I don’t get it!
How is this within Trumps remit? How can he make decisions on Ukraines future with out the full involvement of Zelensky?
This is nothing more than a land grab deal between Trump and Putin, and the price will be the erasure of Ukraine as a sovereign territory.
This is so wrong on so many levels
How can they go back on their position from last year ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66678882
Russia is still prosecuting the violent destruction of Ukraine sovereign territory. Killing thousands of non combatants including children.
Inviting Russia back is tantamount to condoning Putins actions.
What next, Putin is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize !
And they are inviting Iran back to the table too. How can that be right, Iran has an appalling record on human rights.
Come on, Nobel Foundation, you need to stand up for what is right.
Spotted this yesterday afternoon while out for Mothering Sunday lunch.
I will admit to a fair amount of guilt.
Guilt that we were out enjoying ourselves while war criminal Putin has destroyed the Ukrainian peoples lives and their homeland.
I suffer a huge amount of frustration too. Knowing that there is nothing tangible that I can do. But also that I, being almost 70 years old, have seen Russia do this time and time again.
Russia has been testing the waters for the last few years. Sending ships and submarines into our territorial waters. Invading and annexing neighbouring states.
Meanwhile, we and our allies have reduced spending on defence. Reduced the size and capability of our forces.
Putin has watched all of this and and has siezed the moment. Our complacency has signaled our inability to respond.
It may be that Putin may have over-reached himself and underestimated Ukraines ability to resist.
One thing is sure Putin did not expect the worldwide condemnation of his actions. He has woken Europe and the world out of its slumbers.
I feel sorry for the Russian people who are being lied to by Putin and his government. They, like the Ukrainian peoples are going to pay the price of Putins ambitions.
The Russian people are the ones that are going to have to topple Putin from his position of power.
I have been watching the news unfold in the Crimea, with a distinct feeling of unease, as Putins pirate army invokes a “soft annexation” of the Crimea. I would call it theft.
Meanwhile we in the west, in total impotence, watch on .
Does Putin seem bothered by threats of sanctions ?
I don’t think so, after all what can we do. We are powerless to intervene, and all that Obama, Cameron and the other politicians can do, is spout toothless rhetoric.
Who said piracy was restricted to the South China Sea ?
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