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That is a good post. Likewise the situation in Ukraine could have been avoided. Compromise was needed. Both parties weren’t willing. Now both are suffering.
by _hcuq 5y ago
That is a good post. Likewise the situation in Ukraine could have been avoided. Compromise was needed. Both parties weren’t willing. Now both are suffering.
- DrSiemer 5y agoWhat kind of compromise could Ukraine have made? Installing a Russian puppet regime amounts to giving up in a different way.
- stickfigure 5y agoIt has become pretty obvious that there wasn't any realistic "compromise" (other than complete submission) that Ukraine could offer. Putin wants Ukraine and is determined to get it by any means. The suffering is 100% on his head.
- smsm42 5y agoStop with this "both sides" bullshit. Putin decided to invade, and short of completely surrendering in advance, there was absolutely nothing Ukraine could do. All the plans were drafted, the propaganda filmed and the orders shipped way before the "talks" even started, all of it were just for show to form a propaganda context and fool people like you. There's only one side's decision that made the war happen, and that side is Russia.
- JAlexoid 5y ago> Likewise the situation in Ukraine could have been avoided. Sorry, but no. The demands and even the Minsk agreements were completely incompatible with Ukrainian sovereignty. It would have been easier to demand Ukraine recognize LDNR and Crimea, than to implement Misk 2 in its form. I can easily lay blame on Germany for being so nindmumbigly stupid with forcing Minsk 2 on Ukraine. You've seen how well Russia played Merkel, when Ukranian president snapped a pencil. And finally - there was no goal of letting Ukraine make its own decisions on Russian side. This war was inevitable, since western powers refused to provide proper defensive capabilities to Ukraine - specially AA.