If this is true not surprising. Putin and his apologist will point to this and say this proves that they were right to attack Ukraine all along.
Wow, that just screams Netflix series. That's next level craziness, even without the sex change stuff. I am going to need to do a deep dive into this when I have more time, but life certainly can be stranger than fiction.
No idea why, but this reminded me of the Serbian hilarity earlier in the war, when their President said (in a speech vaguely and not so vaguely supporting Russia) that, no!, Serbia will not be joining NATO.
I get that he has to project a war, but homie needs to change t-shirts. Hope they aren't rationing soap.
Wish we could do breakout polls here. Curious to hear how many of you think this war is World War 3? It's certainly going to escalate to something closer to that the more Russia threatens nukes and the closer Ukraine gets to joining NATO.
Gabrielius Landsbergis is Foreign Minister of Lithuania, apparently feels comfortable speaking for Lativa and Estonia, too:
How would Ukraine joining NATO now work?. Isn't there joint defense pacts? Doesn't that immediately put all of NATO at war with Russia?