last troops in Severodonetsk had been ordered to leave, as it was impossible to keep defending their positions...
Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east
Russian forces were seeking to swallow up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, pressing their momentum after taking full control Saturday of the charred ruins of Sievierodonetsk and the chemical plant where hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians had been holed up. Russia also launched dozens of missiles on several areas across the country far from the heart of the eastern battles. Some of the missiles were fired from Russian long-range Tu-22 bombers deployed from Belarus for the first time, Ukraine’s air command said...
Biden arrives in Europe to keep allies united against Russia as a grinding war in Ukraine takes its toll
President Joe Biden arrived in Europe Saturday for a week of summits, where the grinding war in Ukraine -- entering its fifth month and fading from Americans' attention -- will be thrust back to the forefront... Yet big questions loom over the talks in Germany and Spain, most importantly whether the united western response to the conflict can be sustained -- particularly as leaders face the threat of a global recession and growing anger at home over rising prices for gas, food and other goods...
Biden pushes back against criticism of Scholz leadership, praises chancellor
U.S. President Joe Biden thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his leadership on the Ukraine crisis when they met at a Bavarian Alpine retreat on Sunday ahead of a summit of the Group of Seven rich democracies that aims to send a message of unity. Critics, including Kyiv and its western allies have accused Germany of dragging its feet in its support for Ukraine, a charge Scholz has denied...
Boris Johnson says he fears Ukraine will be coerced to make a 'bad peace'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that he feared Ukraine could face pressure to agree a peace deal with Russia that was not in its interests, due to the economic consequences of the war in Europe. "Too many countries are saying this is a European war that is unnecessary ... and so the pressure will grow to encourage - coerce, maybe - the Ukrainians to a bad peace," he told broadcasters in the Rwandan capital Kigali, where he is attending a Commonwealth summit...
Russia will soon exhaust its combat capabilities, Western assessments predict
The Russian military will soon exhaust its combat capabilities and be forced to bring its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region to a grinding halt, according to Western intelligence predictions and military experts. “There will come a time when the tiny advances Russia is making become unsustainable in light of the costs and they will need a significant pause to regenerate capability,” said a senior Western official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue...
Ukraine’s ammunition becomes defining issue in battle for Donbas
For Ukraine’s military the question of ammunition for its artillery has been something of a catch-22. In the battle for Donbas in the east – which has become largely an artillery duel between Russian and Ukrainian forces – Kyiv has been heavily reliant until recently on Soviet-era ammunition for the artillery that makes up a large part of its arsenal. Now that ammunition is running desperately short, Ukraine is appealing to its allies to replace its artillery with systems that use Nato ammunition, weapons that are arriving slowly in comparison with Ukraine’s needs...
The war in Ukraine is a multi-dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future. When a war is successful, little attention is paid to its causes, but when the outcome is disastrous, understanding how it happened becomes paramount. People want to know: how did we get into this terrible situation? I have witnessed this phenomenon twice in my lifetime—first with the Vietnam war and second with the Iraq war. In both cases, Americans wanted to know how their country could have miscalculated so badly. Given that the United States and its NATO allies played a crucial role in the events that led to the Ukraine war—and are now playing a central role in the conduct of that war—it is appropriate to evaluate the West’s responsibility for this calamity...
The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia would halt its offensive as soon as Ukraine surrenders, urging Kyiv to order its troops to lay down their arms. “The Ukrainian side can stop everything before the end of today,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “An order for the nationalist units to lay down their arms is necessary,” he said, adding Kyiv had to fulfil a list of Moscow’s demands...
Ukraine’s War of Attrition Exacts Heavy Toll on Both Sides
Ukraine has made the invading forces pay dearly for every patch of land they seize, Ukrainian and Western officials say. By holding out, the Ukrainians are winning time for their military to rush more modern and powerful weapons, supplied by the U.S. and its allies, to the front lines. But this strategy comes at a cost for the Ukrainians, who have incurred heavy casualties defending, and ultimately losing, one grueling fight after another. As soldiers hold on by sheer will, questions are emerging as to which side will be exhausted first...
