It's Russian Bridge actually. It connects Russia to the Crimea. Surprised if there's only the 1 volley, today. Undoubtedly the war has stepped up. Retaliation.
No. It has Sevastopol on it, it is one of the largest Russian military bases. In fact it has about 3 Russian military bases, or probably more, aircraft, naval, shipyards, troops. No they didn't annex it if it has about a 90% Russian population. Try doing that to anybody else. What happens. It's very complicated.
But your view is misguided.
However I might agree the Crimea presented a much larger problem to Ukrainian coastline. Smack in the center of it. It claims the surrounding waters. Now with the separation oblasts and Islands under Russian soveriegnity. Ukraine has no more coastline. Virtually none, any waters by Odesa have also disappeared with the nearby Islands also under Russian control.
By not recognising it was Russian is how this conflict began. Possession big bases on it, emphatically makes it Russian. It didn't need to annex it. It simply was. Annex was the two oblasts above it, and the two original separation oblasts next to Russia, these were in Civil war since the Ukrainian coup. A matter of due course occurred by rejecting it is Russian.
It is what it is. It's gonna take something else to bring peace.
Ukraine was severely damaged today. The West can give them more weapons but after an attack like today it might be like throwing money away. A few more attacks like today and Ukrains infrastructure is mostly gone. Not a real Country and a disaster to live there.
My bet is we see a peace negotiation, maybe in next two months.
Ukraine breaks Ukrainian bridge, russians are pissed, lash out aimlessly.
It's Russian Bridge actually. It connects Russia to the Crimea. Surprised if there's only the 1 volley, today. Undoubtedly the war has stepped up. Retaliation.
I see that now. They built it on annexed land in 2016. Very curious.
No. It has Sevastopol on it, it is one of the largest Russian military bases. In fact it has about 3 Russian military bases, or probably more, aircraft, naval, shipyards, troops. No they didn't annex it if it has about a 90% Russian population. Try doing that to anybody else. What happens. It's very complicated.
But your view is misguided.
However I might agree the Crimea presented a much larger problem to Ukrainian coastline. Smack in the center of it. It claims the surrounding waters. Now with the separation oblasts and Islands under Russian soveriegnity. Ukraine has no more coastline. Virtually none, any waters by Odesa have also disappeared with the nearby Islands also under Russian control.
By not recognising it was Russian is how this conflict began. Possession big bases on it, emphatically makes it Russian. It didn't need to annex it. It simply was. Annex was the two oblasts above it, and the two original separation oblasts next to Russia, these were in Civil war since the Ukrainian coup. A matter of due course occurred by rejecting it is Russian.
It is what it is. It's gonna take something else to bring peace.
Ukraine was severely damaged today. The West can give them more weapons but after an attack like today it might be like throwing money away. A few more attacks like today and Ukrains infrastructure is mostly gone. Not a real Country and a disaster to live there.
My bet is we see a peace negotiation, maybe in next two months.
I wonder why Yeltsin and Kravchuk would agree to a border, knowing this would result...