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“We believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger Ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression,” Blinken said in a speech in Finland, which recently became NATO’s newest member and shares a long border with Russia.

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[-] SolarSailer@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Perhaps an option could be that Ukraine gets their land back, but there's some agreement that Russia can rent out the land around the port at Sevastopol.

Ukraine gets paid for the use of their land (and ultimately they still own it), and Russia gets exclusive access to that part of the port where they can do whatever they need.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's basically what I'm suggesting, plus security guarantees to avoid a repeat conflict. Before 2014, Russia was renting out the base.

[-] SolarSailer@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Interesting, I didn't realize that Russia was already renting out the base pre-2014. Thank you for that context.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's probably why Russia invaded Crimea in the first place. Otherwise it's not all that useful.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Or you know it could be that Crimea is primarily populated by Russians and the regime the west installed after the coup was actively doing pogroms against Russian speaking people in Ukraine.

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