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Thursday, November 27, 2025

President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, stating that Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv's troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow. Putin has long pushed for legal recognition of the Ukrainian territories Russia has seized by force.

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They include the Crimean peninsula, which it illegally annexed in 2014, and the Donbas, made up of Luhansk and Donetsk, which Moscow now occupies for the most part. For Kyiv, which has ruled out relinquishing the parts of the Donbas it still holds, rewarding Russia for its aggression is a non-starter.

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Um... what legal claims does Russia have on Ukrainian territory?

Or is taking your neighbors territory by force and terror bombing civilians legal now?

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-27 01:53 PM | Reply

Happy Thanksgiving Day Corky:

Forgive my plagiarism, but you wrote this quite pithily:

"Um... what legal claims does Russia Israel have on Ukrainian Palestinian territory?
Or is taking your neighbors territory by force and terror bombing civilians legal now?"

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-27 03:57 PM | Reply

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No, the terror bombing of civilians is a serious violation of international law and constitutes a war crime and a potential crime against humanity. International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the laws of war, explicitly prohibits making civilians the target of attacks.

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#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-27 04:04 PM | Reply

Of course, terror bombing and shooting civilians has been the GOTO rwing Domestic Terrorism Strategy inside the United States for decades now.

Trump is using ICE to make civilians the target of attacks. Then they act shocked if civilians shoot back.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-27 04:19 PM | Reply

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