Progress, slow? Non-existant. I mean congrats on destroying telephone poles, but as far as progress, it is WWI out there, fighting and dying for scraps of land.
"... which is why their "human wave" tactic is so highly preferred!"
Why are you so dense? Russia is not subject to your definition of "progress".
Wow. 1984 in post form.
Yep, you are desperate to invent some metric where Ukrainian regime have success somewhere. One more time, Russia does not care about immediate territorial gains.
Wahoo! Great news. Pls leave Ukraine tout suite!
It wasn't quite as bad as I feared, but I think the motivation is still to justify sending weapons to Russia (which China is already doing, but covertly).China finally came out with their peace plan. Their plan or road map to peace included "sovereignty of all countries should be upheld."
What is China's peace proposal for Ukraine War?
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China offered a 12-point proposal to end the war, which a senior diplomat had teased in Munich earlier this week.apnews.com
I think a positive first step. However, their plan also states that "The security of a region should not be achieved by strengthening or expanding military blocs.” Well, I hate to say it but "blocs" or Nato to be specific, is the only thing stopping Russia from invading other eastern European countries. The only way for a smaller country to stop a bully is to band together with other smaller countries. But again, the Chinese plan is a positive first step.
I would agree but we need a stick as well. Better trade deals. Stay out of the South China Sea for a few months etc. no point in antagonizing them. Pelosi did that a few months ago and it was not a smart move.It wasn't quite as bad as I feared, but I think the motivation is still to justify sending weapons to Russia (which China is already doing, but covertly).China finally came out with their peace plan. Their plan or road map to peace included "sovereignty of all countries should be upheld."
What is China's peace proposal for Ukraine War?
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China offered a 12-point proposal to end the war, which a senior diplomat had teased in Munich earlier this week.
I think a positive first step. However, their plan also states that "The security of a region should not be achieved by strengthening or expanding military blocs.” Well, I hate to say it but "blocs" or Nato to be specific, is the only thing stopping Russia from invading other eastern European countries. The only way for a smaller country to stop a bully is to band together with other smaller countries. But again, the Chinese plan is a positive first step.
Xi can say, "look here, we tried peace, you guys rejected it, so now we're free to sell weapons to Russia, just like the west is doing to Ukraine."
He has zero interest in cutting slack to west and not taking advantage of the situation, both by buying cheap crude and natural gas from Russia, and selling them electronics, weapons, and other goods that Russia can't get from the west. But even then, I think it's not going to be effective to antagonize China further publicly. Xi is a petty dictator, he can't be guilt-tripped into doing the west's way. Despite differences, he should at this time be engaged with a positive message.
Well said. I shamelessly stole this for reposting it on some other places.
How, exactly, would any number of countries being invaded by the US, make the Russian invasion of Ukraine not have happened?
Perhaps they should have gone back to Russia, then.
I agree. Russia should immediately give up the Soviet Union's permanent seat in the security council, both in recognition that it's not Russia's by right, and in protest against how mean and nasty the UN is not to agree with Russia's absurd territorial claims over her neighbours.
That would be France.
