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ISW: Kremlin intensifying rhetoric pushing for hypothetical partition of Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

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The Kremlin is intensifying efforts to normalize Western discussions of a hypothetical partition of Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in their daily assessment.

ISW assessed that Russian propagandists are reigniting narratives that portray Ukraine as an artificially constructed state. Officials are proposing that Russia and European powers partition Ukraine and leave it as a "sovereign" rump state, comments which were reportedly picked up by right-wing politicians in Central Europe.

By reducing Ukraine's political legitimacy, Russia hopes to reduce Western military support and normalize Western discussions of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia as a legitimate way to end the war.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are pretending as if anyone is forcing Ukraine into defending itself

Yes, men in Ukraine are literally forced to fight by their government. That's war. No pretending necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

men in Ukraine

Ahh, so we are being pedantic now? It's pretty clear that I was talking about the nation, not anecdotal accounts of individuals.

That's war. No pretending necessary.

Which is one of the reasons why we shouldn't be defending nations who attack their neighbors in opportunistic land grabs?