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Re: U.S.: Putin's Peace Proposal for Ukraine is Nothing But 'Occupation Plan'
You have to understand something also. Putin may have forcefully prevented any Ukraine association with NATO, but he also lost that country. He also did both himself and Russia irreparable harm in the eyes of the international community. Putin's Eurasian Economic Union is floundering. Russia's economy is cratering and European nations are now actively searching for energy alternatives to negate Putin's blackmail card. NATO will be re-arming. Even Belarus and Kazakhstan now understand the peril of being too closely aligned with Putin. When you add all the pluses and minuses, Putin has succeeded wildly in corralling Russia into an ever-shrinking patch of trust and viability.The point being, Putin's concern was reasonable. To wait for any execution would then mean certain military confrontation. His move avoided that altogether. You need to understand something. Russia is not going to loose their warm water port, and they're not going to allow Ukraine to go NATO.