Russia recognising Taiwan
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Russia recognising Taiwan
That will turn China against them for sure.
The official one calls it out as a territory of China. That guy is just paraphrasing.
Micronesia on the list too, I'm sure their sanctions must really sting
Even San Marino is out for bloodThe official one calls it out as a territory of China. That guy is just paraphrasing.
Micronesia on the list too, I'm sure their sanctions must really sting
All things considered, they have a pretty decent military. But it's for defensive purpose.
Pooh not happy.
Probably the best type of military capabilities to have these days, a really strong defensive one.
Well if it can shoot or sink things...probably what is meant by "defensive" is that they lack power projection capability with logistics support etc. But also all their interest are in their region so that's not necessary.
Nope. It’s on the government document — Тайвань (= Taiwan), without any additional clarification.
And if I'm correct, they're still under the US umbrella anyway.
The Ruble sure is bleeding again.
Which is a shame. At some point last year, I think, we’ve signed an agreement with them that Russians don’t need a visa to visit San Marino. The issue is, the only way to get to San Marino from Russia without stepping foot on Italian soil (with whom we haven’t got such agreement) was to jump from a plane that’s flying over it as they don’t have their own airport.Even San Marino is out for blood
Not an unlikely scenario.
Early in February he was saying there was no indication Putin was going to invade (despite what the Americans were saying)
In the hours leading up to the invasion Macron proudly announced he was agreeing diplomatic solutions with Putin (despite what the Americans were saying)
After the invasion Macron said he had assurances from Putin attacks on civilians and evacuation routes would not happen (despite what the Americans were saying)
He believes whatever Putin tells him, though i think from recent reports he's finally beginning to realise he is being played.
Oh i take that back then, the English translation maybe corrected it or the graphic i came across was fake.
That seems deliberate, would be a huge mistake otherwise.
Putin seems to be pretty good at these mind games but terrible at actually reigning a country judging by the state of their economy and military. Fake it till you make it.
So are we allowed to link to the front page of the New York Times? They are leading with a bleak photo of the attacks in Irpen yesterday, a montage of news footage of which was deleted yesterday.
Actually just before the invasion Le Drian said that Putin and Lavrov were saying everything and its opposite. So it's pretty clear that they didn't believe everything told.
What you are doing here is mixing diplomacy and what someone actually thinks. If in a discussion between Putin and Macron, Putin says or agrees on something that's what you report especially when a large part of it was done with Ukraine and at their request. It also doesn't prevent you from taking the actions you want to take which is what France has done within the EU and on their own, while Macron has kept a diplomatic channel with Putin, France was also working with neighboring countries.
I know somebody from that city. She drove back to collect her children a few days ago, they had to run to their car and drive with just the clothes on their backs at 5am when the bombing and shelling started. My wife works for a clothing company so we sorted them out with a new wardrobe when they arrived here because the kids had literally nothing.
Great stuff!
I'd take that deal tbh
Before the bombing of civilians, maybe
If this is true, then it also means that Ukraine's evaluation of the military situation is that it is at least stable for them, if not favorable. Those are terms you might accept if you were really backed into a corner (of course the terms offered would be worse in that case).
Re-read #1 and, with any understanding of Ukrainian politics, you wouldn't be able to even get past that.
You don't make deals with a tiger when your head is in its mouth.
The part about Crimea may be worth considering at least, as it will be a constant nightmare region for Ukraine if they insist on it. As for the rest of the points, Russia can f off.
Just to add a bit more to this.
Russia wants Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk, and wants a PM appointed from an opposition party that has fewer than 10% of the 450 seats as it stands anyway. Were Luhansk, Donetsk and Crimea to formally cede from Ukraine, Boyko's party would only have a number of seats in single figures most likely. That is on the basis of people voting how they did in 2019, and not after this invasion from Russia! It is entirely likely a Boyko-lead party would get zero seats if there were elections tomorrow without any voters from Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk.
How do they think a parliament works?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election
Then you'd be nuts. You'd end up with a pro-Russian government, a smaller state after ceiding territory and no protection from anyone in case Putin decides to ignore the pledges... you know, like the Minsk accords. Basically no sovereignty whatsoever. Total capitulation.
And from a personal perspective for Zelensky, just by signing away Crimea, Lugansk and Donetsk his position would be so compromised that he'd either be voted out or become Putin's pet.
Sorry I'm not that well versed on Ukrainian politics but after quick scroll through Wikipedia page for Boyko and googling what Pro forma means I see your point. I'd be okay with just giving up L/DNR and Crimea and agreeing to not joining NATO as I really don't see Russia backing out without that.
Plus the Ukranians also need to consider that such a deal would make any future efforts towards greater political independence from Russia even harder. Even if they think that they could have another Euromaidan some years from now, the intervening years would give Russia time to rebuild its forces and improve on their plans to fight Ukraine. If they're chipping away at the Russian ability to fight right now, that's something they also need to factor in as they consider the multi-year implications of any peace deal now.