Elections? Simple question -- Who gets to vote in a "Ukrainian" election? Will people in the Donbas & Crimea (which Zelensky claims as part of the Ukraine) get to vote? What about all the Ukrainians who voted with their feet and left for Europe & Russia? What about Ukrainian soldiers on the front line? It would be administratively much more complex to have an election in the Ukraine today than, say, in the US during WWII. That means the result of any election would be contestable.
Related issue -- once Russian forces reach the boundaries of the four oblasts which voted to join the Russian Federation, the SMO is over. In Russian legal terms, any advance beyond those boundaries would become a War -- and President Putin would probably prefer not to have to declare War. The West probably has a narrow window of opportunity to strike a deal before those boundaries are reached and Russia has to cross the Rubicon.
Regards stepping over the boundaries, that's could be labelled as a buffer zone for the 4 oblasts. And it's unlikely that Russia gets the rest of Kherson unless they keep Ukraine occupied in Sumy and Dnipro.
No one, including Russians, thinks this isn't a war. Putin can do as he sees necessary so long as he doesn't switch to compulsory conscription.
putin/russia is a stickler for law and the legality of things..at present any negotiation with ukraine is impossible because of the law you make note of in your article.. until that changes, any agreement with the usa, needs to change this law, in order for ukraine to sign onto it as well... thanks for your articles...
And that's both fair and convenient i.e. Russia has invested a lot of bodies and money, and it's not going to stop as it's about to receive its biggest return.
I believe Zaluzhny was the West's main intention, but if they stick with Ukraine as the exploder of Nordstream, then he will be charged. So maybe it's Poroshenko vs Vitali Klitschko. There's also that small problem of most of the opposition parties having been banned. This war will go on...
Elections? Simple question -- Who gets to vote in a "Ukrainian" election? Will people in the Donbas & Crimea (which Zelensky claims as part of the Ukraine) get to vote? What about all the Ukrainians who voted with their feet and left for Europe & Russia? What about Ukrainian soldiers on the front line? It would be administratively much more complex to have an election in the Ukraine today than, say, in the US during WWII. That means the result of any election would be contestable.
Related issue -- once Russian forces reach the boundaries of the four oblasts which voted to join the Russian Federation, the SMO is over. In Russian legal terms, any advance beyond those boundaries would become a War -- and President Putin would probably prefer not to have to declare War. The West probably has a narrow window of opportunity to strike a deal before those boundaries are reached and Russia has to cross the Rubicon.
Regards stepping over the boundaries, that's could be labelled as a buffer zone for the 4 oblasts. And it's unlikely that Russia gets the rest of Kherson unless they keep Ukraine occupied in Sumy and Dnipro.
No one, including Russians, thinks this isn't a war. Putin can do as he sees necessary so long as he doesn't switch to compulsory conscription.
It's better 10 million vote than none. I'm interested in the overseas vote.
putin/russia is a stickler for law and the legality of things..at present any negotiation with ukraine is impossible because of the law you make note of in your article.. until that changes, any agreement with the usa, needs to change this law, in order for ukraine to sign onto it as well... thanks for your articles...
And that's both fair and convenient i.e. Russia has invested a lot of bodies and money, and it's not going to stop as it's about to receive its biggest return.
A reasonable analysis. Thank you
I believe Zaluzhny was the West's main intention, but if they stick with Ukraine as the exploder of Nordstream, then he will be charged. So maybe it's Poroshenko vs Vitali Klitschko. There's also that small problem of most of the opposition parties having been banned. This war will go on...