"Ukraine should give up Donbass in order to get a ceasefire"
Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines wrote an article in which he stated that the goal of Western allies remains unclear. Negotiations with Russia and a realistic attitude to the situation are vital to achieve peace in Ukraine.
"The long-term goal should be that Ukraine controls all its territory, but it does not necessarily follow that military force should be used to liberate Crimea or even all of the eastern Donbas region.Some of these goals might be better served through diplomacy and the selective easing of sanctions."
Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines wrote an article in which he stated that the goal of Western allies remains unclear. Negotiations with Russia and a realistic attitude to the situation are vital to achieve peace in Ukraine.
"The long-term goal should be that Ukraine controls all its territory, but it does not necessarily follow that military force should be used to liberate Crimea or even all of the eastern Donbas region.Some of these goals might be better served through diplomacy and the selective easing of sanctions."
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Ukraine is embracing European standards. Where it will leads them only God knows but you can guess.
Ukraine is embracing European standards. Where it will leads them only God knows but you can guess.
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In todays video, I share footage from the Pride march in Warsaw, this annual event is one of expression, of a fight for freedom of choice and a celebration of love. This years event was particularly special as it was not only pride in Poland, but also for…
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Another long-read from the National Interest:
The United States is principally responsible for causing the Ukraine crisis. This is not to deny that Putin started the war and that he is responsible for Russia’s conduct of the war. Nor is it to deny that America’s allies bear some responsibility, but they largely follow Washington’s lead on Ukraine. ... The United States has pushed forward policies toward Ukraine that Putin and other Russian leaders see as an existential threat, a point they have made repeatedly for many years. Specifically, I am talking about America’s obsession with bringing Ukraine into NATO and making it a Western bulwark on Russia’s border. The Biden administration was unwilling to eliminate that threat through diplomacy and indeed in 2021 recommitted the United States to bringing Ukraine into NATO. Putin responded by invading Ukraine on February 24th of this year.
The Biden administration has reacted to the outbreak of war by doubling down against Russia. Washington and its Western allies are committed to decisively defeating Russia in Ukraine and employing comprehensive sanctions to greatly weaken Russian power. The United States is not seriously interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the war, which means the war is likely to drag on for months if not years. In the process, Ukraine, which has already suffered grievously, is going to experience even greater harm. In essence, the United States is helping lead Ukraine down the primrose path. Furthermore, there is a danger that the war will escalate, as NATO might get dragged into the fighting and nuclear weapons might be used. We are living in perilous times.
The United States is principally responsible for causing the Ukraine crisis. This is not to deny that Putin started the war and that he is responsible for Russia’s conduct of the war. Nor is it to deny that America’s allies bear some responsibility, but they largely follow Washington’s lead on Ukraine. ... The United States has pushed forward policies toward Ukraine that Putin and other Russian leaders see as an existential threat, a point they have made repeatedly for many years. Specifically, I am talking about America’s obsession with bringing Ukraine into NATO and making it a Western bulwark on Russia’s border. The Biden administration was unwilling to eliminate that threat through diplomacy and indeed in 2021 recommitted the United States to bringing Ukraine into NATO. Putin responded by invading Ukraine on February 24th of this year.
The Biden administration has reacted to the outbreak of war by doubling down against Russia. Washington and its Western allies are committed to decisively defeating Russia in Ukraine and employing comprehensive sanctions to greatly weaken Russian power. The United States is not seriously interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the war, which means the war is likely to drag on for months if not years. In the process, Ukraine, which has already suffered grievously, is going to experience even greater harm. In essence, the United States is helping lead Ukraine down the primrose path. Furthermore, there is a danger that the war will escalate, as NATO might get dragged into the fighting and nuclear weapons might be used. We are living in perilous times.
The National Interest
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis
The war in Ukraine is a multi-dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future.
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LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that there were no civilian hostages left on the territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk.
“Today, the territory of the Azot industrial zone has been completely liberated from Ukrainian militants... Ukrainian militants have no one left as hostages.
People stay there (in the Azot industrial zone) for several reasons.
Firstly, a certain number of people simply have nowhere to go, and they do not want to leave the territory of Severodonetsk. There are about 30% of such people.
