BBCNEWS Context February 22, 2022 21:33:00
Hes essentially lost all the leverage that he had in ukraine. before he recognised these territories, minsk was the agreement that gave russia if ukraine could give autonomy to those regions, then russia would essentially have a veto over ukraines foreign policy. i would argue that putin and russia now is worse off than before the recognition of these territories. thinking that this is just a step towards a more significant escalation. towards a more significant escalation-— towards a more sig...
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