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Crimea and Donbass are essentially regions where Russians and people who identify as Russians live.
mell says
Crimea and Donbass are essentially regions where Russians and people who identify as Russians live.
Weren't those area populated by non-Russians before Stalin moved Russians there? Especially Crimea. I'm not sure about the other two. Presumably any peace treaty will involve expulsions of Russians from these places, and Transnistria, and hopefully a few other places to fix what Stalin did.
In this case it's the opposite, the war violence would most likely stop if there were serious talks/negotiations for independence.
mell says
In this case it's the opposite, the war violence would most likely stop if there were serious talks/negotiations for independence.
This is what I don't get as an outsider. Russia could have just negotiated a land deal. Ukrainians love their foreign money. NATO countries knew they wanted the land. It's the dumbest most solvable situation I've ever seen.
Create a NAFTA type agreement. Share in the wealth of the region and Russia gets their warm water port and land. They still have their gas and oil. Get a land bridge to Crimea. Make a deal where you split exports like wheat with the Ukrainians, and Russia pays for infrastructure. Seems like an easy win win proposition. Although I'm no global expert. Makes sense on the back of a napkin.
Fuck it. Kill 100K+ people and have a demographic collapse for the next generation. Likely will be 1M+ by the end of it k...
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