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Alexander Borodai is a member of Russian Duma and one of the founding fathers of the “DPR” (Donetsk People Republic) under FSB control.
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First, he admits that any ceasefire for Russia will only be a temporary freeze in the war, because Putin’s main goal will not be achieved - taking control of all of Ukraine and establishing a puppet Russian regime. Any independent Ukraine for Russians is “Western weapon”.
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Second, he admits that Russia has been waging war with the help of people like him in Ukraine since 2014, and in 2022 it only continued with a full-scale invasion.
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And most importantly, third, he directly says that the problem is not that Ukraine can be in NATO. The problem for Russians is that they consider all of Ukraine to be their “historical territory” and that Ukrainians “do not exist as a nation at all”, and that Ukraine is inhabited by “divided Russians”.
Doesn’t matter what the negotiations result in
Anything less than a compete defeat of Russia will just invite Russia back. Zelenski knows this, for sure.
If Ukraine won’t be allowed to join NATO then Europe must put up multiple army bases with European weapons in Ukraine. This not only for Ukraine but also for Europe.
On a side note: if everyone, Europe included, could stop giving into every shit demand from Cheeto, that would be awesome