Posted on 12/20/2014 10:28:28 AM PST by Olog-hai
In a Spiegel interview, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, 40, discusses his country’s division, its war with Russia and why he believes all efforts to find a solution with Vladimir Putin will fail. […]
“A military solution would not be the best. My aim is not to start a new offensive against Russian soldiers, but to deter Russia from further aggression. The thing is that the EU is always playing by the rules. Putin is always playing with the rules. At the beginning, many thought that, after annexing Crimea, the beast would calm down. But he continued by supporting the so-called separatists in eastern Ukraine. When we started our anti-terror operation, Putin sent in regular troops. Appeasement has never worked and it won’t work with Putin. Of course one can argue that Crimea belonged to the Czarist Empire two centuries ago. One can quarrel over what territory, historically, belongs to whom. But that does not give Russia the right to violate Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty.” […]
“The EU remains our dream. We must not give it up. Otherwise Putin would win. His goal is to undermine the EU. This is not only about a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Russia is fighting against the West and its values.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Now would be a good time before President Cruz gets into office.
World “piece,” I need a piece of Ukraine, Poland, Greece, etc.... B-P
I wonder how long before Putin’s brigade shows up.
Okay. And last I heard, Mars still needs women.
We’ll see who get’s what they want first.
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