Is it possible Putin is using western Ukraine as a bargaining chip? The objectives of the SMO were to keep NATO out of Ukraine and protect the population of Ukraine that identifies with Russia. Bringing western Ukraine into Russia would cause nothing but trouble and internal dissent. Could there be a deal: Poland gets western Ukraine in …
Is it possible Putin is using western Ukraine as a bargaining chip? The objectives of the SMO were to keep NATO out of Ukraine and protect the population of Ukraine that identifies with Russia. Bringing western Ukraine into Russia would cause nothing but trouble and internal dissent. Could there be a deal: Poland gets western Ukraine in exchange for Poland's permanent withdrawal from NATO by irrevocable treaty with concrete penalties? Russia gets the Russian-identifying portions of Ukraine with guaranteed access of Ukraine, including the part annexed by Poland, to shipping ports.
Is it possible Putin is using western Ukraine as a bargaining chip? The objectives of the SMO were to keep NATO out of Ukraine and protect the population of Ukraine that identifies with Russia. Bringing western Ukraine into Russia would cause nothing but trouble and internal dissent. Could there be a deal: Poland gets western Ukraine in exchange for Poland's permanent withdrawal from NATO by irrevocable treaty with concrete penalties? Russia gets the Russian-identifying portions of Ukraine with guaranteed access of Ukraine, including the part annexed by Poland, to shipping ports.