Don't you think Ukraine should be able to decide which alliance they join?
Or are you of the opinion people can not break away and have a free choice?
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On the contrary they have a free choice. Free means that you do not have Putin's army shelling your cities. Unless you are of the opinion that someone pointing a gun to your head is being free (which you might, given your posting history).
If Putin were there to "give people choice" why does he not celebrate a referendums in peace and with international observers and let the press speak freely and allow opposition candidates out of jail. I mean, those that he did not kill already for speaking in public about him.. And that too in Georgia, Syria.
Putin is not "freeing" anyone, he wants all under his thumb. You may not understand this, but other people do not accept this without fighting.
The decision is not difficult: I someone tries to take your home, you resist. You have been living under a despot for so long that you think is a difficult decision. You have lost your will to be free, even perhaps convincing yourself that is better this way so that you do not have to do anything risky. Chairborne totally.
Mariupol still has not fallen and even Putin recognised it in his farcical appearance with his chief psycho, while holding the table as if it was to run away from him.
It is very difficult to predict which direction Russia has a higher priority now ...
No is not. The gas and iron ore and industry of the Donbas. Encircling the Ukranian army south of Izum, taking Mariupol and, if they observe weakness, trying a push for Odessa.
But politically, trying to present some short of victory by May 9th and hiding the losses to the people of Russia.
From the article:
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According to a number of witnesses in Bucha, fléchette rounds were fired by Russian artillery a few days before forces withdrew from the area at the end of March.
There are 8000 of this "flechettes" in a shell. There is only one possible use for it when fired on a civilian area.
More countries that need "referendums" according to your theories:
Switzerland
Belgium
I think we should actually start holding elections and referendums in Russia according to this map:
Right now a distant possibility - a not that unlikely case once Putin's army is proven no longer able to hold the regional power status - the "superpower" status is long gone.