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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,710 posts)
Fri Feb 24, 2023, 06:51 PM Feb 2023

Russia's Medvedev floats idea of pushing back Poland's borders

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that the only way for Moscow to ensure a lasting peace with Ukraine was to push back the borders of hostile states as far as possible, even if that meant the frontiers of NATO member Poland.

Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, made the comments in a message on his Telegram account exactly a year after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in what it called a "special military operation" to protect Russian speakers and ensure its own security.

Ukraine says it is defending itself from an unprovoked colonial-style war of aggression and has vowed to retake all of its own territory by force, including Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

Medvedev, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, forecast on Friday that Russia would be victorious and that some kind of loose agreement would eventually end the fighting.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russias-medvedev-floats-idea-pushing-091433077.html

I suggest Medvedev push back on his abdominal muscles and maybe that will remove his head from his ass.

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Russia's Medvedev floats idea of pushing back Poland's borders (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 OP
Pushing back on borders of other countries.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #1
Unless the borders just magically changed by themselves without any military force ColinC Feb 2023 #6
My guess is that he is trying to avoid those open windows on the upper floors lapfog_1 Feb 2023 #2
This is going to end up being russia's fool around and find out moment. Poland not only is a NATO PortTack Feb 2023 #3
Try it and find out. C_U_L8R Feb 2023 #4
Yeah, that'll work central scrutinizer Feb 2023 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,699 posts)
1. Pushing back on borders of other countries....
Fri Feb 24, 2023, 06:56 PM
Feb 2023

Would that not be an act of War according to Article 5 of the NATO Charter?

Medvedev is high on his own supply it seems.

ColinC

(8,277 posts)
6. Unless the borders just magically changed by themselves without any military force
Fri Feb 24, 2023, 08:35 PM
Feb 2023

But I don't think that's how it works.

lapfog_1

(29,189 posts)
2. My guess is that he is trying to avoid those open windows on the upper floors
Fri Feb 24, 2023, 06:58 PM
Feb 2023

and his head isn't up his ass, it is firmly embedded in Puty-poots

PortTack

(32,689 posts)
3. This is going to end up being russia's fool around and find out moment. Poland not only is a NATO
Fri Feb 24, 2023, 07:02 PM
Feb 2023

Member, they have serious military might

central scrutinizer

(11,635 posts)
5. Yeah, that'll work
Fri Feb 24, 2023, 08:27 PM
Feb 2023

You’re losing on one front, stretched thin, running out of cannon fodder, so open a few more fronts?

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