U.S. to boost land, sea and air power in Europe in response to invasion of Ukraine
President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to boost American military operations in Europe as he seeks to project a picture of strength and unity among NATO members while they grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Speaking on the first full day of the alliance's summit, Biden said the U.S. will deploy additional troops to Romania on a rotating basis, and enhance other rotational deployments in the Baltic states. He said the United States would maintain a permanent headquarters for the U.S. 5th Army Corps in Poland, a move that was originally planned by the Trump administration...
NATO representative: We still see Ukraine as Alliance member in future
NATO and all Allies are now focusing on providing practical assistance to Ukraine in its self-defense against the Russian invasion, but once Ukraine wins this fight, NATO will be ready to return to the issue of its membership in the Alliance. "The decision taken by the Allies in 2008 is in effect. We still see Ukraine as a NATO member in the future, and it depends on Ukraine when and how this will happen. It is clear that the main focus now is on achievements on the battlefield to liberate Ukraine from Russian invaders. When Ukraine is ready, we will return to this issue. The main thing is to win this war," an official representative of the Alliance told Ukrinform on the sidelines of the Madrid Summit...
G7 leaders urged China on Tuesday to use its influence with Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine and drop "expansive maritime claims" in the South China Sea, in unprecedentedly tough criticism of Beijing's policies and human rights record. They called on China to press Russia to pull forces out of Ukraine immediately and unconditionally, citing a ruling by the International Court of Justice that Moscow suspend its military operation, and related U.N. General Assembly resolutions...
Why would China do that when this conflict is keeping our focus on Russia and we're directing more resources to Europe?
And saving the best for last:
Johnson says if Putin were a woman he would not have invaded
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson has claimed. The UK prime minister said the "crazy, macho" invasion was a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and he called for "more women in positions of power". But Downing Street said there was "not a deliberate policy" to publicly belittle Mr Putin...
When the secretaries of Defense and State said publicly the U.S. wants Ukraine to win and weaken Russia, Biden said tone it down
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken had taken off on separate flights from southeastern Poland after their risky, high-stakes visit to Kyiv when they were conferenced into a phone call from President Joe Biden.
During their whirlwind April trip, Austin appeared to expand the U.S. goals in Ukraine, saying publicly that the administration wanted the Ukrainians to win the war against Russia, not just defend themselves, and that the U.S. hoped to weaken Russia to the extent that it could not launch another unprovoked invasion. Blinken had publicly aligned himself with the remarks. Now Biden wanted to discuss the mounting headlines that resulted.
Biden thought the secretaries had gone too far, according to multiple administration officials familiar with the call. On the previously unreported conference call, as Austin flew to Germany and Blinken to Washington, the president expressed concern that the comments could set unrealistic expectations and increase the risk of the U.S. getting into a direct conflict with Russia. He told them to tone it down, said the officials...
Biden officials privately doubt that Ukraine can win back all of its territory
White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.
Advisers to President Joe Biden have begun debating internally how and whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should shift his definition of a Ukrainian "victory" -- adjusting for the possibility that his country has shrunk irreversibly.
US officials emphasized to CNN that this more pessimistic assessment does not mean the US plans to pressure Ukraine into making any formal territorial concessions to Russia in order to end the war. There is also hope that Ukrainian forces will be able to take back significant chunks of territory in a likely counteroffensive later this year...
The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) continue to face disadvantages in seeking to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity against Russian military forces. On the one hand, since Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the UAF has successfully defended against, and in some areas pushed back, Russian forces. On the other hand, this resistance has come with losses in personnel and equipment, and the overall outlook for the war remains uncertain. The Biden Administration and Congress have expressed support for Ukraine’s defense of its territorial integrity against Russia’s invasion. An understanding of the evolving state of the UAF may be of interest to Congress as it continues to weigh policies potentially supporting Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression...
