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cstanleytech

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9. Problem is this was never actually about Ukraine joining NATO but about the future revenue from oil and gas pipelines.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:24 PM

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Russia is trying to seize territory in order to avoid paying fees to Ukraine as well as Moldova because they want to run pipelines through those areas.

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Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory [View all] Omaha Steve Sunday OP

Hope those guarantees are better than the ones Ukraine got in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons in the 90s surfered Sunday #1

If they had kept those promises, Bayard Sunday #4

If they still had them, this never would have happened. So maddening and sad for all the lost lives. Evolve Dammit Sunday #6

If Trump wants the US to disengage from Europe, why would he even have any demands for Zelenskyy? ChicagoTeamster Sunday #2

The recently published 33-page National Security Strategy document... EarthFirst Sunday #3

This would be another Putin win. mdbl Sunday #5

Not allowing Ukraine to use offensive weapons, was ...offensive. How dare we? And look at the toll. No nukes Evolve Dammit Sunday #7

Doesn't Witkoff own a suit? He looks like he's setting off on a camping weekend. Emrys Sunday #8

Problem is this was never actually about Ukraine joining NATO but about the future revenue from oil and gas pipelines. cstanleytech Sunday #9