Russian official; Russia plans to occupy the Donbas and southern Ukraine.

[moon]

Russia-Ukraine live news: Moscow plans to seize southern Ukraine
A military official says control of southern Ukraine would give Moscow access to the Russia-backed Moldovan region, Transnistria.

Pro-Russian troops stand outside the Azovstal steelworks during the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol

Russia says it plans to seize Donbas and southern Ukraine to gain access to the Russia-backed Moldovan region, Transnistria. A Ukrainian official denounced the plan as “imperialism”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/21/russian-claim-of-victory-in-mariupol-disinformation-us-says

No surprise there then.

What a pity that Trump OKed the Israeli fascists' occupation of the West Bank and the Golan Heights.

It has left the US with no moral authority regarding occupation.

TGO.

 

[moon]

There's a thread here somewhere in which I foresaw that Trump playing loose with other peoples' countries would bite America's ass somewhere along the track. Here's the first crossroads.
' Abraham Accords' , eh ?

America- sit down and stfu.

 

[anatta]

Putin could have done this (Donbas) from the beginning - but decided to take all of Ukraine
NATO could have not pushed Putin into a corner with a hostile Ukraine

The entire war is a series of arrogant bad decisions by all