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Four years of war have given it more confidence and confirmed its identity, giving rise to the idea of Ukraine as a new middle power—Westward-leaning but non-aligned.

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/09/24/what-happens-when-ukraine-stops-fighting

https://archive.ph/HHDGW

cfgaussian - 1mon

Delusional. Ukraine is in a demographic death spiral and its economy is a zombie, shambling along only by the constant infusion of western funds. It is a profoundly broken society.

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 1mon

I genuinely can't see how Ukraine survives as a state at this point.

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REEEEvolution - 1mon

That's the joke, it won't.

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haui - 1mon

Oh, I thought you were talking about israel right now. Weird. ;)

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demerit - 1mon

That entity is one a time limit as well.

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Nocturne Dragonite - 1mon

Astronomical levels of cope

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 1mon

It's just funny how western media discovers the concept of neutrality now that the war is lost.

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Nocturne Dragonite - 1mon

They'll find a way to turn that into "Ukraine won, actually!"

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huf [he/him] - 1mon

They did it for Finland and the winter war, so yes

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 1mon

They'll establish a government in exile in the metaverse. 🤣

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Commiejones - 1mon

Wrong comm. This goes in /funny

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 1mon

yeah it's a pretty funny way to admit that the war was in fact about NATO expansion

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Envylike - 1mon

We're in the acceptance stage now, took them long enough.

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