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Norway has rejected Russian application for the passage of goods for settlements on Svalbard through the only checkpoint on the border between Russia and Norway, Storskog, – NRK TV channel reports, citing the country's Foreign Ministry.
Now there are about 20 tons of goods at the checkpoint, which are intended, in particular, for the settlement of Barentsburg.
"Lithuania's blockade of the Kaliningrad region could turn into an armed conflict with the Russian Federation, we must defend our territory," - said Russian Senator Vladimir Jabarov.
Here's a bit more color on this (from Interfax):
BREAKING: Sources confirm to Reuters that the European Commission, backed by Germany, is pushing Lithuania to remove EU sanctions on goods passing through to Kaliningrad. The EC fears escalation, but LT thinks that backing down to Russian threats would only embolden Putin.
Backing down to Putin just kicks the can down the road. Eventually you have to put your foot down. You should do it on your own terms, and not his.
Well considering the rest of NATO’s position including the Swiss I think Germany is being outvoted.
Want to avoid expanded conflict and a greater war?
Keep the pressure gently escalate it and continue to impress upon Putin the no one is going away on this.
And yet again you ignore the obvious.By words, it seems that all it's easy for you. Do you want to avoid an expanded conflict? What's the problem? Keep continuing to excalate! No compromises, of course. All know that, from the ancient age: do you want the peace? So, absolutely you have to make NO compromises at all! On the contrary: make the other with back to the wall, so he can understand that he has no other choices, but to adapt. Do you want the things that you want? Do them at your own terms.
Quoting some other genious: do you want to avoid the war? Someone should kill Putin. It's easy.
I think this: who thinks like that, is eventually hoping for a larger war, because he doesn't know what a war is, and he thinks to could be involved only in some abstracted way, not practical. And when a larger wars will begin - because if we want it, it WILL BEGIN -, maybe I will stop to write here, because I will have some other things to do, and you will keep going with theories about not spreading the war further, maybe using nukes. but then your turn will come.
To block of goods to reach Kaliningrad, is the right way to make the war excalate, not to avoid it: and that is absolutely evident.
Outstanding. Simply outstanding.This is Russia’s problem to fix, they can do so by withdrawing
First they were going to rescue western oppressed Slavic brothers. Now their their to abduct children to bolster a shrinking ethnic Russia population and kill all the fascist who reject Moscow’s rule.
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And yet again you ignore the obvious.
The Ukrainian people rejected Putin’s offer of strategic alliance and his security guarantees.
Putin and Russia invaded Ukraine.
how you say Russia’s back is against the wall. Well yeah, the whole world can see that.
This is Russia’s problem to fix, they can do so by withdrawing or come to the negotiating table with something less than Kiev must replace their gov with a Russian approved Satrapy.
It's the usual phrase, always good to be said. but it has nothing to do with the argument. This kind of blockace of Kalinigrad, it's an exacalating move that should have been avoided.I’m not hoping for a larger war in any regard but I do know that submitting to a tyrant only encourages him to seize more.
Their politicians say it all the time the Slavic regions and the Baltic’s are Russia’s to control.
Will there be a wider war?
It is possible, very possible.
But it will be of Russia’s making.
The Russian nations back is not against the wall. It is Putin and his cronies backs that are against the wall.
So it will probably be war. I’ve come to terms with that.
If the Slavic, Baltic, and Scandinavian countries are resolute in their stand against Russian aggression then I will stand with them.
You mistook me for yourself. Ukraine people doesn't have rejected nothing. Zelensky has rejected, after having banned all the oppostion parties. Furthermore "ukraine people" is divided. But it's useless to repeat things already known, that you refuse to see. In your opinion "Ukrainian people rejected Putin’s offer of strategic alliance and his security guarantees.". Ok.
the "whole world" what, precisely? "G7 Word"? The same word without Cina, India and Russia itself, that are bigger than 4/5 out of 7, at leat? The same Word represented from 7 dudes, with the average age of 130, the most important of them who is affected by Alzheimer, not to say Draghi, never elected not even as a classe representative at school? This word? ah, ok.
However... I'm not saying that Russia is with its bach against the wall. I say something very different: that THIS is our Occidental approach to the matter, so Russia will surely react. And not only Russia.
no, it's not! You have, it seems, an almost complete lack of practical sense. You think to be right, you think that Russia is wrong, so this is a Russia's problem and Russia has to fix it. And you don't undestand it isn't that the point. I'm not mad at you in particolar, because you represent a very big set of human people that, distracted by their own reasonings about what is right and what is wrong, they completely lose the semplicity of the terms: it's never, NEVER, a problem of someone else, if this "someone" can impose its will by force. It's simple!
