Putin: Ukraine must demilitarize and recognize Russia's sovereignty over Crimea

[dalton99a]

Shortly afterward, Putin laid out three conditions to end the crisis that has threatened to plunge Europe back into war, raising the specter of massive casualties, energy shortages across the continent and global economic chaos.

Putin said the crisis could be resolved if Kyiv recognizes Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, renounces its bid to join NATO and partially demilitarizes. The West has decried the annexation of Crimea as a violation of international law and has previously flatly rejected permanently barring Ukraine from NATO.

Asked whether he has sent any Russian troops into Ukraine and how far they could go, Putin responded: “I haven’t said that the troops will go there right now.” He added that “it’s impossible to forecast a specific pattern of action –- it will depend on a concrete situation as it takes shape on the ground.”

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-russia-vladimir-putin-46cef648807d0e3c2bac9793ad9022a6

[SheltieLover]

1. Nope. Gtf out of your neighbor's yard!

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Not gonna happen

Putin.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Now he's negotiating with himself

IOW, he knows he done fucked up.

[Sherman A1]

4. My response would be

Russia should demilitarize and go sit in the corner for the next decade.

[bluestarone]

5. Kinda looks like, this is the way TFG did things??

NOW we know where he got it! (We knew this before, really)