If it seems like what’s happening in Crimea is the new normal, it’s because it is. Russia and Putin are soon going to learn that a dwarf economy with nuclear weapons only has those weapons to fall back on, which is suicidal. All that the US and EU have to do is apply increasing pressure economically before Crimea becomes a strategic mistake of historic proportions.
Here is your Ukraine roundup.
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SBU detains RU commandos with weapons in Odessa today |PR News pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/2… #russiainvadesukraine http://t.co/D8PeZaUmDd
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) March 22, 2025
Former energy minister of Ukraine Eduard Stavytskyi stored in his home 42 kg of gold, $4.8 mln in cash, stones... fb.me/2xs4y5ojO
— English EuroMaidan (@EuroMaidanEN) March 22, 2025
Op-ed by Ukraine's foreign minister: The world must reject Russia's "Anschluss" in Crimea wapo.st/1jddu85
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 22, 2025
Why the rest of Ukraine will resist Moscow's gravitational pull — by @csmonitor read.bi/1lcDVuy
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 22, 2025
Russia,contrary to ruling class' self-perception,is much smaller and weaker than they think,West's economic & financial sanctions may reveal
— Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (@JSaryuszWolski) March 22, 2025
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