These are people who have decided to stay there in bomb shelters for the time being, our fighters are now bringing them food, water, and medicines.
...According to this morning data, a little more than 500 people who decided to leave the shelter on the territory of the Severodonetsk "Azot" were taken out by transport, mainly to Starobelsk.
There is a distribution point where people are already making a decision, where they want to go next, where they have relatives, or they want to go to temporary accommodation points,” Miroshnik said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
“Today, the territory of the Azot industrial zone has been completely liberated from Ukrainian militants... Ukrainian militants have no one left as hostages.
People stay there (in the Azot industrial zone) for several reasons.
Firstly, a certain number of people simply have nowhere to go, and they do not want to leave the territory of Severodonetsk. There are about 30% of such people.
These are people who have decided to stay there in bomb shelters for the time being, our fighters are now bringing them food, water, and medicines.
...According to this morning data, a little more than 500 people who decided to leave the shelter on the territory of the Severodonetsk "Azot" were taken out by transport, mainly to Starobelsk.
There is a distribution point where people are already making a decision, where they want to go next, where they have relatives, or they want to go to temporary accommodation points,” Miroshnik said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
Русская весна
На заводе «Азот» в Северодонецке не осталось заложников, — посол ЛНР (+ВИДЕО)
«На сегодняшний день территория промзоны "Азота" полностью освобождена от украинских боевиков», — сообщил Родион Мирошник.
Russia has pushed back against the default designation, saying it has the funds to cover any bills and has been forced into non-payment. As it tried to twist its way out, it announced last week that it would switch to servicing its $40 billion of outstanding sovereign debt in rubles, criticizing a “force-majeure” situation it said was artificially manufactured by the West.
“It’s a very, very rare thing, where a government that otherwise has the means is forced by an external government into default,” said Hassan Malik, senior sovereign analyst at Loomis Sayles & Company LP. “It’s going to be one of the big watershed defaults in history.”
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov dismissed the situation on Thursday as a “farce.”
With billions of dollars a week still pouring into state coffers from energy exports, despite the grinding conflict in east Ukraine, he reiterated that the country has the means, and the will, to pay.
“Anyone can declare whatever they like,” Siluanov said. “But anyone who understands what’s going on knows that this is in no way a default.”
His comments were prompted by the grace period that ended on Sunday. The 30-day window was triggered when investors failed to receive coupon payments due on dollar- and euro-denominated bonds on May 27.
The cash got trapped after the US Treasury let a sanctions loophole expire, removing an exemption that had allowed US bondholders to receive payments from the Russian sovereign. A week later, Russia’s paying agent, the National Settlement Depository, was also sanctioned by the European Union.
In response, Vladimir Putin introduced new regulations that say Russia’s obligations on foreign-currency bonds are fulfilled once the appropriate amount in rubles has been transferred to the local paying agent.
The Finance Ministry made its latest interest payments, equivalent to about $400 million, under those rules on Thursday and Friday. However, none of the underlying bonds have terms that allow for settlement in the local currency.
So far, it’s unclear if investors will use the new tool and whether existing sanctions would even allow them to repatriate the money.
According to Siluanov, it makes little sense for creditors to seek a declaration of default through the courts because Russia hasn’t waived its sovereign immunity, and no foreign court would have jurisdiction.
“If we ultimately get to the point where diplomatic assets are claimed, then this is tantamount to severing diplomatic ties and entering into direct conflict,” he said. “And this would put us in a different world with completely different rules. We would have to react differently in this case -- and not through legal channels.”
“It’s a very, very rare thing, where a government that otherwise has the means is forced by an external government into default,” said Hassan Malik, senior sovereign analyst at Loomis Sayles & Company LP. “It’s going to be one of the big watershed defaults in history.”
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov dismissed the situation on Thursday as a “farce.”
With billions of dollars a week still pouring into state coffers from energy exports, despite the grinding conflict in east Ukraine, he reiterated that the country has the means, and the will, to pay.
“Anyone can declare whatever they like,” Siluanov said. “But anyone who understands what’s going on knows that this is in no way a default.”
His comments were prompted by the grace period that ended on Sunday. The 30-day window was triggered when investors failed to receive coupon payments due on dollar- and euro-denominated bonds on May 27.