It's the usual phrase, always good to be said. but it has nothing to do with the argument. This kind of blockace of Kalinigrad, it's an exacalating move that should have been avoided.
Their politicians are very angry for the situation because we put gazoline on the fire again and again: we should make de-exacalating moves, not excalating ones.
no, you have not come to terms with that.

Russian state propaganda has started spreading the idea that the Russian Army should invade Lithuania and capture the Suwalki Gap that is separating Kaliningrad from Belarus. The Russians say they can do it in 3 days. They are free to try out NATO article 5. They won’t like it
I know I just need to get my thinking correct.You mistook me for yourself. Ukraine people doesn't have rejected nothing. Zelensky has rejected, after having banned all the oppostion parties. Furthermore "ukraine people" is divided. But it's useless to repeat things already known, that you refuse to see. In your opinion "Ukrainian people rejected Putin’s offer of strategic alliance and his security guarantees.". Ok.
the "whole world" what, precisely? "G7 Word"? The same word without Cina, India and Russia itself, that are bigger than 4/5 out of 7, at leat? The same Word represented from 7 dudes, with the average age of 130, the most important of them who is affected by Alzheimer, not to say Draghi, never elected not even as a classe representative at school? This word? ah, ok.
However... I'm not saying that Russia is with its bach against the wall. I say something very different: that THIS is our Occidental approach to the matter, so Russia will surely react. And not only Russia.
no, it's not! You have, it seems, an almost complete lack of practical sense. You think to be right, you think that Russia is wrong, so this is a Russia's problem and Russia has to fix it. And you don't undestand it isn't that the point. I'm not mad at you in particolar, because you represent a very big set of human people that, distracted by their own reasonings about what is right and what is wrong, they completely lose the semplicity of the terms: it's never, NEVER, a problem of someone else, if this "someone" can impose its will by force. It's simple!
It's the usual phrase, always good to be said. but it has nothing to do with the argument. This kind of blockace of Kalinigrad, it's an exacalating move that should have been avoided.
Their politicians are very angry for the situation because we put gazoline on the fire again and again: we should make de-exacalating moves, not excalating ones.
no, you have not come to terms with that.
actually they were asked and 82% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should not sign away any of its territories as part of a peace deal with Russia under any circumstances they are most certainly ready to fight and dieYou mistook me for yourself. Ukraine people doesn't have rejected nothing. Zelensky has rejected, after having banned all the oppostion parties. Furthermore "ukraine people" is divided. But it's useless to repeat things already known, that you refuse to see. In your opinion "Ukrainian people rejected Putin’s offer of strategic alliance and his security guarantees.". Ok.
the "whole world" what, precisely? "G7 Word"? The same word without Cina, India and Russia itself, that are bigger than 4/5 out of 7, at leat? The same Word represented from 7 dudes, with the average age of 130, the most important of them who is affected by Alzheimer, not to say Draghi, never elected not even as a classe representative at school? This word? ah, ok.
Sin embargo... no estoy diciendo que Rusia esté con su bach contra la pared. Digo algo muy diferente: que ESTE es nuestro enfoque occidental sobre el asunto, por lo que Rusia seguramente reaccionará. Y no solo Rusia.
¡no, no es! Tienes, al parecer, una falta casi completa de sentido práctico. Crees tener razón, crees que Rusia está equivocada, así que este es un problema de Rusia y Rusia tiene que solucionarlo. Y no entiendes que no es ese el punto. No estoy enojado contigo en particular, porque representas a un grupo muy grande de personas humanas que, distraídas por sus propios razonamientos sobre lo que está bien y lo que está mal, pierden por completo la sencillez de los términos: nunca, NUNCA, un problema de otro, si ese "alguien" puede imponer su voluntad por la fuerza. ¡Es simple!
Es la frase habitual, siempre es bueno decirlo. pero no tiene nada que ver con el argumento. Este tipo de bloqueo de Kalinigrad, es un movimiento exagerado que debería haberse evitado.
Sus políticos están muy enfadados por la situación porque echamos gasolina al fuego una y otra vez: deberíamos hacer movimientos de desanimación, no de exaltación.
no, no has llegado a un acuerdo con eso.
actually they were asked and 82% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should not sign away any of its territories as part of a peace deal with Russia under any circumstances they are most certainly ready to fight and die
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Most Ukrainians oppose territorial concessions, poll shows
Eighty-two percent of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should not sign away any of its territories as part of a peace deal with Russia under any circumstances, according to a new survey by one of the country's top pollsters.www.reuters.com
