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Europe’s vulnerability that was suddenly exposed existed because of a longstanding complacency by Western powers, western Europe had not been willing to listen to the frontline states who warned over the Russian regime’s intent and understood that more expensive energy was a price worth paying in exchange for not being vulnerable to Russian pressure. This complacency left Russia with multiple open goals to kick at in major Western European capitals, most notably Germany.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The challenge for Ukraine is the same as it was on day one : keeping the West on side as the costs of supporting Kyiv hit home -- not just Putin's gas and grain blackmail but also the cost of economic and humanitarian support, that may well be why Volodymyr Zelensky said Volodymyr Zelensky wanted the war over before Christmas, because the real issues will be getting the West to stick to its promises in the long run.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's going to be painful to deliberate, unless it becomes possible for Western aid, both military and humanitarian, to be absorbed in Ukraine at sufficient rates that they can genuinely turn the tide against the Russian advancement, if it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
' Deportation' is a euphemism. It's been used as a fairly innocuous term for what happened to these people, which was effectively enslavement and starvation. is shipping off the women, the children, the people that you want to remove from societies in order to neutralize them, they are generally met with pretty horrific fates. If they survived at all, they did not return for years or decades.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
If it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Russia has a history of vicious and savage reprisals against civilians in any area when any kind of resistance movement is taking place. It's moved already to deport people from Mariupol to the remote parts of Russia, which is straight out of Russia's 20th century script for dealing with these problems.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
There’s no indication at all that he actually went along with it.
Found on Reuters 2 years ago
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