“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.

  • Shrike502@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wait, I thought Ukraine was a sovereign, independent state. That’s what the media been screeching about for over a year. Now it is saying USA is deciding their foreign policy?

    Funny that

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      1 year ago

      how is expressing an opinion equate to “deciding their foreign policy”?

      edit: other than speaking the obvious, of course

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      It’s Schrödinger’s regime in Ukraine that’s both completely independent and does exactly what its western masters tell it to do.