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Quote from: paxmao on November 26, 2024, 07:07:15 PM

I guess you would need to see the view of your adversary to understand, but you may not be able to.

Oh the irony

I understand Putin. He wants his kingdom. Ukraine, as of now would rather not be part of it, hence there is a war.

It is very difficult to admit that you are no longer the USSR. Let's face it, Ruzzia lost the race but Putin is still thinking that he can win... is kind of the Rambo movies after the Vietnam war... winning in the movies what the US did not win in real life. Only good thing is that he may not be able to stay in power more than 10 more years... unless he starts going ga-ga and perhaps drink the wrong tea or get close to the wrong window.

You understand nothing... at least if we listen to your BS talk. If Putin had wanted to take Ukraine, he would have taken it long ago with missiles like he used in last Thursday's attack.

Russia shut down the USSR based on a treaty that the US and Nato would no longer pushed East. Russia is still following that treaty. But the US and Nato have broken it a whole bunch of times.
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BA, don't be stupid. It is pretty obvious that Ruzzia tried to take Kiev and was stopped.

The Budapest agreement meant that Ukraine would surrender their nukes - yes they had nukes and nuke-capable bombers - with guarantees for peace. I guess changing nukes for a paper is not such a great idea when dealing with Ruzzia.

https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280401fbb

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No. 52241. Ukraine, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and United States of America:
Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Budapest, 5 December 1994..

Go read.

It's pretty obvious from last week's Russian missile attack on Dnipro that Russia is operating under completely different themes than the West is. Russia could have taken Kiev any time they wanted.

The Western leaders are in a big fever heat trying to take Russia through Ukraine, and Russia is simply skipping along, completely knowing they could take Ukraine any day of the week... if they wanted.

Be glad that Russia is in favor of peace. If they weren't, you and the rest of the Brits would be long gone.

Russia Advancing in Ukraine at 'Fastest Pace Since Early 2022'

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64756
The US government is lashing out in panic and discussing giving Ukraine nuclear weapons because Russian forces are reportedly sweeping through Ukraine at the fastest pace "since the early days of the 2022 invasion."

From Reuters, "Russia accelerates advance in Ukraine's east":

Paroinen just retweeted this post on X highlighting Ukraine's struggles:
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