We're less than two weeks into the defence of Ukraine, and the demands have both come and started to fade out. Talk of #denazification has given way to just wanting to keep Crimea and letting the two regions go.
However.... 🧵
However.... 🧵
The EU and NATO are precisely the reason Ukraine has been able to endure this. The idea to commit to never joining them is an odd one, as it boils down do:
"Don't do the one thing that helped you survive our attack".
That's not a bargain anyone in Ukraine would take....
"Don't do the one thing that helped you survive our attack".
That's not a bargain anyone in Ukraine would take....
.... Meanwhile, Putin's Russia burns on the world stage. A pariah to all but India and Chinese interests, and even then not "supported" (Abstention in the UN at best).
It's oligarchs targeted, its citizens lives disrupted. Tens of thousands openly protesting daily at home.
It's oligarchs targeted, its citizens lives disrupted. Tens of thousands openly protesting daily at home.
Ukraine can make this last as long as it takes, but no - now's not the time to fold.
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