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In a bit of an about-face for Washington based on past officials’ more aggressive posture, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken now says the administration is not actively encouraging Ukraine to seize Crimea.
Politico reports of his words that “A Ukrainian attempt to retake Crimea would be a red line for Vladimir Putin that could lead to a wider Russian response, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Zoom call with a group of experts Wednesday.”
Specifically the top US diplomat said America is not “actively encouraging” Ukraine to liberate Crimea from Russia, the Wednesday report said.
Instead, any potential future Crimea offensive will be “Kyiv’s decision alone” – this despite a recent past history of rhetoric out of both Republican and Democratic administrations which have continually asserted over the years that “Crimea is Ukraine.”
The response was prompted by a reporter’s question on whether or not the US would assist Ukraine in retaking all territory previously seized by pro-Kremlin forces. Politico details more of Blinken’s response as follows:
Blinken, according to two of the people, gave the impression that the U.S. doesn’t consider a push to retake Crimea to be a wise move at this time. He didn’t say those words explicitly, they underscored.
Two other people didn’t take Blinken’s comments that way. The secretary remarked that it is solely the Ukrainians’ decision as to what they try to take by force, not America’s. That signaled to them that Blinken was more open to a potential Ukrainian play for Crimea.
All of this comes as Western media and officials reluctantly acknowledged that Russian forces have the upper hand in Donetsk and are poised to take the strategic city of Bakhmut, having it surrounded.
Meanwhile, NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg this week issued a rare admission concerning the history of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Stoltenberg admitted that the war in Donbass has been going on since 2014 – which appears to validate a key aspect of Russia’s framing of the conflict narrative and why Putin ordered the invasion:
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺”NATO has been training the Ukrainian military since 2014, NATO partners have been supplying the Ukrainian armed forces with the necessary weapons and training since 2014″ — Jens Stoltenbergs admits again
“Unprovoked invasion”… pic.twitter.com/Qa8shKSWXx
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) February 14, 2023
Not about-face. Just reality check and copenism.
Biden will be a one term president. Once Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, He will swiftly bring the war to an end and Russia will be our friend once again.
No one has armed Ukraine more than Trump. Russia will not be a friend of the empire until the empire is gone.
All American elections are rigged by the Zionist’s in Israel or should I say ISFAKE. They control AMERICA But I Empathize the Zionist’s grip is starting to crumble it will soon fall to pieces that cannot be put back together ever again their end is very near.Remember one thing you are not FREE just like the Palestinians are not FREE when the Palestinians BECOME FREE THEN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL CELEBRATE THEIR OWN FREEDOM INSHALLAH AMIN…
You should know that many Zionists support Trump. Those that hate him are the Illuminati.
Boy, the censors are hot today. LOL. People still believe the traitor is US first? Not hardly, he’s Israel first, US last. Anyone that didn’t figure that out is pure stupid. He sent the first lethal weapons to Ukr, bombed Syria twice over BS and kissed Nutsack’s ass…but he’s pro-Russia, anti-war and US first? Get a clue. He’s been Mossad owned ever since he jumped in bed with Roy Cohn.
Biden didnt win the 2020 election. It was rigged.
They’ve all been rigged since Reagan. wake up.
That is the silliest thing I have seen in these comment boards.
Trump is a ZIONIST HE IS THE SAME PEICE OF SHIT JUST LIKE Israel…
Anyone who thinks there is a dime’s worth of difference between a red sock puppet in chief and a blue sock puppet in chief is incredibly naive. US presidents are no longer elected, the deep state selects them and if necessary rigs the election as they did in 2000, 2004 and 2016. JFK was the last US president to stand up to the US deep state.
R.I.P. peace & democracy 11-22-1963
America needs a revolution,not Donald Trump.
America needs a Putin
I don’t know if Trump will win, however if he did that, he would stabilize international politics in a dramatic way.
However, and I have said this before, a failure of the neoliberals in Ukraine is going to 100% unequivocally result in social unrest and violence from leftists and neoliberals in the west.
Ukraine is now their “cause de celebre”, they are all invested in it because they see it as postmodern leftists versus traditionalists.
Trump pulling the plug on the war would enrage leftists at this point, and cause their anger to once more be turned inward to others within their borders.
Russia does not deserve to be aggressed upon, and domestic problems of america are not the responsibility of Russia regardless of what leftists try to claim.
Most Ukrainians are not post-modern leftists though.
Yeah, he’d pull the plug…just like he did in Syria, right? He’d get along with everyone, right? Like he did with Venezuela? The trade war with China? People will never learn to think. The idea of Trump was great, but the chump Trump was NOT the person to do it. He is Zionist owned .
LOL. The last thing the US needs is another Israeli president.
Fuck all your presidents.
the chance that ukros can seize crimea is less than zero.
00000000000000000000minus 10 gazillion
Russia will not be fooled once again. Putin knows USA need time to supply the ukraine with weapons. Ukies should surrender. The sooner the better for everyone.
It is not a good time for the Ukrainians to be on the offensive at all. Period. If they try to go for Crimea, it would anger Putin particularly.and it would behove the US to not be seen as being party to that.
Biden regime is worried about next elections. There is now growing opposition to this NATO proxy war against Russia. Everything this administration betted on they have lost; sanctions, weapons, intelligence, have all failed. It’s strange how everything they have done so far was not considered a “red line” for Putin yet now taking Crimea is where as it was not before. NATO is in disarray for sure, especially with the latest Nordstream II story breaking; a truth that has been known for some time.
Like they were ready to take it anytime now so the USA told them don’t do it !! LMAO !! They had the past 8 years to take it before the Russian army came to town !! What a bunch of clowns !!
Is this merely proactive ass covering so that when Ukraine launches missiles at Crimea the US can point to Blinken’s statement? Does any one seriously believe that Ukraine does anything without Washington’s OK? If so, they probably also believe Russia blew up Nord Stream.
“Think of how stupid the average person is … and then realize that half of them are even stupider.” — George Carlin
A direct contradiction to what Nuland just said, it. Seems that different organs within the US deep state are working to different agendas……
Which is quite good. The more different opinions they have between themselves, the better and faster the chaos will arise from within. Despite that they are already a big mess thou..
Illuminati vs Knights Templar vs Jesuits
Uktops take Crimea, buhahahahahahahahaaaaa
what a fuckin LIAR! its all lies, expect them to try to hit Crimea, never trust those filthy americunts. They control everything in UKraine, Zelensky is just a frontman. Just look at fat dopy pig faced Nuland.
Macedonia is Greece. Kosovo is Serbia. Crimea is Russia.
Old days you’d think the U.N would get involved. If its DIsraeli gears get ready for a sudden crash if zelensky goes nuts and wild spikes as he takes over the ancient Black sea grain trade. Possibly so old it datesback to the Roman imperial system when Cleopatra and Mark anthony made it the grain silo.
Snake Island of Thrace
Garbage -Not your kind of people
Seizing Crimea….this idiots are delusional, they should be thinking in where to hide their sorry asses because they ate about to be executed for betray Ukraine just to play western suicidal games.