The cash got trapped after the US Treasury let a sanctions loophole expire, removing an exemption that had allowed US bondholders to receive payments from the Russian sovereign. A week later, Russia’s paying agent, the National Settlement Depository, was also sanctioned by the European Union.
In response, Vladimir Putin introduced new regulations that say Russia’s obligations on foreign-currency bonds are fulfilled once the appropriate amount in rubles has been transferred to the local paying agent.
The Finance Ministry made its latest interest payments, equivalent to about $400 million, under those rules on Thursday and Friday. However, none of the underlying bonds have terms that allow for settlement in the local currency.
So far, it’s unclear if investors will use the new tool and whether existing sanctions would even allow them to repatriate the money.
According to Siluanov, it makes little sense for creditors to seek a declaration of default through the courts because Russia hasn’t waived its sovereign immunity, and no foreign court would have jurisdiction.
“If we ultimately get to the point where diplomatic assets are claimed, then this is tantamount to severing diplomatic ties and entering into direct conflict,” he said. “And this would put us in a different world with completely different rules. We would have to react differently in this case -- and not through legal channels.”
Bloomberg.com
Russia Defaults on Foreign Debt for First Time Since 1918
Russia defaulted on its external sovereign bonds for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors.
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The Kremlin commented on Bloomberg's morning statement that a default had allegedly occurred in Russia on Monday night - non-payment of foreign debt obligations.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said that these allegations are absolutely unjustified, since the corresponding payment for two issues of sovereign Eurobonds with maturities in 2026 and 2036 was executed by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation in advance.
“These allegations of default in this case are absolutely unjustified, because back in May the necessary payment in foreign currency was made. The fact that Euroclear withheld this money, did not bring it to the recipient, is no longer our problem,” -- the Kremlin stressed.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said that these allegations are absolutely unjustified, since the corresponding payment for two issues of sovereign Eurobonds with maturities in 2026 and 2036 was executed by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation in advance.
“These allegations of default in this case are absolutely unjustified, because back in May the necessary payment in foreign currency was made. The fact that Euroclear withheld this money, did not bring it to the recipient, is no longer our problem,” -- the Kremlin stressed.
Русская весна
В Кремле оценили заявление Bloomberg о «дефолте» в России
Комментируя ситуацию с выплатами по еврооблигациям, пресс-секретарь Владимира Путина использовал оборот «не наши проблемы».
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The Russian Defence Ministry has released details of a missile attack on a military target in Kyiv.
Following up our publication and similar conclusion from Oleg Tzarev.
On June 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a strike with four high-precision air-launched missiles at the shops of the Artem Rocket-Building Corporation in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kyiv.
This enterprise produced ammunition for Ukrainian multiple launch rocket systems.
According to objective control data, all four missiles reached their target. The object is hit.
The civilian infrastructure of the city of Kyiv was not damaged as a result of the use of high-precision weapons.
The Kyiv regime made attempts to intercept Russian high-precision missiles by anti-aircraft weapons deployed in the city. More than 10 anti-aircraft missiles were used by Ukrainian crews of S-300 and Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile systems.
Due to the lack of interaction between launchers of air defence systems and radio equipment located in urban areas, two S-300 anti-aircraft missiles were shot down in the air by Ukrainian Buk.
Presumably, one of the downed anti-aircraft missiles fell on a residential building.
Following up our publication and similar conclusion from Oleg Tzarev.
On June 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a strike with four high-precision air-launched missiles at the shops of the Artem Rocket-Building Corporation in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kyiv.
This enterprise produced ammunition for Ukrainian multiple launch rocket systems.
According to objective control data, all four missiles reached their target. The object is hit.
The civilian infrastructure of the city of Kyiv was not damaged as a result of the use of high-precision weapons.
The Kyiv regime made attempts to intercept Russian high-precision missiles by anti-aircraft weapons deployed in the city. More than 10 anti-aircraft missiles were used by Ukrainian crews of S-300 and Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile systems.
Due to the lack of interaction between launchers of air defence systems and radio equipment located in urban areas, two S-300 anti-aircraft missiles were shot down in the air by Ukrainian Buk.
Presumably, one of the downed anti-aircraft missiles fell on a residential building.