Johnson says if Putin were a woman he would not have invaded
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson has claimed. The UK prime minister said the "crazy, macho" invasion was a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and he called for "more women in positions of power". But Downing Street said there was "not a deliberate policy" to publicly belittle Mr Putin...
Turkey holds key to unblocking Black Sea grain deal, Ukraine says
Ukraine is looking to Turkey for security guarantees that would unlock a deal with Russia to allow millions of tons of grain to be shipped through the Black Sea to a hungry world. A government official in Kyiv told POLITICO a plan is under discussion that would open up blocked Ukrainian ports for ships loaded with grain, without the need to de-mine the waters in the area. A security guarantee provided by Turkey or another state — likely one within NATO — is now the crucial missing piece of a deal, and if all sides can agree, a plan could be finalized within days, the official said...
Ukraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded
Ukraine has announced the largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. “This is the largest exchange since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion,” said Ukrainian military intelligence in a Telegram message on Wednesday. “Of the 144 freed, 95 are Azovstal defenders”...
Snake Island: Why Russia couldn't hold on to strategic Black Sea outcrop
This tiny, rocky outcrop in the north-west of the Black Sea was seized by Russia on the first day of its invasion of Ukraine, and it has played an outsized role in the war ever since. After more than four months of repeated Ukrainian bombardment, Russian forces have abandoned Snake Island, or Zmiinyi Island as it is known in Ukraine. Russia says it has withdrawn its garrison as a "gesture of goodwill" to prove it was not obstructing grain exports, but Ukraine dismissed that claim, as Moscow continued to shell its grain stores...
Russian military will take "years" to recover, raising nuclear risk, says US intelligence chief
The US intelligence community assesses that it will take “years” for the Russian military to recover from the damage it has sustained in carrying out its war in Ukraine, according to the director for national intelligence Avril Haines. “Their ground forces have now been degraded so much that we expect it will take years for them to recover in many ways,” she told a conference in Washington, DC on Wednesday...
Ukraine shoots down Russian neutrality idea as US steps up aid
Ukraine on Wednesday (Jun 29) dismissed Russian neutrality proposals, refused to surrender and vowed prosecution of "war crimes" three weeks into an invasion that is drawing ever-increasing Western support against Moscow. On the ground, fresh blasts hit the capital Kyiv, which was under a total curfew, and Russian rocket fire hit a train station in southern Ukraine used by thousands of fleeing refugees...
NATO and the Ukraine war: It took 30 years for Russia and the West to create this disaster
As NATO holds its summit in Madrid this week, the war in Ukraine is taking center stage. During a pre-summit June 22 talk with Politico, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg bragged about how well-prepared NATO was for this fight because, he said: "This was an invasion that was predicted, foreseen by our intelligence services." Stoltenberg was talking about Western intelligence predictions in the months leading up to the Feb. 24 invasion, when Russia insisted it was not going to attack. Stoltenberg, however, could well have been talking about predictions that went back not just months before the invasion, but decades...
One of the key challenges of making smart policy is having an end-state in mind. What is it that policymakers want to achieve or what is the desired outcome? It is, of course, not necessarily a fixed point in time or space. It could be a set of conditions or the avoidance of negative results. In the absence of a defined end-state objective, policy is a lot of motion, but little movement...
Negotiating to End the Ukraine War Isn’t Appeasement
As the war in Ukraine grinds through its fourth month, defiant Ukrainians continue to bloody Russian’s invasion force. The United States and its allies are backstopping Ukraine’s staunch defense of its territory through a steady inflow of weapons. The goal, as President Joe Biden put it in a recent essay in the New York Times, is “to work to strengthen Ukraine and support its efforts to achieve a negotiated end to the conflict.” A negotiated end to the conflict is the right goal — and one that needs to arrive sooner rather than later...
How will the war in Ukraine end? The Russians have failed to install a puppet government there, but the Ukrainians are not going to recover the territory Russia seized in 2014 - so some kind of negotiated settlement is necessary - and better sooner than later, for the Ukrainians, for the US, and for the world. Anatol Lieven comments; he wrote the book “Ukraine and Russia.”
