Prior to the decision to recognise the two countries, the full Russian Security Council met to agree the route Russias future should follow.
After all views were aired and discussed, The LORD stated he would decide if the action to the proposal to recognise the two countries, and to sign a strategic defence agreement with the two countries would be signed.
Putin holds a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council in Moscow
February 21, 2022 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow
Official readout at
Security Council meeting • President of Russiaor the 1:30 long video:
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A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.
^ yes we saw that bit of sycophantic theatre yesterday
Looking back in history , everyone in this thread would that the wars of the past were about good hard imperial competition. And nothing more.
But if this was 1853 when the Anglo world had designs on Crimea the first time , most ppl in this thread would have believed it was for moral , ethical and lawful reasons. It's just the way history works.
When a few centuries pass, this war will be looked at no different than the Crimean war in 1853. Or do you believe that it was right thing for Britain to be fighting thousands of miles away for minority Christian rights ?
Today it's human rights and democracy. Back then imperial propaganda was dressed up around religious issues.
The Crimean War was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856[4] in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. The immediate cause of the war involved the rights of Christian minorities in Palestine, which was part of the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Roman Catholics, and Russia promoted those of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Stay on topic, this invasion has nothing to do with religion.
It will be interesting to see what countries will be the next to recognize the two new republics. I predict China in very short order, the former Soviet republics, a number of countries in Central and South America, a number of African countries as well.
Can we assume that this move by Putin was well anticipated by NATO intelligence?
I hope to hell so in any case.
A true diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a manner that you will be asking for directions.
^ What did the western nations do when Russia took control of Crimea? Made lots of noise and applied some sanctions.
What will happen now Russia has recognised two more Ukraine states? West will make lots of noise and apply further sanctions.
What will Russia do next?
Annex some more of Ukraine in exactly the same way.
The joining NATO/EU or whatever else is irrelevant. Putin wants Ukraine to be part of Russia again. He said so himself in his speech.
It's very much on topic. The Anglo world is expanding it's military , economic and political institutions with the 2014 coup and Nato acession plans for Ukraine.
So you are making excuses for Western imperial expansion. And if not for this imperial expansion , there would be no war. Just as there was no war from 1991 to 2014. Period.
You really are quite retarded. It's Russia doing the expanding. But, you tend to think women getting raped is their own fault so your opinion is not really surprising.
You were wrong about the Iraq war and you are wrong about this one.
C'mon socal, admit it, it was a shirtless Vlad on horseback that got you hard, wasn't it?

Where is that little Froggie bloke who twice claimed he'd sorted this all out, the Elysee are quiet all of a sudden.

The nub.
We are about to witness a giant who blinks first game of Chicken.... Kiev, if you will.
It will be unforgiveable if the West expect Ukrainians to fight to the last man with no hope of rescue and eventual protection, guarantees of EU and NATO membership. As it drags on will be a factor in popularity of Biden and Boris while Macron needs a new mandate in 2 months so desperate for a diplomatic win.
As Troy accurately described tranche by tranche Putin is slicing off his conquest like a slow gobbler moving down the buffet.
May settle for the for lines of status quo ante last week , then all of Donbas and so on and so on.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...ory-in-ukraine
Practicing bombing of Russian cities from the same ground that Napoleon and Hitler used to invade Russia. How about at
least you just write up a security guarantee ?
Nope.
NATO rejects Russian demands for security guarantees in latest round of talks - ABC NewsImagine Russia overthrew the Mexican govt and installed a compliant one and then started practice bombing Russian cities.Why Putin waited this long and has done so little is beyond me.
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