Johnson wimps out on sanctions as UK welcomes Putin to Kiev.

[ESay]

What makes Moscow more influential - raising flags in Kiev and Warsaw or manipulating state leaders in Washington and Beijing? What can bring them more money - amber from Ukraine and coal from Poland or diamonds from CAR, oil from Venezuela and uranium from Australia?

Doesn't matter at all. They don't have anything of the listed.

Right now NATO can't attack Russia first. May be, NATO won't be able even defend its own members in the case of a limited Russian aggression

Moscow thinks that military supplies to Ukraine and military cooperation between Nato and Ukraine is an 'attack' on Russia.

 

[Silver Cat]

Doesn't matter at all. They don't have anything of the listed.

They make money on it. May be not much, but plenty enough.

Moscow thinks that military supplies to Ukraine and military cooperation between Nato and Ukraine is an 'attack' on Russia.

No. They think, that military cooperation between Ukraine and NATO will make possible NATO's attack against Russia. And right now it's impossible. That's why the Russians can attack Ukraine and do anything they want.

 

[Silver Cat]

The first one ...
A member of Ukrainian Parliament asks Russians and Belorussians came and liberate Ukraine from Nazies and Western occupants.

 

[ESay]

They make money on it. May be not much, but plenty enough.

No. They think, that military cooperation between Ukraine and NATO will make possible NATO's attack against Russia. And right now it's impossible. That's why the Russians can attack Ukraine and do anything they want.

The possibility of the attack will remain the same. Don't repeat the nonsense of Russian propaganda.

 

[Silver Cat]

The possibility of the attack will remain the same. Don't repeat the nonsense of Russian propaganda.

No. The possibility of a first attack depends on possibility of retaliation strike after it. More chances to make an effective counter-force strike (which will decrease possibility of unacceptable retaliation strike) - more chances to attack.

 

[ESay]

No. The possibility of a first attack depends on possibility of retaliation strike after it. More chances to make an effective counter-force strike (which will decrease possibility of unacceptable retaliation strike) - more chances to attack.

Some sort of blah blah blah. Anyway, Ukraine as a sovereign state has every right to follow any security policy it chooses as appropriate. Putin doesn't like it? Okay, he can choose to intervene.

I don't see any point in negotiations with Russia. On the contrary, I suggest the Nato should halt all negotiations with them about their ridiculous demands. No negotiations, bolstering Nato's Eastern flanc by putting there more troops and military hardware, direct military support of Ukraine (the main point: without sending troops there). And balanced economic pressure, of course. The Russians only understand that 'might is right'.

 

[Silver Cat]

Ok. Negotiations were ended. Do you like alternative way?

 

[ESay]

Ok. Negotiations were ended. Do you like alternative way?

Like or not, the things are unfolding. The time will show.