Putin has seen some of the most powerful Western leaders align with Russia on many occasions. These relationships have the potential to block Western countries from uniting against Putin.
For example, while he was in office, Gerhard Schroeder, former German chancellor, endorsed key cooperation between Russia and Europe. In 2017, he became associated with Rosneft, a Russian oil company, and became its chairman.
There are also other important European men who decided to associate with the boards of companies owned by the Russian state after leaving offices, such as French Prime Minister François Fillon and former Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl.
14 thoughts on “5 Things You Should Know About The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict”
We haven’t learned our lesson.
World War III is just around the corner.
Nations who attack other sovereign nations should be squashed!
There should be 170,000 troops confronting Putin’s army!
Biden is attempting to take the focus off of all the screwup they have made ahead of the 2022 elections. Trying to appear tough guy, Putin is laughing his ass off at the current administration, nothing planed, Biden’s only source of information is from an old retired general who knows a little about nothing and less about something, he’s a joke along with the Democrats administration,
Most of what you have said is crap. Putin is a hood over from the USSR. He want his legacy to be that he “recaptured” the territories that he feels his country lost. He is an old world communist who has little scruples when it comes to getting back what he perceives as belonging to the USSR. He play these obnoxious games because he is sure no one will seriously challenge him and in the end a lot of people will be killed but he will see himself as a hero for restoring his country to its previous standing. He will take on one dominoe at a time.
I believe that Putin will order an attack on Ukraine and the U.S. has the worst possible president at this time of global tension. I believe that Donald Trump would have been able to convince Putin that would be a mistake by offering other options than the sanctions imposed by Biden. Those sanctions are harmful to western nations as they are to Russia.
I understand the situation in Ukraine, not ” The Ukraine.” I don’t know where you got that misinformation, but if you ask any Ukrainian, they will tell you the same thing. We are Ukraine, not ” The Ukraine. ”
As for invading Ukraine, seems Putin already has done that back in 2014.
Why do you, throughout this column, say “the Ukraine”? It is a country, not a generalized area. You demean the country by Not addressing it by its proper historical name Ukraine.
Why not say “the Poland” or “the France”?
The Ukraine is demeaning!
When Ukraine was part of the USSR after WW II, they got a bellyfull of Russian rule. When the USSSR imploded, Ukraine started a long process of removing Russia supported officials from their government, inventing a democracy, and positioning itself to join the European Union and NATO at some future date. This hurts Putin’s ego and prestige. Putin is ridiculously wealthy and couldn’t care less how much NATO economic sanctions hurt ordinary Russians. I am afraid nothing will deter Putin’s invasion of Ukraine short of military opposition from NATO forces; a military defeat would harm his ego and prestige even more.
I am certain that Russia will attack Ukraine. I would bet my house on it. I also believe Biden will place a couple of low level sanctions to appease the American people but will have little affect on Russia. Gas prices will continue to soar due to Biden’s anti-oil policy, BUT he will blame the soaring gas prices on the Russia/Ukraine conflict which has nothing to do with oil or gas prices.
It isUkraine not the Ukraine. The Ukraine would be a region. Give Ukraine the respect it has earned as a country not a region. This is ignorance on your part.
Ukraine is only the start, he wants more, as you get more, you want more. It appears that the Ukraine war started and is now almost over. He will push further West, until he incurs enough resistance to stop him. Without enough resistance, he will continue to keep moving. As he moves West, he also accrues assists, more assists, more power. If not stopped, he will eventually occupy Switzerland and be in possession of all of the Swiss banks. If he gets the Swiss banks, he has control a large portion of the entire world (money), which is his objective. Heavy non-nuclear opposition needs to start now, today, not tomorrow, not next week or not next month. The UN & Nato need to act now. They should have acted the day the first shot was fired.
It’s “Ukraine” not “The Ukraine”.
“The Ukraine” implies a region or territory. You demean all Ukrainians by referring to “The Ukraine”. Which how Russia perceives Ukraine to be a territory of theirs.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the greatest incentive Ukraine could have for joining NATO.
I knew all this.
The counter narrative to the truth is abundant here. While skirting the truth on some points outright lies fill the others. If the reader wants to know what 3 letter agency pushed the orange revolution and their commitment to making the Ukraine the hub of world corruption I wouldn’t trust a word of this bile.