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Originally Posted by ikalugin
The issue for Zelensky is in Crimea, not in Donbas. While there are plausible ways to get Donbas back in some capacity or another (though even that would be hard considering mutual de-humanisation between Kiev loyalist and Donbas separatists), Crimea is not going back into Ukraine.
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Indeed, thats why I do not even mention Crimea any more here. He cannot win anything on the Crimea issue, but he could maybe get a peace deal with Russia over the Eastern Ukraine, with Ukrainian people probably being very tired of the ongoing war there. If he gets it, it would be a de facto recognition of the Russian strategy on both Donbas and Crimea - and in stark contrast to the official position of the EU which sees both areas as Russian annexations and does not want it getting recognised for that reason. If Selisnky gets a poecae in the east anbd leaves the Crimea as it is, Russia wins and the diplomatic psotiion of the EU is in ruins.
Another EU diplomatic strategy disaster, after Syria, Egypt, Libya, Turkey, migration, Iran, Trumponomics, and no resistance worth the name to China.
