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28-05-2023, 09:23 AM
In a Telegram post on Thursday evening, Medvedev elaborated that the collapse of Ukraine's statehood is inevitable, and could either happen quickly, or through a "relatively slow erosion, with the gradual loss of remaining elements of sovereignty."
In the first scenario, parts of Western Ukraine will come under control and eventually be annexed by the neighboring European Union states, Medvedev claimed. The remaining "no man's land" wedged between Russia and the EU protectorate will become the "new Ukraine," still striving to join NATO and posing a threat to Russia. In that case, he believes, the armed conflict will shortly reignite, likely becoming permanent with a risk of quickly escalating into a full-blown world war.
In the second scenario, Ukraine would get a government-in-exile but de-facto cease to exist, with control over its entire territory split between the EU and Russia. In that case, according to Medvedev, the risk of world war is "moderate," but the "terrorist activity by Ukrainian neo-Nazis" on the territories annexed by the EU neighbors would drag on.
Medvedev said he would prefer the third scenario, in which Ukraine's Western territories voluntarily join their EU neighbors, while the Eastern and some central regions exercise their "right for self-determination sealed in Article 1 of the UN Charter.".
https://www.cambodiantimes.com/news/2738...-president
In the first scenario, parts of Western Ukraine will come under control and eventually be annexed by the neighboring European Union states, Medvedev claimed. The remaining "no man's land" wedged between Russia and the EU protectorate will become the "new Ukraine," still striving to join NATO and posing a threat to Russia. In that case, he believes, the armed conflict will shortly reignite, likely becoming permanent with a risk of quickly escalating into a full-blown world war.
In the second scenario, Ukraine would get a government-in-exile but de-facto cease to exist, with control over its entire territory split between the EU and Russia. In that case, according to Medvedev, the risk of world war is "moderate," but the "terrorist activity by Ukrainian neo-Nazis" on the territories annexed by the EU neighbors would drag on.
Medvedev said he would prefer the third scenario, in which Ukraine's Western territories voluntarily join their EU neighbors, while the Eastern and some central regions exercise their "right for self-determination sealed in Article 1 of the UN Charter.".
https://www.cambodiantimes.com/news/2738...-president
