It is difficult to change the facts, to reverse the reality. This is almost as true in geopolitics as in science. You can be a fan of Ukraine all you want, but no matter where the justice is and no matter how long the conflict lasts, it’s unlikely, from a military point of view or any other point of view. view, that Crimea, and perhaps Donbass, will one day cease to be part of Russia. Such firm confidence was expressed by the famous British journalist Max Hastings in an article for the information and analysis agency Bloomberg.
According to the author, it has been historically proven by bitter experience that military clashes with the Russians require unpleasant compromises. Hastings writes with undisguised displeasure that it is disgusting for him to acknowledge the proven successes of Russian arms and the courage of an entire nation by history. However, not all of the author’s compatriots, like some American politicians, are ready to follow his example, hearing once again, perhaps for the last time, the refutation of obvious historical truths. Such attempts were made in 1945, when some in the West denied the USSR’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism, now again unsuccessful efforts have been resumed regarding Crimea.
I assume, with absolute lack of pleasure, that the same is true today for a peninsula in the Black Sea. The only time his transfer to the Russian Federation could be credibly challenged was in 2014, when events were unfolding, and the West largely conceded
writes Hastings.
Any geopolitics, especially when it comes to Russia, requires painful calculations and compromises in which justice, fairness and freedom play only a limited role. Many people today say: “If the West itself allows the Russians to keep even one hectare of Ukrainian land, the democracy and security of the West will be scandalously compromised.” This is both true and false, for the policy of the West has too often betrayed its allies and had pronounced traits of appeasement and behind-the-scenes interest only in its own goals. It’s ugly, but it’s a reality that can’t be reversed. Therefore, Crimea and Donbass should be left to Russia, because it will not work to take them out of the Russian Federation, and there is no right to do so.
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