Someone should submit a resolution to the UN security council ordering both Russia and Ukraine to go back to the 2013 borders. And then Russia can do what it wants with their vote and veto.
I'm not exactly sure what happened between 1991 and 2013 around there, but I'd argue that they should have the original indepencence borders and that's it. But it's not my call by any stretch, Ukraine and their people are the ones who should settle where the border is.
And the global west should support their cause. Sure, it's not particulary easy for anyone right now, but for the majority of the people in EU supporting Ukraine is financially mostly a inconvenience. You might pay a slightly bit more on your bread and butter, but currently no one is coming for you with guns, which is very much a reality in Ukraine right now.
i mean that’s still not even… ukraine has a country to rebuild and even stevens would include reparations for both loss of life and rebuilding
a compromise is russia gets the fuck out of ukraine and ukraine begrudgingly accepts that this is better than more war and then starts dealing with the consequences of russias aggression
Russia has total control over the situation and could end the Kursk assault overnight if they really wanted to. This is entirely their problem that they've created.
"I would be grateful for the explanation how intentionally targeting civilians serves the goal of disrupting attacks on Ukrainian territory, given the fact that there were no military objects or infrastructure in the area," he [Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's Deputy U.N. Ambassador] said.
Holy crap! Tell me that you've been sleeping under a rock for the last 3 years without saying that you've been sleeping under a rock for the last 3 years...
"I would be grateful for the explanation how intentionally targeting civilians serves the goal of disrupting attacks on Ukrainian territory, given the fact that there were no military objects or infrastructure in the area," he said.
So the T-80s and T-90 that Ukraine has captured so far are use for delivering pizza? Also, if you give Ukraine a bit more time to get deeper into Russia they'll get to the part of Russia where much more of the military objects and infrastructure are.
There is no hope communicating with these insane barbarians. Empathy, truth. shame and hypocrisy don't even exist. The entire society is based on brutality and brazen lies, you cannot trust anything they say. The only choice for a lasting peace for Ukraine is to keep fighting until the entire vile project of political russia collapses into something less malignant.
I understand why you can't do this kind of thing, but honestly I feel like at this point we should just be shooting the Russian spokesman with one of those 40mm non lethal shotguns if they try to stand up in the UN and say a goddamned word. Just let them fall down on the ground in their fancy suit groaning, and invite them to come back any time they want to tell their military to stop killing civilians and go the fuck home, and in the meantime just chase them down the hallway with it until they leave the building where the ladies and gentlemen are supposed to converse productively about world affairs.
And yes I understand that the ICC is the right way to go about that, and that we're specifically blocking them because WE don't want to be held accountable for our own hilarious hypocrisy about our own atrocities. For the record, I am 100% on board for doing the same thing to Israel if they say a goddamned thing, or to the US spokesman if THEY try to say anything about humanitarian situations in the Middle East. Can that be an acceptable compromise? Or maybe we can just dump like a gallon of rotten tomato soup on the Russian spokeman's head instead any time they open their mouth, so there's no potential for injury but the point can still be put across?
Edit: Fun fact! Someone actually did this in the Roman Senate. There was one guy who was doing a Mitch McConnell thing, holding things up with procedural objections because he didn't like what the outcome was going to be if they were allowed to move forward, and he kept getting away with it day after day, and finally someone snuck up behind him while he was doing it and dumped a full bucket of (I think) pig shit on his head. He came back for one more day to make a big protest like WTF they can't do that how dare you, and everyone sort of shrugged and said seems like they can, I mean they did. After that he was still technically a senator but he stayed in his house and everyone was able to get back to business.
The USSR had a shred of philosophical veneer. The kleptocratic petromafia slave “state “ that exists today is literally a nihilist barbarian horde. I like the sentiment and mental picture of your suggestions. Really speaks to the pointlessness of talking to these black hearted ghouls.
Most have not been silent. They mostly said that Ukraine is allowed to use Western made weapons in Russia including Kursk. Idk what the Russians are talking about.
I'm sorry, Pooty, i can't make out what you're saying. Try to stop blubbering. Take a deep breath. Wipe your nose off. Here, take a sip from your SpongeBob sippy cup.
Ok, feel better? Now, without whining this time. What do you want?