Europe Moves to Defuse Tension With Moscow Over Russian Exclave Kaliningrad
The European Union is trying to defuse tensions with Moscow after Lithuania invoked Western sanctions to block some Russian goods from entering the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Some EU capitals, including Germany, are concerned that Lithuania’s enforcement of the sanctions could trigger a dangerous escalation from the Kremlin, in part because it targets commerce between two regions of Russia rather than Russian imports and exports, according to European officials...
Russia Admits It's Running Out of Weapons in Ukraine War
For the first time, Russia has admitted that it is running out of weapons in the Ukraine war, after President Vladimir Putin's government created a draft federal law that would allow the country to quickly repair weapons and military equipment. On Thursday evening, the Kremlin submitted a bill to the State Duma on "special economic measures" for "counterterrorist and other operations" outside of Russia...
Putin says Western sanctions pushing Russia-Belarus unification
President Vladimir Putin has said that “unprecedented political and social pressure” from the West, and a raft of sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine, are pushing Belarus to integrate more quickly with Russia... The neighbouring allies, which both share borders with Ukraine, have been moving to integrate on and off since signing a 1997 treaty meant to strengthen ties strained following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Under the Union Treaty, each state remains sovereign, but grants the other’s citizens residency and citizenship rights...
Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power
In times of peace, much of what anyone says about national power is guesswork. Different claims can be based on hopes, prejudices, or even simple self-interest. Analysts and experts can speak confidently about how some states are undoubtedly great powers while others are weak, that some countries are led by strategic geniuses and others by corrupt incompetents. The statements can sound eminently plausible as facts, even be downright persuasive, because there is no way of knowing the truth...
One of the key challenges of making smart policy is having an end-state in mind. What is it that policymakers want to achieve or what is the desired outcome? It is, of course, not necessarily a fixed point in time or space. It could be a set of conditions or the avoidance of negative results. In the absence of a defined end-state objective, policy is a lot of motion, but little movement...
Negotiating to End the Ukraine War Isn’t Appeasement
As the war in Ukraine grinds through its fourth month, defiant Ukrainians continue to bloody Russian’s invasion force. The United States and its allies are backstopping Ukraine’s staunch defense of its territory through a steady inflow of weapons. The goal, as President Joe Biden put it in a recent essay in the New York Times, is “to work to strengthen Ukraine and support its efforts to achieve a negotiated end to the conflict.” A negotiated end to the conflict is the right goal — and one that needs to arrive sooner rather than later...
How will the war in Ukraine end? The Russians have failed to install a puppet government there, but the Ukrainians are not going to recover the territory Russia seized in 2014 - so some kind of negotiated settlement is necessary - and better sooner than later, for the Ukrainians, for the US, and for the world. Anatol Lieven comments; he wrote the book “Ukraine and Russia.”
Only the Pro Putin Nazis in America think that there should “negotiations”.
What’s to negotiate? Russia slinks back home while The Ghost of Kyiv and all of those Ukrainian models with guns and the spirits of the courageous men of Snake Island chase them right back to Mother Russia.
They get nothing. No appeasement. Why does the Biden administration hate Democracy? Is he a Russian stooge? Impeach!!
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"...maybe this was Trump's last attempt to STAY in power by killing the VP, Pelosi and most of Congress." -Greg
"Did you know that about 2% of babies are intersex? That means that they are born with the physical appearance of one sex, but actually have functioning gonads of another. 2%!" -Freon
Europe Moves to Defuse Tension With Moscow Over Russian Exclave Kaliningrad
The European Union is trying to defuse tensions with Moscow after Lithuania invoked Western sanctions to block some Russian goods from entering the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Some EU capitals, including Germany, are concerned that Lithuania’s enforcement of the sanctions could trigger a dangerous escalation from the Kremlin, in part because it targets commerce between two regions of Russia rather than Russian imports and exports, according to European officials...
