These folks be all over the place
I’ll give weapons at some point, we will train Ukrainians soldiers up to our standards
what about the EU bid
well we have to talk about that
Turkey isnt going to stop the NATO expansion just like Ukraine will start the long path to the EU soon.
I've said this on here numerous times:
In an interview on Swedish television, a former NATO official, Stephanie Babst, said that Mr. Erdogan’s real agenda is domestic. “Primarily this is a message toward his electoral base at home,” she said. “He has an election ahead of him. The economic situation in Turkey is pretty gruesome and so he wants to demonstrate leadership. He wants to demonstrate that he is a heard leader and so he is, I am afraid to say, using Sweden and Finland in order to get his strategic messages across.”
He will try to milk everything he can get out of this but he isn't going to be able to stop it.
As for the EU, was not the conflict in 2014 based in part on Ukraine not even making it this far?
European leaders meeting Thursday are expected to back E.U. candidate status for Ukraine, a move that would mark a historic moment for the bloc and a major morale boost for Kyiv amid war with Russia.
Ukraine has long pushed for a path to membership, but Russia’s invasion added a new sense of urgency. In the immediate aftermath of the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for special consideration, an idea backed by some member states and strongly opposed by others.
In a matter of months, however, Zelensky’s personal appeals, dogged Ukrainian diplomacy and support from high-profile E.U. officials and leaders have made what seemed like a long shot feel almost inevitable. Heading into Thursday’s summit, all 27 members states have expressed support for the idea of granting Ukraine candidate status, according to officials and diplomats, with conditions to be met later.
Given the history/rhetoric from russia over these two issues, nothing they can do in Ukraine going forward can make it a success. They not only managed to enlarge NATO but start the process of enlarging the EU. This is pure insanity.
