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> making it into a buffer state where no superpower would be able to exert more influence than the other That is a diplomatic solution that could have been arr
by tastyfreeze 3y ago
> making it into a buffer state where no superpower would be able to exert more influence than the other
That is a diplomatic solution that could have been arranged my continuing diplomacy with Russia.
- rbanffy 3y agoAnd, instead, the US opted to stir up opposition despite the multiple warnings (and, quite obvious indications) that Russia would be prompted to act. Anything like that would require giving Russia a perpetual lease on Sevastopol, as well as assured access to the base. When Ukrainian politicians started floating the idea of not renewing the lease past 2015, there was very little Russia could do but to take what they needed by force, and create an unsustainable situation within Ukraine. This whole thing could have been solved by an e-mail in 2014.