Would You Give Up Territory For Peace?.

William51 | 12:26 Sun 05th May 2024 | Politics

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The Ukraine war is dragging on. The far east of Ukraine was pro Russian and they are now occupying it, so in negotiations would you give it up for the chance to end the war?.

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ichkeria

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"The far east of Ukraine was pro Russian"It wasn't: in 1991 those regions voted overwhelmingly to be part of Ukraine and most Russians who lived there and did "look to Russia" (whatever that means) long ago learned to hate Putin."so in negotiations would you give it up for the chance to end the war"It's not that type of war: not a "territorial dispute" but a...

12:57 Sun 05th May 2024

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ToraToraTora

No, because it won't end there. Appeasement never works.

naomi24

Russia wouldn't be satisfied with that.

Ken4155

Give them an inch.............................

ichkeria

"The far east of Ukraine was pro Russian"

It wasn't: in 1991 those regions voted overwhelmingly to be part of Ukraine and most Russians who lived there and did "look to Russia" (whatever that means) long ago learned to hate Putin.

"so in negotiations would you give it up for the chance to end the war"

It's not that type of war: not a "territorial dispute" but a destructive war of genocide against the whole country.
So Tora and Naomi are correct

Khandro

If there was a true & fair referendum overseen by maybe the UN, & if the people of that region voted to be part of Russia, then yes.

gulliver1

No ...They would want more.

William51

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Thank you ichkeria. An interesting post about east Ukraine.

ichkeria

That's ok William: it's one of the great myths about Ukraine (encouraged by the Kremlin) that there was some sort of separatist movement that started a rebellion. Undoubtedly many people felt less Ukrainian both in the east and the south (even Crimea tho voted 57-43 to be in Ukraine) but they didn't want to be part of Russia

naomi24

William, I'm going to ask the editor to move your thread to Politics. It won't be done until at least tomorrow so please continue here in the meantime. It's an excellent question.