Русская весна
Минобороны сообщило подробности о ракетном ударе по цели в Киеве (+ВИДЕО)
По данным объективного контроля, все четыре ракеты достигли цели. Объект поражён.
MOSCOW, June 27 - RIA Novosti. Deliveries of Russian energy carriers to India have grown tenfold, Russian Ambassador to New Delhi Denis Alipov said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
"Cooperation has grown many times and even dozens of times. The prospects here are very good. We are happy to supply our products to the Indian market, India is interested in it," the diplomat said.
According to him, the Indian government allows its companies to buy Russian oil and gas at prices below the world average.
The ambassador did not specify how much the oil supplies had increased, pointing out that the growth figures were 50 times.
Moscow and New Delhi are now resolving issues of mutual settlements and logistics, considering payment options in national currencies, Alipov added.
India, in turn, can increase the supply of textiles, telecommunications equipment, and pharmaceutical products to Russia, the diplomat concluded.
As Nikita Kondratiev, Deputy Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development, said at a round table at the Rossiya Segodnya MIA, Russia's foreign trade turnover with the BRICS countries increased by 40 percent in 2021 and reached a record $165 billion.
"Cooperation has grown many times and even dozens of times. The prospects here are very good. We are happy to supply our products to the Indian market, India is interested in it," the diplomat said.
According to him, the Indian government allows its companies to buy Russian oil and gas at prices below the world average.
The ambassador did not specify how much the oil supplies had increased, pointing out that the growth figures were 50 times.
Moscow and New Delhi are now resolving issues of mutual settlements and logistics, considering payment options in national currencies, Alipov added.
India, in turn, can increase the supply of textiles, telecommunications equipment, and pharmaceutical products to Russia, the diplomat concluded.
As Nikita Kondratiev, Deputy Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development, said at a round table at the Rossiya Segodnya MIA, Russia's foreign trade turnover with the BRICS countries increased by 40 percent in 2021 and reached a record $165 billion.
РИА Новости
Поставки энергоносителей в Индию выросли кратно, заявил российский посол
Поставки российских энергоносителей в Индию выросли в десятки раз, заявил посол России в Нью-Дели Денис Алипов в эфире телеканала "Россия 24". РИА Новости, 27.06.2022
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Severodonetsk retreat ‘tactical’, Ukraine military spy chief says
Kyrylo Budanov tells FT that Russian troops will find it difficult to cross the Siversky Donets river to Lysychansk
But that is not so important. What is much more significant, is the open declaration of the state terrorism - special military operations, targeting civilians:
Partisan activities in Russian-occupied territories were emerging, Budanov said, citing two car bombings in the Kherson region that killed a regional official appointed by Russian occupying forces.
Drone and missile strikes of refineries, fuel depots and military installations inside Russian territory have also been reported in the past weeks.
These attacks and sabotage operations “are held everywhere, and they were and will be held in Russia and many other places”, Budanov said, refusing however to say whether Ukrainian authorities were behind them.
He calls it "partisan activities". Can not be more wrong. Partisans (in Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine) - civilians, who took arms to protect their land from invading army (Resistance in France). However, special forces sabotage groups carrying out assassinations of their own compatriots can only be called terrorists.
That confirms previously leaked info about a campaign of "controlled terror" on Russia controlled territories endorsed by the Office of Ukrainian President and recent assassination and an attempted assassination of the administration officials in Kherson.
Kyrylo Budanov tells FT that Russian troops will find it difficult to cross the Siversky Donets river to Lysychansk
But that is not so important. What is much more significant, is the open declaration of the state terrorism - special military operations, targeting civilians:
Partisan activities in Russian-occupied territories were emerging, Budanov said, citing two car bombings in the Kherson region that killed a regional official appointed by Russian occupying forces.
Drone and missile strikes of refineries, fuel depots and military installations inside Russian territory have also been reported in the past weeks.
These attacks and sabotage operations “are held everywhere, and they were and will be held in Russia and many other places”, Budanov said, refusing however to say whether Ukrainian authorities were behind them.
He calls it "partisan activities". Can not be more wrong. Partisans (in Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine) - civilians, who took arms to protect their land from invading army (Resistance in France). However, special forces sabotage groups carrying out assassinations of their own compatriots can only be called terrorists.
