Elections: Unlike the US Civil War of the 1860s, where foreigners didn’t have the capability of interfering in our election, Russia has the demonstrated capability of doing just that. Moldova recently saw an election where the people voted against Russians, but there was a LOT of Russian intervention in that election!
Corruption: In 2022, Ukraine was second only to Russia in corruption. A recent OECD report says: “Ukraine has made significant strides in reforming its anti-corruption framework in the past decade.” Ukraine is far from being “out of the woods,” but they’re fully aware of the problem and are working on it.
Disrespect: Ugh! Please! Only in mind of VP Vance and President Trump did Zelenskyy show any disrespect.
Laundered: See “corruption” above.
Journalists: Again, this is a problem that Europe has in general. Russia has the demonstrated capability to interfere in elections and media. Ukraine is aware of the problem and is working to resolve it.
Peace: It’s far from clear how peace can be arrived at. Trump has tried and can’t even get Russia to even agree to a meaningful ceasefire. The Kyiv Independent sees the peace effort by Trump as lazy and focused more on PR than any coherent plan, but making peace between Russia and Ukraine is a very heavy lift and can’t be done by casual, intermittent efforts. Personally, I think Russia’s goal in the war is simply not up for negotiation.
More weapons: Is the ONLY practical answer!
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