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They want Ukraine to formally declare those regions independent, and permenantly cede Crimea to Russia. They've been fighting over these areas for 8 years. Russia couldn't fall back to those areas immediately if they wanted to, they're kind of stuck. Between their columns running out of fuel, Ukrainians targeting their fuel supply and strategicly blowing up their columns, the major roads are blocked by broken down Russian equipment... Plus Putin would be humiliated if he did call for his troops to fall back... But yes, Russia wants more than those three regions. They also demand permenant Ukraine neutrality. Something that Ukraine is open to... The Foreign Ministers are set to meet in Turkey on Thursday. This could be over soon.

Important Developments today. Russia has backed off requiring Zelinskyy to be removed as a term of their demands. Which means they've gone from demanding total surrender and regime change, to threatening total loss of statehood, to asking for just the 3 parts of the country they were already occupying. This is a major sign that the costs of this war are piling up. Zelinskyy said today that Ukraine was open to compromise on Crimea, Dontesk and Luhansk, and that military neutrality is on the table. But said the Russians must negotiate, not give ultimatums. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/08/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-open-to-compromise-with-russia-on-crimea-separatist-territories-a76821

Ukraine has opened a volunteer portal for anyone to go fight (outside of Russian citizens). I've read that 16,000 people have signed up so far... I've seen footage of young American and British citizens travelingto and gettgin read to cross the border.

From the sound of it, they don't think the Russians can hold the ground they've gained. They are dug in for a war of attrition with 40 million vs 200k. As sad as it's been, it's going to get a lot sadder before this ends. As of right now, the Ukrainians are holding out for full territorial integrity.

The major sticking point is Russia is demanding Crimea permanently to Russia, and Ukraine officially recognize Dontensk & Luhansk as independent Republics. Would kind of like a demand that Florida belongs to Russia and Maine and Rhode Island are independent. Ukraine won't agree to that.

I do think we have to start taking the possibility very seriously that Russia is only after a military buffer zone. When you look at the Eastern Ukrainian border, it's barely 300 miles to Moscow. A modern hypersonic missile could hit the Russian capital in less than 2 minutes from there, giving NATO a first strike capability that would pose as an existential threat. The humanitarian thing to do is end this war with the Zellinsky regime intact and a pledge for Ukrainian military neutrality. No NATO missiles in Ukraine should end this God forsaken calamity.

Will Kyiv even contemplate this offer? If they decide to hold out, and the Russians can squeeze their capital and starve them out, the terms could get much worse. Meeting of the Foreign Ministers Thursday in Turkey. Could we see a negotiated end by the end of the week? I think we should use China's support of this war against the Ukrainian people to turn this around. And it should start with an international investigation into the origins of CV-19.

Not that I trust Russia, but as long by "cease military action" they mean stop fighting and not permanently disband the military, this is not a terrible outcome. Ukraine could end this madness if they take this deal.

Trying to look at this situation objectively is sad and sickening. What we'll never know is if the invasion would have still occured had Ukraine vowed military neutrality and only economic partnership with the EU. But what we do know is that American politicians from both parties pushed NATO expansion, and Ukraine overwhelmingly voted for it.

I could see it, if they think the player is a #1 wr in 3-4 years, when Diggs hits 33-34.

Perhaps they wanted to save their AF in the event they actually face off against NATO? And now that it looks like NATO won't intervene directly, I wonder if they ramp up their AF use?

You should watch a few episodes of Henry Gates series Finding Your Roots. It's fascinating and really well done.

The stupidity of Jussie Smollett aside, it's cruel to mock a black person on this issue. Bc there's a likelihood that the black family's descendent from white slave households occured through rape. And it appears to be likely with Kamala Harris. Her great-great grandfather fathered a half-white, half-black child with one of the 124 enslaved people he owned.

Yeah, maybe it's more like he's been paranoid that he's going to be poisoned.

The strength of our nation has little to do with how well our President can read from a teleprompter. That's strong man dictatorship calculus. That said, I really hope Joe doesn't run for a second term and the Dems run a true moderate.

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That looks like his own Zoom background blur setting that he can use with one click... Who's in the picture?

Physically he's basically AJ Brown, a little taller, more wingspan.

Khalil Shakir would be nice in the slot. Almost 6' 200# running a 4.35.

"I'm from Long Island, so quite a bit south of there..." Another guy who thinks Buffalo is Plattsburgh on the map lol.

Just trying to de-nazifiy.

Russia wants to dismantle the possibility of any pro-western military apparatus in Ukraine, and take control of the massive gas reserves off Ukraine's southern coast. I've seen this guy on TikTok, he's supposedly an American that lives in Ukraine. He's come to the conclusion that Zelinsky is evil bc he won't surrender and is inspiring his nation to resist... What he doesn't seem to understand is that the Ukrainians have lived under the Soviet Union, and they would rather die than be ruled by Putin or a Putin puppet.

How much money does Swift process per year?

He was the star of the most popular show in Ukraine. He played a school teacher who's speech about the ills facing Ukraine propelled him to the Presidency. Yes, he played the President of Ukraine on tv before becoming the President of Ukraine. Here's a clip:

I'm not sure how quickly it would be possible to that info updated. Still a potentially useful tool that is still in beta testing.