That confirms previously leaked info about a campaign of "controlled terror" on Russia controlled territories endorsed by the Office of Ukrainian President and recent assassination and an attempted assassination of the administration officials in Kherson.
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Translated from reliable (well, for us) source
Fake: The Russian military shelled the Amstor shopping centre in Kremenchug. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
Truth: The Amstor shopping centre is located next to the Kremenchug road machinery plant and the Kremenchug railway station. In one of the videos, it seems to people that the missile hit the factory (the phrase “Dormash, Dormash”). In addition, according to sources familiar with the course of the special operation, the Amstor shopping centre was used as a warehouse for storing military equipment, just like the Kyiv Retroville shopping centre.
Kremenchug station is one of the most important railway junctions in Ukraine, it connects the central and western parts of the country. In addition, in Kremenchug there is a locomotive depot (TЧ-6) and the Kremenchug power supply unit (EЧ-8). The station is actively used for the supply of fuel from the Kremenchug refinery for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At 90 meters from the shopping centre is the Kremenchug plant of road machines. Since 2014, the plant has been repairing equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A railway line from the Kremenchug station leads to the plant.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there were about a thousand civilians in the shopping centre, however, the parking lot in front of the shopping centre building is almost empty, there are few cars on it. In addition, among the people who walk around the parking lot there are a lot of military men in “pixel” uniforms (regular T-shirts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, camouflage bags), some of them are armed with machine guns. At the same time, there are practically no women in the video posted by Zelensky, as well as in the videos on social networks.
It doesn't look like the mall was open at all. In Instagram (the social network is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation), according to the geotag "Amstor shopping centre" there are no photos of visitors since March. Reviews on websites and Google maps have stopped appearing also in March. Apparently, the equipment repaired at Dormash was stored in the shopping centre.
Despite the unconfirmed nature of Zelensky’s statement about a thousand visitors in the shopping centre and the official information about two dead, international media quickly picked up the news is precisely in the context of the “Russian missile that hit the shopping centre with 1000 visitors.
In the coming days, a NATO summit will be held, during which Vladimir Zelensky intends to ask for military assistance. Now the Ukrainian authorities are preparing the ground to turn Amstor into a new Bucha.
Well, sound convincing to me. #TransFormator
Fake: The Russian military shelled the Amstor shopping centre in Kremenchug. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
Truth: The Amstor shopping centre is located next to the Kremenchug road machinery plant and the Kremenchug railway station. In one of the videos, it seems to people that the missile hit the factory (the phrase “Dormash, Dormash”). In addition, according to sources familiar with the course of the special operation, the Amstor shopping centre was used as a warehouse for storing military equipment, just like the Kyiv Retroville shopping centre.
Kremenchug station is one of the most important railway junctions in Ukraine, it connects the central and western parts of the country. In addition, in Kremenchug there is a locomotive depot (TЧ-6) and the Kremenchug power supply unit (EЧ-8). The station is actively used for the supply of fuel from the Kremenchug refinery for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At 90 meters from the shopping centre is the Kremenchug plant of road machines. Since 2014, the plant has been repairing equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A railway line from the Kremenchug station leads to the plant.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there were about a thousand civilians in the shopping centre, however, the parking lot in front of the shopping centre building is almost empty, there are few cars on it. In addition, among the people who walk around the parking lot there are a lot of military men in “pixel” uniforms (regular T-shirts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, camouflage bags), some of them are armed with machine guns. At the same time, there are practically no women in the video posted by Zelensky, as well as in the videos on social networks.
It doesn't look like the mall was open at all. In Instagram (the social network is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation), according to the geotag "Amstor shopping centre" there are no photos of visitors since March. Reviews on websites and Google maps have stopped appearing also in March. Apparently, the equipment repaired at Dormash was stored in the shopping centre.
Despite the unconfirmed nature of Zelensky’s statement about a thousand visitors in the shopping centre and the official information about two dead, international media quickly picked up the news is precisely in the context of the “Russian missile that hit the shopping centre with 1000 visitors.
In the coming days, a NATO summit will be held, during which Vladimir Zelensky intends to ask for military assistance. Now the Ukrainian authorities are preparing the ground to turn Amstor into a new Bucha.
