Now I see absolutely the same kind of support in the current events. All that EU needs is undisrupted flow of natural gas and relative stability near their borders. It looks like no one cares what will Ukraine lose in terms of lives and territory. Realpolitik....
Unfortunately, UR. You haven't lost the east yet, though. You're better off than the Crimean Tatars, are you not? I feel like the Donetsk 'republic' spiel will be about as far as this incursion spreads.
Would you have said the same when Crimea grab was still a new thing?
You must be new to my view of this incursion, this has been going on for so long that I already have made myself clear. It's just the russian nationalists who think they have a right to do this.
I hope this was all worth Sevastopol, a place you already had a treaty to get to use freely [also with access to the entire coastline of Crimea], a treaty you offered Ukraine in order for her to disarm her nuclear weaponry, with a guarantee you wouldn't invade them in order to allow use of this strategic area
How many countries want to listen to a russia that asks for disarmament, especially after this? it's rather apparent the only way to keep the new USSR from invading is to hold onto your nukes and tell Russian cooperation to fuck off, since the only cooperation with Russia comes on the end of a gun. Of course most countries know this already, Ukraine just thought that a treaty of non-aggression might stop hostilities with a neighbor that is very hostile to their sovereignty. Expect all Russian 'enemies' to have nukes now, good job, I guess..
So worth sevastopol and the now empty beaches.
Also, yes, I do know the importance of Sevastopol in russian nationalism. It just isn't necessary to invade a country to annex an area you practically already owned, breaking a treaty you offered and ratified specifically so you could access the area. I guess flying the flag over the city is more important than international relations and a future for cooperation with the civilized world that isn't in the Russian sphere of influence.
Donetsk is not Crimea, Crimea was already autonomous region with plenty of military bases in it, a bit easier to suppress and annex quickly.
My question is, what is the preferred solution to this for someone who agrees with the Russian invasion? Total annexation of Ukraine? Only the places with 25% or more Russian speakers? Only the borders?