Ukraine’s top Freedom Caucus ally gets cold feet (www.politico.com)

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He [Rep. Andy Harris] said of Ukraine’s springtime offensive that was intended to turn the tide of the war: “I’ll be blunt, it’s failed.” And he was blunt, too, about the prospects for a victory ahead: “I’m not sure it’s winnable anymore.”

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[-] modulus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

With more sober assessments of the course of the conflict on both sides of the Atlantic, we may hope for a prompt attempt at serious negotiation and, if fate is kind, an end to the hostilities.

[-] BitPirate@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

If only this ultra-complex situation could be solved more easily. Wait, it can! Russia could just fuck off and send its soldiers home.

[-] modulus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

How come nobody thought of this? Brilliant! I guess the war is over then?

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Your comment implied that Ukraine should just accept that Russia has conquered a fourth of its territory. That is as ridiculous and unlikely a scenario as Putin voluntarily leaving.

[-] modulus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

No such implication is there. All I said was serious negotiations, which given the state of facts entails the prospect of territorial concessions. I don't expect the negotiations would lead to a simple redrawing of the borders to take account of what each side materially holds at present. In fact, I don't have much of a preconceived idea of what such negotiations would be like other than I find it extremely unlikely that Crimea will return to Ukrainian control. That's the point of negotiation: finding out what the belligerents can live with.