Well, sound convincing to me. #TransFormator
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Война с фейками
Фейк: Российские военные обстреляли торговый центр «Амстор» в Кременчуге. Об этом сообщил президент Украины Владимир Зеленский.
Правда: Торговый центр «Амстор» находится рядом с Кременчугским заводом дорожных машин и железнодорожной станцией Кременчуг.…
Правда: Торговый центр «Амстор» находится рядом с Кременчугским заводом дорожных машин и железнодорожной станцией Кременчуг.…
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Russian K-52 hit with a handheld antiaircraft missile "Mistral" (French infrared homing man-portable air-defense system manufactured by MBDA) somewhere in Kharkov region.
Now is the good part - helicopter returned to the base, crew is safe.
As reported by a highly respected and very reliable source.
Now is the good part - helicopter returned to the base, crew is safe.
As reported by a highly respected and very reliable source.
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🇷🇺This is what Mariupol looks like now.
Now sappers are working in the city, clearing the rubble and preparing for the construction of new houses.
The restoration of Mariupol will continue.
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Now sappers are working in the city, clearing the rubble and preparing for the construction of new houses.
The restoration of Mariupol will continue.
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Night work of 203-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S7M "Malka" of the DPR army on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka direction.
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Good night.😴💤 and good morning!
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Vladimir Zelensky's first press conference on October 11, 2019
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"What is Putin's next move?": Harlan Ullman, head of the Killowen Group consulting company, wrote an article for The Hill that Putin is so powerful and insidious that the West simply has no chance of defeating him at the current stage.
"Putin sees that the United States was forced to plan a war on two fronts, directed against Russia and China. Putin is fully aware of the stupidity of such a strategy. Napoleon and Hitler were ultimately defeated, starting wars on two fronts, invading Russia in 1812 and the USSR in 1941, respectively. Thus, China is a strategic asset, as well as a market for Russian energy carriers, allowing to circumvent sanctions and force the United States to reduce its resources in order to cope with the two main opponents."
"Putin sees that the United States was forced to plan a war on two fronts, directed against Russia and China. Putin is fully aware of the stupidity of such a strategy. Napoleon and Hitler were ultimately defeated, starting wars on two fronts, invading Russia in 1812 and the USSR in 1941, respectively. Thus, China is a strategic asset, as well as a market for Russian energy carriers, allowing to circumvent sanctions and force the United States to reduce its resources in order to cope with the two main opponents."
The Hill
What’s Putin’s next move?
Putin’s advantages are not necessarily as strong or as valid as he believes.
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Lugansk: Road to Independence 2022-2014
‘I wish none of this had happened [in 2014]. I wish Kiev hadn’t ordered this, hadn’t done this to us. Nobody knew when they might die,’ says Aleksandr Zhivolup, a race driver from Lugansk.
Since 2014, civilians in the Luhansk People's Republic have been living under Ukrainian shelling. People had no water, food, or electricity.
‘They’ve been shelling and killing us for eight years. The LPR was under artillery fire. People went to sleep under fire,’ said Igor Kornеt, the Interior Minister of the LPR.
From car mechanics to businessmen, ordinary people stood up for the region. ‘We had guys who signed up, saying they’d never served,’ recalls Sergey, an LPR militiaman codenamed Yugoslav.
How have people survived in the Luhansk People's Republic for the last eight years, and what’s happening there now? Don’t miss our premier Lugansk: Road to Independence 2022-2014.
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‘I wish none of this had happened [in 2014]. I wish Kiev hadn’t ordered this, hadn’t done this to us. Nobody knew when they might die,’ says Aleksandr Zhivolup, a race driver from Lugansk.
Since 2014, civilians in the Luhansk People's Republic have been living under Ukrainian shelling. People had no water, food, or electricity.
‘They’ve been shelling and killing us for eight years. The LPR was under artillery fire. People went to sleep under fire,’ said Igor Kornеt, the Interior Minister of the LPR.
From car mechanics to businessmen, ordinary people stood up for the region. ‘We had guys who signed up, saying they’d never served,’ recalls Sergey, an LPR militiaman codenamed Yugoslav.
How have people survived in the Luhansk People's Republic for the last eight years, and what’s happening there now? Don’t miss our premier Lugansk: Road to Independence 2022-2014.
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