The Ukrainans were offered a deal repeatedly e.g. Minsk 1, 2 etc. that there would be no land loss except for Crimea which since around 1780 had been part of Russia up until arounf 1953 Krushchev gave it as a friendly gesture. Crimea was non-negotiable as it was Russia's prot to the Black Seas and the rest of the world and a nuclear weaponed NATO base there (analogous to a Chinese one in say Tijuana was intolerable. The four Russian speaking Oblasts that at a minimum will now be lost were to be the type of autonomy similar to Quebec in Canada. Questions for those who want the Ukrainians to keep fighting no matter how more land and lives they lose. Why? 1) It is that it just absolutely wrong, immoral or against international law,, so no cost is too high ? Ukraine or any other country should have an inviolable right to have whatever foreign military bases they want even if their much bigger neighbor sees it as a threat. 2) Ukraine can actually win or at the least weaken Russia, Putin the great evil? 3)The fight should reasonably continue until Ukraine and hence Europe --and even the USA lol --have security? If this is the goal how does this end with Russia/Putin the great evil? 4) If the Russians and Putin are really the new Hitler/Stalin, why has neither the US, NATO or the European sent their own military to fight in Ukraine. Doesn't this show that the leaders do not believe the propaganda they put out for ordinary citizens i.e consumer of mainstream news? 5) Is there any possibility that since war is very profitable business for some of the countries outside the countries outside the war zone this could be a factor?
So, seeing that "NEW SANCTIONS" are going to be levied by the US and Euro countries, I have to ask myself this one question. why weren't these sanctions in place before????? I'm no expert in foreign affairs, but if you want to hit Russia with sanctions, why not do it 3 years ago. They would be much worse off than they are now. Please do not tell me that it is because Trump is Putin's b****. I'm nowhere close to a Trump supporter of any sort, but these new sanctions are mainly European in nature. Why did everyone wait so long???? Just looking for any information on this.
"In January, the Biden administration imposed sanctions on Russian oil companies Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas -- but held off imposing penalties on Rosneft and Lukoil over concerns that it could drive up global energy prices. According to experts, Rosneft and Lukoil, the companies targeted Wednesday, are two of the world’s biggest energy companies, and together export 3.1 million barrels of oil per day. Rosneft alone is responsible for 6% of global and nearly half of all Russian oil production." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hits-russian-oil-companies-sanctions-time/story?id=126774873
Wow.......................this is the "Art of The Deal", give Putin everything he wants. Tramp is Putin`s b**** Trump gives Ukraine days to accept his plan to end war as Zelensky warns of ‘difficult moment in history’ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/europe/ukraine-war-trump-plan-zelensky-intl
Our allies can’t trust us until Trump is out of office. This is disgusting. Well at least our grocery prices went down. OOOOOHH ****ING WAIT!!!!!
It's amazing how, in the face of hard evidence against your position, you remain convinced of the Russian conspiracies. You are living in 2016, amigo. A wise man can pivot when he's wrong -- and you are going into year 10 of being wrong. This psychological deficiency will hurt you in many other areas of life. Putin wanted Biden and then Harris to win... because he's got a boatload of kompromat on Democrats via their Ukraine corruption. Putin is on record as not wanting Trump to win -- because he's a much tougher negotiator and unpredictable. GOOD DAY
Lol @ Putin wanting Biden to win. You have to be the world's biggest dumbass to say that which you evidently are. Trump just sold out UKR for a quick dollar and your dumbass thinks Putin wanted Harris to win LOL. Utterly hilarious how utterly dumb these people are
Folks, I just saw Sisu: Road to Revenge and it absolutely slaps Lot of parallels between the Winter War of 1939 and the ill fated "Special Military Operation"
Thumbs up for even knowing that the Winter War even existed. The White Death was nightmare fuel for legions of surviving Soviet vets die the rest of their lives.
