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Jack Carter's avatar

Ouch! And they have probably a gazillion of personal / antitank landmines seeded here and there and everywhere. Despite the patriotic aspect of land lost to the russian enemy, Ukraine has better give up what remains of these disputed areas. Simple reason is that the insane cost of rebuilding / cleaning them will fall definitely on the russian bear. If they stay ukranian you gonna have some nice international pledging conferences with biiig amounts placated in front of newspapers and not half will be effectively disbursed. In parallel Gaza rebuild should be adding costs to several countries’ budgets. Haliburton and Co are already salivating… thank you.

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Paul Stone's avatar

If Ukraine gives up land to Russia, they lose access to valuable minerals and possibly their nuclear power plant. Additionally, they might only gain a temporary reprieve from war with Russia.

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Brian's avatar

Exceptionally informative. Russia SHOULD pay. But the administration is treating Ukraine as if THEY were the aggressor. Hasn’t a clue about history or Russia.

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MediocreLocal's avatar

The U.S. supplied it. Ukraine used it.

Russia will end up paying for the cleanup because most of the territory it was used on is already under their control.

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