Smart move by Putin, like a good chess player.
Putin to Announce Decision on Recognition of Donbass Republics Within Hours - UPDATE: He’s Done it!
Layla Guest
RT
2022-02-21 18:51:00
Comment: Ukraine is in deep sh*t now. If it keeps attacking the two new small countries, now formally under Russia’s military and economic protection, the Bear is likely going to smack it, hard..
The Russian president was advised by top security officials to acknowledge the independence of the breakaway regions
Following a meeting of Russia’s Security Council, President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will decide on Monday whether to recognize the two self-declared breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass region.
Speaking at the end of the session, during which government ministers and the head of the country’s security agencies claimed that the humanitarian situation across the border is worsening, Putin said that “I have heard your opinions. A decision will be made today,” before ending the meeting.
Comment: Here’s Putin TV address to the nation (with EN subs). It’s worth watching in full. Putin excoriated the Ukrainian government, cataloguing its crimes against its own people since 2014
This is nothing. No one is doing business in those areas anyway. This is all kubuki theater. Biden told Putin he could take it. Just like Obama told Putin he could take crimea. They would act shocked and mad but nothing of significance will be done about it.
Biden really wants Putin to replace the president of Ukraine since he’s making it difficult on Hunter.
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Wouldn’t harsh sanctions on Russia be an act of war?
So Joe can do this, but any illegals who entered illegally when Trump was POTUS get free money because they “deserve” compensation for being mistreated. Afghans, probably future terrorists, got free passage to the USA, and free everything. Seems there are some pale-faced foreigners Biden does not like.
Great. He just spent over a year ruining our economy by messing up farmers’ ability to grow their crops, shutting down our pipelines and just today reducing oil leases. And NOW he wants sanctions on oil products coming out of Russia/Ukraine?
BiteMe really does hate us. God help us if we don’t get rid of these people BEFORE they do more damage than they already have.
An interesting actor.
Why has Brandon not prepared our energy infrastructure to be prepared for this Russian invasion?
Why does he want Americans to suffer with higher energy prices when he could have prepared? And now our 401k’s are crashing just as Trump predicted. It’s not funny having a demented incompetent President no matter how many jokes Psaki wants to make.
Slojo puts Vladimir Putin on double secret probation....
I think one smart move would have been to announce...”Yes we too support the sovereignty of the break away regions and their right for self determination to choose their own destinies apart from Ukrainian or Russian influence. We call for a people’s plebiscite to determine whether they wish to be under Russian, Ukraine, or their own control.
Too late now.