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To: gleeaikin

The hot war is over in Ukraine. The Ukrainians aren’t interested in using the Javelins now on the battlefield. The great danger now is they would be stolen through negligence or corruption. The west is just more secure than the east. All the big soccer matches are in the west, etc.


1,021 posted on 01/21/2020 9:14:53 PM PST by lodi90
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Here is an interesting article from Dec, 2019 about various currents in Russia regarding the Ukraine issue.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/06/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-russias-intentions-in-ukraine/


1,047 posted on 01/21/2020 9:37:03 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: lodi90
The hot war is over in Ukraine. The Ukrainians aren’t interested in using the Javelins now on the battlefield. The great danger now is they would be stolen through negligence or corruption. The west is just more secure than the east. All the big soccer matches are in the west, etc.

As I understand it, they’re under a current ceasefire since March. . . which was why now was a good time to reconsider military aid levels. It’s also apparently why the previous Ukraine President failed to be re-elected. His negotiations left the Russians with a superior position to get the ceasefire. He was looked at as pro-Russian by many in Ukraine.

1,285 posted on 01/22/2020 12:35:27 AM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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