RE: Russia and Ukraine
February 24, 2022 at 6:19 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 6:29 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Pro-western Ukrainian governments since 2005 has been clammering for NATO member ship as a way to burn the bridge with russia and preventing Ukraine from backsliding towards russian influence. This ir imports t because in fact pro-western sentiment in Ukraine is largely confined to young urbanites and by no means is it clear the country overall would not wish to return to a closer relationship with russia.
The US has been maneuvering to pull Ukraine into NATO as a means of neutering Russia. In reality, much if EU is highly skeptical about closer integration with Ukraine. in one famous instance, deputy foreign policy advisor to the vice president Victoria Nuland was found in Ukraine during the colored revolution, advising the pro-western coup. her phone was tapped by the Russian. on the phone she was heard to exclaim “fuck EU” when her ukrainian contact mentioned opposition of the EU to Ukraine membership in NATO. the russians of course released the tap to public.
officially NATO and EU have presented Ukraine with a road map for Ukraine to joining, but punted the actually trigger pull by saying Ukraine does not meet the requirement yet.
The US has been maneuvering to pull Ukraine into NATO as a means of neutering Russia. In reality, much if EU is highly skeptical about closer integration with Ukraine. in one famous instance, deputy foreign policy advisor to the vice president Victoria Nuland was found in Ukraine during the colored revolution, advising the pro-western coup. her phone was tapped by the Russian. on the phone she was heard to exclaim “fuck EU” when her ukrainian contact mentioned opposition of the EU to Ukraine membership in NATO. the russians of course released the tap to public.
officially NATO and EU have presented Ukraine with a road map for Ukraine to joining, but punted the actually trigger pull by saying Ukraine does not meet the requirement yet.