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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @kristapsk 18 Mar \ parent \ on: EU agrees to liquidate Russia's confiscated assets to finance supply of weapons econ
Ukrainian economy of course is not in a good shape right now. But they don't have much choices here if they want to continue to exist as a country and not be part of Russian Federation.
Russian ar threatening to use nukes all the time. For example, they said before that American tanks in Ukraine will be "red line". But nothing happened after Abrams deliveries. Same with F-16 jets, which will be delivered soon. Putin also wants to live.
And if you allow one dictator to do nuclear blackmail to get what he wants, basically all current international order collapses and sooner or later you will likely end up with nuclear war anyway. See history, Hitler in 1930s.
Actually nuclear blackmail is sign of weakness. Only two countries are doing this - Russia and North Korea.
If they try to use nuclear, even tactical in Ukraine, 90% Russian Black Sea and Baltic Sea fleets will cease to exist in half an hour, will be destroyed with conventional (non-nuclear) means.
Putin is not Hitler
Putin is only interested in eastern Ukraine as a buffer zone.
He wants Ukraine to be neutral, no NATO or EU membership
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No, that's bullshit. He wants to restore Empire. They have officially annexed de iure from their perspective parts of Ukraine already in Russia, including ones they haven't even conquered.
If you listen to their TV shows, they are openly speaking that just existence of Ukraine as a country threatens Russia and that Poland and Baltics should be conquered next. And you can't speak at mainstream TV channels in Russia a messages that haven't been approved by Kremlin.
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Putin doesn’t care about Baltic states or Poland. Ukraine is a different story because of its proximity and history
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He definitely cares about every inch of territory that was part of Soviet Union.