Yes, Prigozhin, formerly one of Putin's greatest supporters, has acknowledged what we all knew, that this war was built on a foundation of lies and that Putin was not competent to prosecute it and Putin\s current purge of his generals suspected of supporting Prigozhin. The very fact that Prigozhin is free to travel around Russia building support for himself should tell you Putin's end is near.
Turkey's Erdogan hosts Zelenskyy, says Ukraine 'deserves' to be NATO member
Turkish President Erdogan’s declaration of support comes amid a fresh push by Kyiv to join the Transatlantic alliance once the war is over.www.al-monitor.com
Wow! What a turn around. If this is sincere, it is a thumb in the eye of Putin. Incredible!
Poootin is turning Russia into a Third World Pariah country.Yeah, how has that gone for Putin. Mutiny, assassination attempts, etc.
Poootin looks more as a loser than even trump.
Wow! Don't be that naïve. Wagner group (as any PMC) was useful only because it, formally, wasn't a government organization. To continue its usefulness (for example, in attack against Poland or Lithuania) they needed a formal 'divorce' with the government.
Oops! No fair bickering among the lemmings!
And yet you talk about him almost as much as your Trumpy.
Yes, poor jimboliar.JimH52 has PTDS, or Putin Trump Derangement Syndrome. In his feverish mind, Putin and Trump are eternally battling with each other over the control of his attention. He frantically switches the channel back and forth between The View, CNN, and MSNBC, looking for the next soundbyte to reassure him that he's not going crazy.
In JimH52's sleep, his dreams taunt him with visions of Trump pissing in the dark recesses of his temporal lobe, while Putin mocks him from behind his Cerebellum, drawing pictures of dicks on the inside of his cranial wall. At the same time in his Frontal lobe, Hillary is curled up in a fetal position, naked, shivering, and mumbling something about "pee tapes: and "emails."
Poor JimH52. He's really a mess.
Not with the Dimwits in Congress making sure they stopped him, you are right Slow Hoser.
There was no expansion of Russian territory between 2000 to 2014 - and Russia, aka Putin had not attacked any neighbor - until Georgia attacked the Russian aligned separatists.
It's too late for that - NATO & Ukraine won't give up on their "unification". As such Putin won't give in either.
Neutrality in my view - simply in-cooperates that Ukraine will not join any military alliance nor take any military aid from NATO countries - that pose a threat or opposition towards Russia. Ukraine can buy it's own weapon systems with their own money from whomever they wish. That if e.g. F-16's are purchased that they will automatically receive training from the USA is understood. Just like Switzerland received it's training for e.g. their F-18's.
I still don't get you - The S-Korean model exists due to the US having stationed troops and weaponry in S-Korea + having established respective trainings and structures to "unify" S-Korea's Armed Forces with those of the USA. There is no "neutral" South-Korea. Unlike N-Korea that does not harbor nor has integrated Russian or Chinese troops nor having established joint commands and operation structures.
You both are still talking about territories, not about people. And people, their rights is the most important thing if you really want to establish a reliable peace. Without equal rights for the Russian-speakers and laymen of Ukrainain Orthodox Church (MP) the reliable peace (in any survived part of the former Ukraine) is impossible.
You seem to have skipped reading my post:
UN forces fighting against unrests in Odessa or Kiev? Absolutely impossible.
Absolutely possible - no problem at all. - I myself have participated in several UN/NATO peace missions. It's all a matter as to how the UN mandate is formulated.
There are plenty of Russian speakers in Odessa. They don't want to be discriminated, abused or genocided. Right now they believe that it is more safe just to wait the Russian Army (and supply it with information). Without that hope they will uprise by themselves. And first of all they will try to kill "foreign occupants" (i.e. UN Peacekeepers).
It highly depends on who and how asks them. When SBU asks - they are Pro-Ukrainian, when FSB asks them - they are Pro-Russian, when CIA asks them - most of them are Pro-American. It's a borderland, dude.
There is absolutely no Russian-Ukrainian majority in Odessa. If there was then why did Russia bomb and strike it with missiles?
Sure it is. Odessa is a Russian-speaking city (as well as many other cities in Southern and Eastern Ukraine). And the Russians attack military and infrastructure targets there. As well as Kievan regime is bombing cities of Donbass and Crimea. The collateral damage is possible and acceptable.
