"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (26 Viewers)

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Yet another stellar example of Russian folly.

To seriously consider provoking the Grandmaster of the FAFO club, especially while having their ass handed to them from the newest member of the FAFO club, has got to be the ultimate death-wish for the great Russian Empire...

The resurgence of tensions between Russia, Finland and NATO
 
ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country.

"Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don't want to give up anything. That's what we are fighting for," Zelenskyy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat late Monday.

"Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don't have such right," he said. "According to Ukraine's law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don't have a moral right either."

In an interview with Politico released Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump again pressed Zelenskyy to accept the U.S. proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow retains the "upper hand" in its nearly 4-year-old invasion, and that Zelenskyy's government must "play ball."


 
Here we go again:


I'm eagerly awaiting the day the Europeans are able to tell Trump after another of these rants, "That's nice, laddie, run along and play in your Western Hemisphere like you said you would."
 
I'm eagerly awaiting the day the Europeans are able to tell Trump after another of these rants, "That's nice, laddie, run along and play in your Western Hemisphere like you said you would."

If only…

This is classic no-win double-speak. Europe gets criticized for doing things that the White House disagrees with but then is also criticized (incorrectly, IMHO) for not doing anything to end the war in Ukraine…when Europe was doing precisely what the White House wanted under previous presidents.
 

The cutoff of U.S. intelligence is especially dangerous. It is increasingly obvious that Ukraine can no longer count on the USA's support and in fact needs to accept that it is almost fighting a two front war.
 

I wonder what would have happened if a similar approach was taken some 250 odd years ago when there was a small plucky group of revolutionaries fighting for independence again a major force/empire. They "didn't hold the cards", were the weaker party and were dependent to a degree on foreign aid/support. They were also especially the smaller party...
 

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