Russia Admits It's Running Out of Weapons in Ukraine War
For the first time, Russia has admitted that it is running out of weapons in the Ukraine war, after President Vladimir Putin's government created a draft federal law that would allow the country to quickly repair weapons and military equipment. On Thursday evening, the Kremlin submitted a bill to the State Duma on "special economic measures" for "counterterrorist and other operations" outside of Russia...
Putin says Western sanctions pushing Russia-Belarus unification
President Vladimir Putin has said that “unprecedented political and social pressure” from the West, and a raft of sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine, are pushing Belarus to integrate more quickly with Russia... The neighbouring allies, which both share borders with Ukraine, have been moving to integrate on and off since signing a 1997 treaty meant to strengthen ties strained following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Under the Union Treaty, each state remains sovereign, but grants the other’s citizens residency and citizenship rights...
Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power
In times of peace, much of what anyone says about national power is guesswork. Different claims can be based on hopes, prejudices, or even simple self-interest. Analysts and experts can speak confidently about how some states are undoubtedly great powers while others are weak, that some countries are led by strategic geniuses and others by corrupt incompetents. The statements can sound eminently plausible as facts, even be downright persuasive, because there is no way of knowing the truth...
Don't you have anything better to do than to post endless contradictory opinion articles?
There's a debate about what is happening and what should be done in this ongoing conflict. If you don't want to read them, then don't. Or maybe you only want to read one side of that debate. No one is forcing you to come into this thread.
Inside Emmanuel Macron’s failed one-man diplomacy mission on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron is on the line with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a last-ditch attempt to kickstart talks four days before the invasion of Ukraine. It’s February 20 and Macron and his team of advisers believe they have convinced Putin to agree to a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Geneva. But instead of confirming the rendezvous, the Russian leader starts stalling and turns the conversation to sports...
A Russian-flagged ship carrying thousands of tonnes of grain is being held and investigated by Turkish authorities in the Black Sea port of Karasu over claims its cargo was stolen from Ukraine. Turkish customs officials acted after Kyiv claimed the Zhibek Zholy was illegally transporting 7,000 tonnes of grain out of Russian-occupied Berdiansk, a Ukrainian port in the south-east of the country...
Ukraine has unleashed an incredible influence campaign in Washington. There’s a lag to the filing of lobbying disclosures. But even in the lead-up to the war last year, Ukraine’s lobbyists made more than 10,000 contacts with Congress, think tanks, and journalists. That’s higher than the well-funded lobbyists of Saudi Arabia, and experts on foreign lobbying told Vox they expect that this year’s number will grow much higher...
Switzerland resists Ukrainian plan to seize frozen Russian assets
Ukrainian plans to seize as much as $500bn (£418bn) in frozen Russian assets to fund the country’s recovery have met firm resistance from Switzerland, the hosts of an international two-day Ukraine recovery conference. The Swiss president, Ignazio Cassis, pushed back on the plan, saying protection of property rights was fundamental in a liberal democracy. He underlined at a closing press conference the serious qualms of some leaders that proposals to confiscate Russian assets will set a dangerous precedent and needed specific legal justification...
The Ukrainian Army Retreats In The East, Advances In The South
Ukrainian forces have retreated from Lysychansk, the last free city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. The retreat comes weeks after the Ukrainians withdrew from Severodonetsk, Lysychank’s twin city on the opposite bank of the Donets River. The two industrial cities, with a combined pre-war population of around 200,000, were the focus of Russia’s renewed offensive in Donbas, which kicked off in mid-April after the Kremlin pulled its battered battalions out of northern Ukraine...
Don't you have anything better to do than to post endless contradictory opinion articles?
There's a debate about what is happening and what should be done in this ongoing conflict. If you don't want to read them, then don't. Or maybe you only want to read one side of that debate. No one is forcing you to come into this thread.
So the answer appears to be no, you don't have anything better to do than post endlessly contradictory opinion articles.
Good to know!
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