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2023-02-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia's Medvedev floats idea of pushing back Poland's borders

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Posted by Ebbains Threrenter5475 2023-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 At least Medvedev is honest about what they really think after a few vodkas.

Posted by magpie 2023-02-27 00:32|| 2023-02-27 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Poland is part of NATO. Better to play in the Ukraine than launch tomorrow.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-27 07:22|| 2023-02-27 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Not doing well in Ukraine so expand the war? Medvedev is an idiot.

Posted by ruprecht 2023-02-27 16:45|| 2023-02-27 16:45|| Front Page Top

#4 After spending so much time telling us Poland was going to carve off the western part of Ukraine...

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2023-02-27 20:35|| 2023-02-27 20:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I think Medvedev will make it all the way to the Hague.

Heh. Be careful what you wish for. In a recent interview Prigozhin (Mr Wagner Group) said it would take a year and a half to finish with Donbass and 3 years for all of Ukraine east of the Dniper. Then he made a joke about reaching the English Channel.

What Medvedev is saying is that for lasting peace, Russia needs secure borders. Given the recent admissions of treachery by Merkel and Stoltenberg, a negotiated agreement for everyone to play nice is inadequate without defensible borders. If you are playing the Rus in Rus v NATO, there are two defensive positions in Ukraine - east of the Dniepr River or that narrow spot at the Polish border in the west. Pushing to the Polish border would be a worst-case last resort.

Posted by SteveS 2023-02-27 23:15|| 2023-02-27 23:15|| Front Page Top