• cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    It’s a good writeup (as one would expect) but Ukraine isn’t in a great spot – the reason they’re better off than Russia is because Russia is a complete clusterfuck.

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      11 days ago

      It’s not, but the stuff that they talk about the super smart things Ukrainians are doing to retool their economy during the war is really amazing.

      • orclev@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        I’m rooting for Ukraine but with donvict taking office it’s not looking great. I’m fully expecting all US support to be cut off as soon as he can manage it (just like his puppet master Putin has ordered), and unless one of the EU countries steps in to fill that gap it’s going to get rough over there. Well, rougher. I’m afraid Ukraine might actually be forced into accepting a surrender condition that lets Russia retain all the land they’ve taken, although that could be partially mitigated by Ukraine being let into NATO. On the other hand I’m not sure how much ability Trump will have to block Ukraine’s NATO membership but if he has any ability to do so at all I expect him to do just that.

        • Eezyville@sh.itjust.works
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          10 days ago

          Any member, including and especially the US, can block prospective members from entering NATO. Also you can’t join the alliance while you’re in the middle of a conflict.