"NOTE: Since the above was written, drones were shot down over Polish airspace. This could have been a deliberate Russian provocation, or a mistake, or a deception by the Ukrainians or others. The sad fact is that in the present state of knowledge, there is no means of telling which is true. In November 2022, a suspected Russian missile killed two people in Poland. A correspondent has reminded me that it is now thought to have been a Ukrainian rather than a Russian missile."
"I reproduce the gist of the discussion here, because it's very rare, in my experience, for the two sides to engage each other directly: each prefers to stick to its own version of the truth. Animated, but restrained, the argument circled round the two poles of Putin and Trump-their personalities, their motives, and, given these, the possibility of peace in Ukraine any time soon."
Drones shot down over Polish airspace generated acute uncertainty about attribution, with possibilities including deliberate Russian provocation, error, or deception by other parties. A November 2022 strike that killed two people in Poland is now thought to have been caused by a Ukrainian, not Russian, missile. Public debate on Ukraine is sharply polarized around figures such as Putin and Trump, with strong, often opposing views on motives and culpability. The legal case against Russia emphasizes an illegal, unprovoked invasion that violated the UN Charter and breached the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which had assured Ukraine's borders in exchange for its relinquishment of nuclear weapons.
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